Unschooling James and Adam

Happy New Year!!!

Twin Lakes Carasuchi Villas, Indang Cavite enjoying Kapeng Barako while waiting swimming on a chilly day Red Dog for the teens and adults, Uno for the young ones and young-at-hearts  Ayala Malls Serin, Tagaytay after attending mass someone took this silly selfie! celebrating Tita Nance's birthday with a suprise cake lunch at S&R  Sonya's Garden a really nice buffet of pasta and veggies James, enjoying his food with Kuya Rob and Kuya Dennis Here's everyone before we left our seat for the buffet. a well-balanced lunch of pasta, salads, bread with a dozen spreads, kalamansi juice, and last but not the least, a slice of moist chocolate cake served with tarragon tea  Bloomfield's, Tagaytay

Merry Christmas! Christmas Eve in Pateros Lola Lanie prepared a very special feast for dinner roasted (Turbo) chicken and homemade brownies Tita Daisy's Christmas presents on Christmas day more gifts from Ate Susie & Ate Debs cool hat and cute puppet from Japan One of the best presents I received this Christmas was seeing the Tofighians. great company and awesome conversation with Nada Uncle Bahman, Nadi, Neda, Bastian, and Kelvin's presence made our Christmas extra special.

We had dinner at Venetto's to celebrate Mother's 40th day in heaven. We had a special lunch from Ate Che and Kuya Norman to celebrate Melo's birthday. J&A spent quality time with their friends at 7-11 and had hotdogs and Star Wars drinks. J&A met Ate Kim, Kuya Just's girlfriend, who treated them at McDonald's for some McGriddles. They also took a few hipster photos. :) Mommy had lunch and meaningful heart-to-heart conversations with her buddy, Dea.

Dr. Who & Tardis selfie with Colossal  rollercoaster museum

“It is time for a return to childhood, to simplicity, to running and climbing and laughing in the sunshine, to experiencing happiness instead of being trained for a lifetime of pursuing happiness. It is time to let children be children again.”  ―  L.R. Knost

Here are some of the fun things James and Adam made/did this month of November: We made flour tortilla from scratch and ate breakfast burritos. Adam learned how to use the printer so they made Minecraft and Dr. Who papercraft without any help. These are the toys they received during the Trick-or-Treat event at the mall. They thought of repainting them with spray paint and tempera paint, and that's what they did! James asked us to "bond" by grilling some liempo, which we all enjoyed eating outside the house.  Q