just when i thought nothing will go wrong… everything did.

last saturday we had our 3rd post mss at the rivers center. in the past, we would always be late in these activities so we really tried to leave early this time. traffic in marikina was heavier than usual, there were sectional blocking going on in our streets, we were delayed there for a couple of minutes. when we got to libis, i was still hopeful we’d get to st. paul’s  in makati on time. traffic was a bit heavy at ortigas, but the real problem was when we reached the edsa ortigas intersection. while waiting for the traffic light to turn green, an mmda traffic enforcer approached us, you see the ending number of our plate number was 5 so we were supposed to be registered by may 31, but due to financial and procedural constraints, hubby was able to take care of this only in the afternoon of  last june 1, a friday. needless to say the registration was not finished since the whole process was still not done by 5pm. hubby had to explain to the officer our situation, showed him the necessary papers and proofs that we were in good faith. while all this was happening, we were both praying… please Lord, let this man understand our situation so that we can go to our post mss. we’re late enough as it is. the Good Lord granted our prayer and  the mmda let us go with only a warning. so, we were happily on our way. we arrived at st paul’s at about 3:30… we got out of the van, locked the doors, was about to go in when hubby realized that he left the keys inside! i had a spare but i also left it inside. one thing came into mind, the devil is definitely trying to do everything to keep us from attending our post mss!  another 30 minutes later, we were able to open the door and get the keys (with the help of a good samaritan who gave us a piece of wire to pry open our window). we were able to register at 4pm. the one in charge of the registration had already crossed out our names, assuming we were not coming. when we got in the room, as always we were so embarrassed… late again. but my God is still good, despite the problems we encountered, we were still able to come and listen to sister Yna’s talk about the fruit of the Holy Spirit.  no tempers flared, no arguments occurred. thank you Lord. there’s always the 4th post mss, maybe we won’t be late then =)

 

flashback: bea’s first swimming experience

better late than never right? i just want to blog bea’s first swimming experience. this happened last april, at kuya austin’s 2nd party, april 14. austin is my kumareng apple’s little boy, this year they decided to have a swimming party.  it was on  a swelteringly hot afternoon.  bea came in full gear, already wearing her pink polka dot swimsuit, new pink shades and her newly bought floater =)  when we arrived tita che and ate lyssa was already there. we got a nice spot by the poolside and watched the games from there. soon, ann and denny arrived with their kids…hubby was called on to participate in a relay game… sayang i wasn’t able to take a good picture. 

then we tried getting bea in the pool, understandably she was a bit afraid so we placed her in the small wading pool for little kids with kuya harley. it got a bit crowded since they all had floaters…sayang di ako kasya, i wasn’t able to get in there with her. but then when barney came out to dance, this really made her day! she was frantically pointing and waving at barney! hehehe… barney’s her current fave you see, must’ve gotten my penchant for anything with the shade of violet =) when hubby was done with his game, he came in the pool to join bea… bea was having the time of her life… for only a couple of minutes… then i guess she felt cold already because she wanted to come up. hubby tried to hug her but when i saw her lips were already shaking we decided that her pool fun was now done …hehehe.  manang-mana sa mommy…magiginawin at takot maligo! 

 

with uneven seven and our kids =)