Christmas Gift to My Daughter's Teacher

This is actually not a digiscrapped masterpiece but just a collage with some simple embellishments on it. I saved this on CD and  had this craft printed and framed and gave as a Christmas gift to my daughter's preschool teacher. I put all of their pictures together since she was in Nursery until now that she's in Kinder. Next year, my daughter will go to a different school since the Day Care she's attending to for two years now no longer caters Preparatory level.

This gift made her teacher cried because she was one of her favorite students. And the thought of not having her in class next school year made her miss my daughter already.

Journalling:

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you displayed my first report, and I wanted to do another.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you fed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you gave me a sticker, and I knew that little things were special things.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you put your arm around me, and I felt loved.

When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt--but that it’s all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you smiled, and it made me want to look that pretty too.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you cared, and I wanted to be everything I could be.

When you thought I wasn’t looking--I looked...and wanted to say thanks for all those things you did when you thought I wasn’t looking.

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Thank you for being my techer, Ma'am Nhorie!

 I will miss you when I go to Prep! Luv Yah!

-Heleina Erin

Layout Share: Sisters.. Classmates.. Friends:)

credits:

Quick Page by : Pixel Gypsy Designs

Journal:

@Two years old, Cien Riley would always wear her big sissy's school uniform and go with her at school together with my mom. Ate is proud of her and she knew her little sis is proud of her too.

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Grandparents' Day 2011 Layout Share

credits:

Free Template from Cathyzielske's Blog

Journalling:

A grandma is warm hugs and sweet memories. She remembers all of your accomplishments and forgets all of your mistakes. She is someone you can tell your secrets and worries to, and she hopes and prays that all your dreams come true. She always loves you, no matter what. She can see past temper tantrums and bad moods, and makes it clear that they don't affect how precious you are to her. She is an encouraging word and a tender touch. She is full of proud smiles. She is the one person in the world who loves you with all her heart, who remembers the child you were and cherishes the person you've become. ~Barbara Cage~

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Thank you mom for loving and taking care of your three grandchildren. Hubby and I are both grateful that our children got the chance to be with you most of the time. We couldn't have any other person to entrust our kids with  but to you. In our small special way, we hope that you could feel our gratitude. Happy Grandparents Day! Hope you enjoyed our lunch out together and the food which we brought home:) I knew those food in take-out boxes were perfect for your midnight snacks while watching your favorite telenovela:)

Linggo ng Wika 2011 Layout Share

credits:

Free Digital Scrapbooking for the Template and Fonts

Delicious Scraps Love is in the Air Paper and Elements

Journaling:

Celebrated Linggo ng Wika at Cainta Day Care Center. Erin wore her Filipiniana costume, which she had last year. She was one of the students who led the singing of National An them. Then they stood up at the stage to recite their poem entitled “Kahit Ako’y Munting Bata”. She just memorized that poem few days before the event. It’s amazing how kids these days can easily memorize three to four stanzas of poem. At first, they recited it in groups, then one by one. Erin asked me to be in front to remind her of the coming lines. But surprisingly, she finished it without even looking at me, but she forgot to use her hand gestures. When I asked her why she didn’t do any actions, she said “kasi Mommy yun laway ko parang nasa lalamunan ko lng kaya nilulunok ko na lng”. Haha! Stage Fright it is! But still, she bagged the 5th Place.:)

credits:

No Reimer Reason Quick Page

I wanted to feature my two children's digitally scrapped photos of their Linggo ng Wika celebration but doing Erin's layout ate up a lot of my time. Thankfully, I had downloaded this neat and simple Quick Page from No Reimer Reason and tada! That was my eldest son in his Pandanggo sa Ilaw costume. I had few pictures of him during the event because I had with me my super hyper youngest daughter Cien. I had videos of their presentation though which reminded me that I have to do some CD burning after making this post. I make it a point to have back ups on CD/DVD of my children's videos recorded through my mobile phone since I only have 2gb memory card in it.

So bye for now!