It hit 92 degrees today!

We broke the record temperature!

Veronica's Ballet Recital & Lola's Birthday 1-5May2016

The first weekend of May 2016 was jam-packed with activities. On Friday, Veronica had her dress rehearsal for her ballet recital. Grandmom, Ninang, Lola and Gramps all came to visit to see the ballet recital. On Saturday, Veronica's after school program hosted a dance for charity, and on Sunday was Veronica's actual ballet recital. Veronica is very lucky to have so many loving relatives that travel to Boston just to see her dance in her ballet recital. Lola even came all the way from Manila! The week ended with a dinner celebration of Lola's birthday. The next day Ninong, Tita Erik and Charlie arrived for Max's birthday weekend, but that is another blog post!

Dress Rehearsal

Here is the video Adrian took during the dress rehearsal:


Kids' Corner dance for charity

Ballet Recital

Lola's birthday dinner

Click here to see more photos and videos from Veronica's ballet recital weekend. The ballet recital dress rehearsal was the only time parents were allowed to take photos/videos. So click on that link to see more photos and videos!

Max Daycare Photo: Construction

(click to enlarge photo)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, May 24, 2016 at 4:21 PM

Hi Everyone!
We've had a busy day in preschool! We worked on all things construction from wrecking balls to dump trucks and diggers in cornmeal. Today during circle we discussed different construction vehicles and tools and the job they do. We also read: Digger and Tom. After circle we were very busy with the wrenches and bolts, filling dump trucks and diggers with cornmeal, coloring construction site pictures, smashing down buildings with wrecking balls, putting together a construction site floor puzzle, and a gluing and matching tools collage.  
Preschool Team :)

En Ka Fair Anime

Check out this animation Adrian's phone put together of the kids at the En Ka Fair last weekend.

https://goo.gl/photos/pqa7Nwu5cqSf2Mut7

Grapefruit!

This girl loves grapefruit!

Two gorgeous days for the town fair!

Max Daycare Photo: Designing Blueprints

Max designing blueprints with a ruler (click to enlarge).

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, May 18, 2016 at 2:22 PM
Subject: Powerpoint of today's activities

Hello, Preschool parents!
Here is a power point of today's construction-themed activities. The children are really enjoying getting their hands dirty, loading dirt into trucks in the sensory table and have also been coming up with some brilliant design plans for houses, playgrounds and airplanes. They have also been pointing out different types of work trucks as they see them from the playground and while looking out the classroom window. Today, we had fun designing and creating things with popsicle sticks. The best investment you can make for your child is in a box of popsicle sticks and some glue.... The possibility for creativity is endless!

Enjoy!
Vanessa and the preschool team

Nom Nom Ramen

At Gotham West Market

Jose's album release concert!

Super excited for Jose's album release concert!

April 2016

April brought a little bit of snow, lots of videos of the kids goofing around, Veronica trying on her ballet recital costume, Max posing, hammock time with our friends, the Buddes, and the arrival of Jose's new album!

Click here to see more photos and videos from April 2016.

Gotham

Amazing view from Jose and Erik's 55th floor pad

Good NYC Eats

Salmon, kale and seaweed salad hand roll, pork belly bun, shoyu ramen

Mini New Yorker

Tapsilog

Beef tapa with sinangag (garlic fried rice), fried egg and salad

Daddy's girl

Handsome date

That hotel life

At Ninong's Birthday Party

Cool city playground

Soft Shell Crab

Over squid ink with garlic rice and salmon roe

Lechon Kawali

Over garlic peapod stems

Tagalog Word of the Day: Hiwalay

Chicharon Manok

As an amuse bouche.

Moments before our escape

Setting the kids up to watch a movie with Ninong and Tito Erik before Adrian and I went to dinner.

New York!

It may be raining, but we're happy to be here! In NYC for Jose's birthday and album release concert.

March & Easter 2016

Activities in March included a last play date with the Zoepfs (before they, sadly, moved to California in April), checking out the Boston Fire Museum as a possible birthday party location for Max in May, Veronica's first kindergarten progress report (not quite a report card at this age), random photos of the kids at restaurants and furniture stores, a friend's gymnastics birthday party, a Boston Fil-Am Book Club meeting, and Easter egg hunt and egg coloring festivities!

Click here to see more photos and videos (videos of the gymnastics party and the Easter egg hunt) from March 2016.