Princesses and Queens

My 4 year old is fond of "princesses and princes' at this stage in her life. I can't count how many crowns she has worn, glass slippers she has liked and pretended that she's a princess. Even yesterday, she told me that she's a princess, I'm the queen and her granny is the old queen. I chuckled when she had to specifically emphasize that granny is the 'old queen'. Thinking that Granny's back might become more painful with the word "old", I asked her who told her that granny's old. She answered, " Granny said, she's old". Heheh! Anyways, have I told you that there was this time that I scolded her when she was only about 2-3 years old and she cried and said, " Amma, don't be like a wicked queen!". And at that point I realized that I introduced Snow white too early for her. :)

Anyways, I'm sure when my Li'l Trish gets older she would love to play the princess bride game. It would be nice if the good queen herself :) can also play with the little princess. It will be a great time to bond with my Li'l girl and at the same time be able to guide and monitor her playing time. By the way, the Princess Bride Game is from the movie the Princess Bride and it comes in a 5 pack of Princess Bride PC/MAC Games that will make the perfect gift this season.

BOOKSALE

I have found new place for me to hang out! It's the Booksale Shops here in the Philippines. I have always wanted to enter in one of their shops in SM but everytime we go to SM, it's either my kids are cranky or we're in a hurry. Then, last week, I'm supposed to have ample of time to visitthe shop but then I found out that the shop is no longer there. Sigh!

But yesterday, when we went to Gaisano City, I found another Booksale branch and finally was able to go inside. And wow! I found tons of children's books that are a lot cheaper than the ones found in National Bookstore. The choices are quite varied too. There are also a lot of books on health, home and etc. Books that are normally 300-600 Pesos in the other bookstores are only less than 200 pesos there. But that's not the place to find the newly published or released books. If one chooses well, treasures can really be found in that cheap bookstore.

So, Tricia and I spent quite sometime there and as usual I couldn't help

but buy a book for me and Tricia. :) Now, I know where to go next for my ME time.

Of Charice Pempenco and Nat & Alex Wolff

It's amazing how kids are so talented these days. Just this evening I watched in the evening news that Charice Pempenco once again amazed the audience of the show, Good America. She sang the song, " I Will Survive". Hearing her sing with such powerful voice can really give you goose bumps. When I saw a portion of the clip from her performance in Good Morning America, I noticed that her dance moves and performance has tremendously improved. She's really a very talented girl and I think if I'm not mistaken, the manager of Celine Dion commented that after he watched Charice Pempenco performed, he remembered the first time he saw Celine Dion. I'm sure this petite and super talented Filipina girl will succeed in the business. She is truly making us so proud of her. Way to go, Charice!

Talking about talented kids, have you heard about Nat & Alex Wolff of The Naked Brother's Band? I think they're among the kids favorite bands as they are also featured in Nick. Anwways, this Saturday, Nov. 22, kids can tune in to live chat with Nat & Alex Wolff , as part of their new premiere, "Operation Mojo". I'm sure their fans will be excited for this news.