We celebrated our little boy’s third birthday in a Filipino theme featuring his favorite food, kakanin (rice cakes)! Here’s how we did it.
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Go Ahead and Play! Tiny Buds New Insect Repellent Products Review
Trees and other plants surround our place, making it perfect for Tikoy to explore during his nature walks, riding his bike, and helping his now-turned-plant-tito dad cultivate our little garden. Our only hesitation about staying too long outside is our uninvited guest: mosquitos! Our workaround is having our little boy in outdoor-friendly clothes and a trusty,…
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Top 5 Online Learning Resources for Toddlers
Looking for fun learning resources for your toddler? We’ve handpicked these 5 online sites your kids can enjoy!
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The Wagi Project: Online Bidding for a Cause
Amidst this pandemic and its troubles anew, it’s refreshing to hear of initiatives that aim to help our fellow Filipinos. The opening of the new school year found most of our students in lack, some not even having the bare minimum to start with. The reality for some is that every day, they have to…
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Cooking with VPharma’s Mega Malunggay: Homemade Pesto Sauce Recipe
We try to involve Tikoy in our cooking to build his interest in food, and one of the easy recipes we can make with his toddler-sized hands is our DIY Pesto sauce. As always, (especially these days) we work with what we have, so this isn’t the standard Pesto sauce you’d expect with Pine Nuts…
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Weaning Your Toddler
Our two years of breastfeeding is up, something I have been silently dreading for quite some time now. We were planning to start weaning our son by two and a half years until our pediatrician gave an ultimatum to cut it when our baby wasn’t gaining enough weight. She was able to pinpoint that the…
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The Olfactory Naturals Review: Aromatherapy Sprays That Invigorate the Senses
I was drawn at first to The Olfactory Naturals by their lovely packaging and the mere use of the word “Olfactory” for a business name. It sent sparks inside this nerdy heart of mine. But as it turns out, there’s more to them than meets the eye (or the nose, for that matter).
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Brush sustainably! Colgate’s Bamboo Charcoal Soft Toothbrush Review
We tried Colgate’s Bamboo Charcoal Soft Toothbrush. Is it worth the switch?
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Fancy but Easy Stuffed Bell Peppers
When life gives you bell peppers, stuff them! I received a bouquet of green bell peppers for mother’s day and was more than happy to re-visit this recipe from our ninang. It’s an easy dish you need not be afraid to try. And yes, you can use a toaster! P.S. Is it fancy though? We…
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“I’m Not a Regular Mom, I’m a Cool Mom!”: 12 Things on Motherhood
Behind every Regina George is not a regular mom, but a cool mom. To those who don’t get the reference, it’s from a 2004 film, Mean Girls. For most girls my age, we all laugh at Mrs. George until we become a mom ourselves. Will I ever figure out motherhood? I’ve been a mother for…
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Mark x Abi 