little tot means big laughs

iñigo is now used on the word "time-out"... don't ask why. =P i am even surprised sometimes on how cooperative he can be to the extent that he'll get his time-out chair (there's a designated chair for this) from his room as soon as he heard the word, put it on where it should be and sit without any complain. the funny thing is he'll smile to me first as if he's way to tell me that he obliged, before he'll fuss or whine... ay time-out pala s'ya. hehe.

there are even moments when he'd volunteer himself for a time-out as soon as he realized that "mommy... mad" and declare for himself a "tam-out". 'yan ang bata... may kusa... =D

it was two or three nights ago when i put him on a time-out again. this time it's me who took the chair from his room and had him sit in one of the corners of our sala. i saw his attempt to stand up and wander around the house but i was quick to remind him that he's for a time-out and he should only sit down until the time i tell him it's over. since i was a busy with some chores, i left him with jude who was also busy reading a magazine. not a minute passed when i looked back to where he was and lo and behold, iñigo was walking around the house with the chair on his butt (hawak-hawak ng mokmok!). i tried not to laugh and give him a scolding for his naughtiness but i can't help it as jude was already laughing hard, i gave in and laughed to my heart's content.

naisahan na naman... =D

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this was only narrated to me by our former househelp, manang fe:

iñigo: manan, mommy celofon kirirrrring (manang, mommy's celfone rings)

manang fe: ano yun?

iñigo: celofone kirirrrring-kirirrring

manang fe: (slow, kulang kasi sa vitamins) ano kamo? anong kiriring?

iñigo: celofone kirirrring... det it... hawo, dido pay (celfone rings... get it and say 'hello, iñigo is playing')

ayus, memoryado na ang dialogue. =D

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it's like an afternoon soap for us whenever i bid goodbye to the little tot.

me: mommy has to go...

iñigo: (in tears) no like!

me: you go to sleep now and when you wake up you'll already see mommy in the house.

iñigo: no like seep (don't like to sleep)!

me: okay, what do you want (last resort, bribery! haha)? mommy will bring it home.

iñigo: fish faish (french fries), aysh keam (ice cream)... hamberjer (hamburger)...  babye mommy!

...and he's all smiles in that last statement!

yun lang pala katapat ko. =(

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oh, there are many more stories i wish to tell here but it's either i have limited time to type them down here or i have limited storage space in my memory (i blame it on the epidural i had. hehe.)

but there's one thing that never skips me--the everyday realization that our son is growing up fast.

read this:

he now knows how to turn on and operate most of our electronic appliances inside the house (and he never forgets to plug them first, que horror!) such as electric fan, dvd, tv, computer, and component;

and he knows to turn them off when they are not in use... i'm happy here, mabuti na lang hinde sa tatay nagmana =P;

he knows the way going to the mall and he will tell us if we're going to the opposite or wrong direction... "daddy, mall there!" (can you fool a certified mall rat? NEVER!);

he knows when to complain when it's "tafic! (traffic)";

he chooses the clothes and shoes he'll wear whenever we're going out and daddy or mommy has to abide (talk about being adamant... err, stubborn);

he's very good in sweet-talking and cajoling now like when he wants to go outside the house, he'd tell me, "mommy, like coke? buy coke... tawa (tara)!" o 'di ba? marunong mambola! hehe.

aside from mcdonald and jollibee, he has another two favorite places on earth--chooking (chowking) and timezone! all these inside his most favorite place--MALL.

and if i'm going to sum up in one sentence most of these truths about my son right now... walang duda, he's becoming more like mommy everyday. =D