Buwan ng Wika

Kailan ba ako huling nagsulat sa ating Wikang Pambansa? Hmmm ... hindi ko na maalala kaya bilang paggunita sa Buwan ng Wika, sabi ko sa sarili ko, pipilitin kong magsulat muli sa Filipino. Gusto ko na sanang sumuko dahil sa totoo lang nagdudugo na ang ilong ko ngayon pa lang. Pero sige, sa ngalan ng pagmamahal sa ating wika ay ibubuhos ko ang lahat ng alam kong Tagalog/Filipino.

Noong nakaraang linggo ay sinimulan sa Rosemont ang iba't ibang aktibidad upang ipagdiwang ang Buwan ng Wika. Ang Senior Kinder ay nagkaroon ng Munting Salo-Salu kung saan ang bawat estudyante ay naatasang magdala ng isang pagkaing Filipino. Si Ethan ay naatasang magdala ng bibingka.Sayang at hindi ko nakita ang ibang mga pagkaing dala ng kanyang mga kaklase (ibig kong sabihin sayang at di ko natikaman ang pansit at chicharon na ayon kay Ethan ay masarap hehehe). 

Bago nagkaroon ng salo-salo, ang mga bata ay naglaro muna ng iba't ibang larong Filipino. Kahit hindi man masabi ni Ethan sa akin kung ano ang kanilang nilaro, sa tingin ko naging masaya naman siya (dahil sa mga premyong laman ng kanyang baunan : D

Isang linggo din na mga palabas tungkol sa mga Katutubong sayaw ang ipinapanood sa kanilang klase. Tinuruan din sila ng ilang kanta at sayaw. Pati na rin ang pagbibilang sa Filipino. Hindi ko malaman kung matatawa o maaawa kay Ethan dahil pagdating ng anim ay hirap na siya kung ano ang susunod! Hay naku, may mali yata ako kasi hindi ko man lang siya tinuruan! Tsk tsk tsk.

Nitong Huwebes, Agosto 19, ay nagkaroon ng isang parada ang mga bata kung saan ay suot nila ang iba't ibang katutubong kasuotan. Si Ethan ay nagdamit ng Kasuotang Muslim (ay sana tama ang Tagalog ko!). Narito ang mga larawan ng naturang pagdiriwang.

Pagkatapos ng parada ay isa isang ipinakita ng bawat klase ang kanilang inihandang sayaw o kaya naman ay kanta. Ang klase nila Ethan ay hinati sa dalawa. Ang unang grupo kung saan kabilang si Ethan ay sumayaw ng Cariñosa.

Tuwang tuwa ako habang pinagmamasdan si Ethan na sumasayaw! Naikwento nga sa akin ni Teacher Pie na si Ethan ang ginagawa niyang halimbawa sa mga kaklase nitong lalaki upang sundin kapag sila ay nag-eensayong sumayaw!

Ngayon ang huling araw ng Agosto at katapusan na ng Buwan ng Wika. Sana'y kahit lamang sa paggamit at pagkilala sa ating wika ay lubos nating maintindihan ang kahalagahan ng pagkakaroon nito.

Salamat sa pagbabasa. Kailangan ko na ng panyo at dumudugo na  ilong ko! : D

-Pia

Idol Ko Si Dad

It's no wonder Ethan idolizes his dad a lot! He pretends to be a photographer and pretends to be the "boss" whenever he goes to check our small biz, he loves to build like his dad, they share the same interests on most of things except for dancing hehehe.

These pictures were taken last Father's Day after dinner at Antonio's Grill.
 

materials used: cardstock - Bazzill; patterned papers - Bella Boulevard and Prima; letter sticker - Prima; chipboard - Bella Blvd.,brad - Chatterbox; pen - Uniball Signo

Repertory Philippine's Sleeping Beauty

The whole Rosemont and Ridgefield School community watched "Sleeping Beauty" at the Onstage Theater in Greenbelt last Aug. 13. It was free seating so we made sure we were early at the venue. We were lucky to find seats at the first row of the right orchestra. Ethan once again had a very good view of the play.

We enjoyed the show and had fun doing the charades with the "fairies". We like Trollerina and the Fawn - both are interesting characters and the actors who played were great! Trollerina was played by a male and boy was he really deserving of the audience's applaud! We love watching stage plays - far better than movies because you get to be "part" of it.

Here are some of the pictures we took right after the play when all of the characters went out of the stage again to meet the students/audience.

The Fawn with the Fairy, Minerva

The King and The Queen

The Prince

The Herald

Trollerina

In case you are looking for Sleeping Beauty, it was no surprise for me that Ethan didn't bother come to her hehehe. It's not because she was not good, but maybe because Ethan doesn't find a lead character fascinating at all : D Last year, when we watched Jack and the Beanstalk, Ethan didn't like "Jack" but wants a picture taken with the "Giant"!

Next week, Ethan will be celebrating the National Language Month in their school. He will  not be wearing his Barong Tagalog for a change. He has worn a Barong tagalog for 2 consecutive years already hehehe. Perhaps for his last preschool year he can wear something our brothers from Mindanao are wearing! Oh we're so excited!

-Pia

We'll Be Home Soon

I have kept a flyer of our condominium unit and told myself that I will scrap about it someday. I cut the condo unit's floor plan and the facade of the building and used them as the main pictures of my layout.

I made this layout using The Color Room Palette #18. So far, I find this color palette challenging. I ended up bringing out all of my papers and embellishments to look for the colors of this palette!  I actually meant, every paper and embellishment that I have, including those that are almost forgotten hehehe! I was able to breathe after I finished the layout!

I used K&Co., Daisy Bucket, Websters, Tinkering Ink, Bella Blvd. and Scrapworks papers; Bazzill cardstock; embellishments - Chatterbox, Fancy Pants felt shapes, 7 Gypsies, K&Co., Daisy Bucket rub ons; letters - American Crafts, Jillibean Soup; pen - Zig

-Pia