Saturday, February 18, 2006

The Book Worm



February 19, 2006 / Sunday / 10:30 a.m.

This week's photo shows Theo busily browsing one of the books that his Aunt Tippi had given him. It's almost impossible to decipher what goes on inside his head as he eagerly flips the pages, stares at the pictures, and babbles nonsensicals in between deep breaths and grins. What's certain is that he enjoys going through the pages.

Last night we attended the induction ceremony for the incoming fiscal year's officers of the Association of Filipino Scholars in Tsukuba. Consul General Claro Cristobal was our guest speaker and inducting officer. Quite a number of members attended and Theo enjoyed being passed around from one arm to the next.

Surprisingly, Theo was feverish starting at around 4 pm yesterday and was so until evening. This morning, however, the fever just disappeared, thus further reinforcing our belief that he has a strong and healthy immune system.

It's around 10:30 a.m. at the moment and Theo's still fast asleep. This provides us a few more minutes (or hours?) to ourselves before he wakes up and hugs our attention with his energizer-bunny-like exploration of the (home) terrain. Whew!

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Theo's New Toys

February 12, 2006 / Sunday /6:36 p.m.

It's been almost a month now since I last posted in this blog. It doesn't mean though that nothing new has happened to Theo. In fact, much has happened, esp. when it comes to his walking skills. He can now walk almost indefinitely while pushing his toy cart and he can also walk a few steps all by himself without any support. He looks both cute and adorable doing these walks. What actually kept me from posting was the housework backlog that faced us these past few weekends.

The trip to Bacolod was really very relaxing for us, esp. for Mommy D. For two weeks, she was free from housework and from taking care of Theo 24/7. On my part, I was out of the lab and was busy enjoying the different types of food that are available only in Bacolod or in the Philippines. Upon returning to Japan, I resolved that I will return to Bacolod after a few more years of working abroad. I am a Filipino...and there's no place like home.

This week's photo (see below) shows Theo with some of his new toys from his Grandaunt Nalik. Lola Nalik also sent him clothes and other goodies from the US. Recently, he also received toys from his Aunt Tippi and from his godfathers Glenn, Leon, Joey, and Anton, as well as from his friend Aya. Our living room is actually filled with his toys which end up scattered all over when he's on play mode.

Now, we can leave him all alone as he plays by himself, stopping only if he's bored or hungry. But we also love to play with him. Nothing beats his laughs and giggles in taking our tiredness away.