We've been Zoom-ed!

Joey was sick over the weekend -- mild case of tonsilitis -- so he called in sick Monday morning. He was supposed to get some rest but since it's one of those rare days that we can spend the whole day together, we decided to go malling. Mall is a 15 minutes drive from home. No traffic so he wasn't stressed out. Since it's a Monday afternoon there weren't many people around. Juwan went to his usual destination -- EB Games. No console game interested him that much so he just happily looked at the games available.

We decided to watch a movie, a choice between Ant Bully and Zoom. Juwan wanted to watch the latter. Bought tickets and since we still have an hour until screening time we explored the mall some mall.
There was a new arcade center in the mall which we tried out because a promo guy gave us 3 free tickets for rides. Juwan enjoyed the Haunted House Coaster, rode it twice. Then he tried the Krazy Kars which he didn't enjoy much because he can't control the car.

Jin in his usual "whining" fashion did nothing but cling to me and say "I'm scared. I'm scared." When he stopped the clinging, he made me carry him. Hmmm. Bawal mamalo pag madami tao baka isumbong ako sa Bantay Bata :D Pero kakapikon ha. Gusto kong kurutin. I then decided to go out with him and we visited the pet shop beside the arcade. There were cute but oh-so-expensive dogs. $30-40 guinea pigs. Eh dagang costa lang sa atin yun e. Naalala ko nung bata ako may dagang costa kami kangkong lang pagkain tapos nasa bird cage cya na may sapin na diaryo. Dito sosi naka "fiberglass home" tapos may special food pa. Sus ma. There were $20-30 hamsters. I've never seen so many hamster varieties. Cute. Joey was once bitten by my sister's hamster during our bf-gf days. Seeing the hamster brought back the memory and he told me "Kung akin lang yung hamster na yun, babato sa dingding yun eh" Hahaha. There also was a house gecko for $8.95. Hehehe butiking bahay lang pala yun. Dami sa bahay namin nyan sa Pinas. Napa-isip ako ha! Bakit nga pala di pa ako nakakakita ng butiki dito maliban sa pet shop.

430PM. Time to watch the movie. There were booster seats for children plus the theatre seats were like comfy rocking chair so the kids were delighted. The movie had it's funny and gross :( moments. It was irritating to see the "ZP" logo zooming in the screen every so often after each scene. What the heck, the kids enjoyed the movie so I guess the movie served its purpose.

Off to home. Joey wanted pizza so he had to drive 2 cities further from home to buy the best pizza we've tasted so far. Chewy, yummy crust. Just the basic ham and cheese is a treat. After a satisfying pizza dinner we called it a night at 9PM. I was so beat I started to feel chilly and weak. I just hope I'll feel better when I get a good night's sleep.

Haircut 101

Since birth Jaira has not had a benefit of a haircut. Maybe because little girls looks nice with long, flowing hair or maybe because she's too hyper to sit still for a couple of minutes, let alone sit still with somebody trying to cut her tresses. Toddlers have this fear of mutilation. Toddlerhood is not a good stage to start cutting children's hair :D

I've been debating whether or not to cut her hair. She may not be that attached to it but I am. We almost have the same hair length, I don't want to part with mine yet so I guess she has the same feelings with hers. But I had to let go of my sentimental reasons to give way to these practical issues. (1) the heat wave that's been sweeping our part of the world has made her hair unmanageable (2) she looks like the kiddie version of Sadako after a day of rough and tumble with her two siblings (3) hair strands poking her eyes irritates her and makes her cranky (4) I finally found the courage to cut her hair and make her the subject of my recently acquired hairdressing skills.

Monday, July 31, 2006. First things first, keep her occupied. Placed Jaira infront of the PC to distract her but she was so excited with the games at nickjr.com that she can't keep still. Oh well better this than have her run around the house. As I gather her hair strands on my fingertips I can't seem to find the courage to go through the motions of snipping her tresses. That's the sentimental Piscean in me. :)

Well. A mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do. So, with all the heaviness in my heart I snipped. Voila, I cut off like 8 inches of Jaira's hair. When the unsevered strands fell on her shoulder I completely regretted not studying her hair before I snipped. There were like 4 layers in the cut. 4 uneven layers. The shortest being just under her earlobe. Cutting it to that length will make her hair too short. So I did my best and gave her my version of the layered look. The verdict, go see at the pics below.

All in all, Jaira was cooperative. I was a nervous wreck everytime I snip, afraid that she will squirm and I will cut through her skin and not her hair. Through a simple haircut, I had some wins: (a)I found the process rewarding (b)she had lesser but more manageable hair (c) She didn't get emotionally scarred from what happened, she doesn't have a clue of what transpired (d) I conquered my fear. Not bad for a session of Haircut 101.