philippines vacation

at dinner, daddy told me that alex was crying in kindergarten.  so i asked alex why, and her story goes something like this...

alex told her friends in kindergarten that she will be going to philippines for a long time.  now one of her friends was crying and telling everyone that alex will not be coming back.  so alex was crying with her friend, saying that she doesn't want to go for a long time.  i was surprised, because ever since we mentioned the vacation she's been too excited.  she asks me from time to time if we can go already.  and when she finally understood that we will be going after christmas, she began waiting for christmas.  so i asked her why she doesn't want to stay longer in philippines. her reply was, "but i only want to go to philippines to eat fried banana, cheese whiz, and stuff like that that we don't have here." 

you see, fried bananas are really a big thing for her.  :))

the family that prays together...

our family prays before every meal.  sometimes, when the biglets are too hungry, they come running to the table and asks if they can start eating already. my standard reply is to wait until we have said our prayer.  it worked for some time and then the biglets became smarter.

now instead of asking if they can eat first.  they just go on and pray by themselves so that they can eat ahead.  so one time, i told alex that we should wait until everyone is at the table because "the family that prays together, stays together."  

now karol, having very little self control would run to the table and tell me that he wants to eat already.  then he would start doing the sign of the cross, bring his hands together and then say, "i prayed already!" and then start eating.  (note: he still doesn't know the prayer.)  alex, not wanting to be outsmarted, told karol, "karol, the family that doesn't pray together will not stay together. so you should wait if you want to stay with the family."