#selfie

xia: mama what selfie is? 

mama:  selfie is taking picture of yourself! 

xia:  ok mama, let's do selfie!!! 

hahhaha na enjoy ni bulinggit ang #selfie! :) 

#ootd

today is the start of #pinkthursday!  xia will be part of that crusade... 

she's too cute in pink!!! 

xia loves to study

and i'm happy about it!!! 

she asks me to study with her when she wakes up in the morning or before she goes to bed at night.  we review her notes from her tutorial class with teacher kat.  i can't do it consistently with her on weeknights though but i make up for it in the mornings and weekends.

this weekend, she asked me to make a story with an illustration just like one of her lessons!  oh my!  i had to obey so she can keep her momentum.  and this is what i came up with...

it isn't so bad right?  haha that's because i traced the girl from her materials.  the dog i made though (which looks like a cat according to my friends in instagram) seemed to be five-legged!  haha.  but whatevs, the important thing is xia appreciated it so much because she is the bida in the kwento!!! :) 

my smart xia is actually a fast reader!  and she makes me very proud of her!  she can read a whole story already and understands it at the same time!  the one i did was a lot simpler than what she can read because i wasn't so prepared when she asked me for it.  but by this time she can already read phrases or sentences like "bless the food", "let us clap our hands", "glenda loves her pink bag and black shoes - which to me are kind of advanced!  i learned how to read when i was already 6!  but she's only 4...  though of course, everything is advanced already at this era...

to better aid her in her studying at home, she asked for a small table that she can bring to the bed where she wants to study most of the time. she has outgrown her plastic study table.  good thing i found a portable desk at ace hardware and she can't stop thanking me for it (with shower of kisses awww sweet kid!).  so here she is diligently studying day and night :) 

the face...

... that i will never ever get tired of staring at when i wake up every morning!