THERAPY 101

"You know mom, your mood swings may be 
a sign of a deeper emotional imbalance." 

- M.S., 11 years old -

POTATO CHIP

"Biggest V-Cut ever!"

FOOTBALL: Earning A Spot

Nicolas' reaction after learning he made it to the varsity football team.

Photo courtesy of Nicolas' teacher/adviser, Ms. Rinna Puno 

CRUSH

"If you have a crush they can always crush you back." 
- Nicolas Garcia, 8 years old -

PANCAKES by BELLA

"Pancakes for Dad" by Bella (5 years old)
(Ingredients: Ready Made Pancake Mix and Ready To Help Mommy)

THE END OF CUTENESS REDUX

The first teeth are gone and perfect eyesight too.  

Nicolas wears his first set of eyeglasses today.

See link: http://ipisnippets.blogspot.com/2008/08/end-of-cuteness.html

WHEN A BABY ARRIVES

After learning his mother will be having a baby, Juno asked, "When the baby comes, what's going to happen to Juno?"

DEAR PHOTOGRAPH

Dear Photograph,

I wish my mother were here to take another photo of her grandchildren.

SG

Inspired by: http://dearphotograph.com

HAWAII FIVE-O

Nicolas hummed the theme song and declared,
"I love 70's classic chase music!"

SOLAR POWER

Dancing Solar Flowers
Paper flowers with light-powered mechanism
© Artist Alexandre Dang / www.dang.be

SAM Link: http://www.singart.com/exhibitions/details.php?id=71

NICOLAS & NICOLAS

Nicolas Cage & Nicolas Garcia

FLEA MARKET

Nicolas misheard the tour guide say Flea Market. He excitedly asked, "Everything free there?"

REAR VIEW

"Woo hoo!"

THE SUM OF HEALTH

"sick lolo + medicine = well lolo" 
- Nicolas Garcia -

(Materials Used: paper and colored pencils)

"TRACY"

Nicolas' Nike T90 football. He named it "Tracy".

JOAQUI 2004-2006

"Be grateful for the little things - the ability to chew, taste, swallow - the way your kids enjoy Jollibee chicken or McDonald's french fries.  Be aware of your child's deep breathing when they sleep, and the smell of their hair when they snuggle up to you.   When they ask you for a new Playstation - remember Joaqui, who could not even hold a spoon, let alone a video game controller."

Joaqui Imperial was born 1 year, 11 months ago with a congenital heart disease called Tetralogy of Fallot.  It was a stressful birth for him, and the doctors immediately informed us that he had to have a major heart operation to survive.   He was rushed to the Phil. Heart Center - in the ambulance, his oxygen saturation was hitting the mid-30s (normal is 99).   Aside from his heart defect, he had Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy or to put it simply, brain damage from lack of oxygen.   He underwent a stop-gap procedure that let him live in spite of his heart defects.

He was a fighter, and was eventually discharged from the hospital after more than 3 weeks.  During our stay, I witnessed 6 other children who did not make it - Joaqui was one of the lucky ones.

JUNO'S SHIRT DESIGNS

Juno's Street Light shirt designs for Collezione C2.

FOOTBALL: Silver for Nicolas

Futbol Fanatics   2nd Place   
May 29, 2011   Cuenca Field, Alabang   (Nicolas #10)

FOOTBALL: Silver for Savion

Everest Academy Pioneers   2nd Place
May 21, 2011   Nuvali, Sta. Rosa   (Savion #14)

(Photo courtesy of Rica at http://heart-2-heart-online.com)

NINONG NEWS #1

Nicolas received a monetary gift from his godfather (ninong) and received his first ninong lesson -
"Save 20% of whatever is given to you."

GRADE 5 GOODBYES

Grade 5B boys wrote their goodbyes.

BASKETBALL: Season Ender

GRAPPLING HOOK

(Materials Used: paper clips, string, masking tape)