Friday, November 2, 2007
costume night
 since DH is not at all into the halloween hype, precisely because of the origin of the celebration, i decided to just dress up the boys in costumes just so when the trick-or-treaters knock and ask for goodies Franco won't feel out of place - especially since he will be the one to hand over the candies. well, i did actually manage to convince DH to go to chillon castle where there was a programme called "la nuit de la crypte" where children are invited to be in their costumes and tour the old castle, and there were story telling, magic shows, etc....a little bit creepy because of the venue, but that's actually the whole point of it! but apparently, we were really not meant to go there, since DH has a meeting at 5:30 for an hour and he got home at 7pm which was already too late. so, here's the pirate and mickey mouse on halloween... but i think next time, i'll dress them up as angels instead. of course, the PA should be in the picture, as well!  Labels: scrapping, swiss life, the boys |
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
a third one
... scrapbook layout, that is! :) i've managed to make my 3rd manual scrapbook layout, it's not ritzy at all but i'm sharing it anyway since i managed to finish it in one sitting yesterday while the boys were taking their afternoon naps. hopefully, i'll make more... since i did have more than a hundred photos printed out for the purpose. |
Thursday, January 18, 2007
four years ago today...
 Labels: mom et dad, scrapping |
Monday, January 8, 2007
daddy's special day
Friday, January 5, 2007
inspired for scrapping
i was able to finish three layouts since yesterday. i'm not sure how i found the time, but i did! :) here are the finished products:    Labels: scrapping |
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
scrapbooking project
| i've finally decided to collect all my scrapbook projects and put it in one webshots account to put a bit of order in my works, sad to say i can't locate some of my projects since we're reformatted the computer a while back. so, lest i forget, i will post all my finished projects. the digital ones  by frapri_scraps and my manual layouts  by frapri_scraps. next target for me to achieve is to have the digital ones printed and binded. hmm... when would that be? |
Happy New Year 2007!
* Wishing everyone a bountiful year ahead! May our God of hope fill you this year with all the love, joy and peace!!! We celebrated the new year with a little feast of sweet-chili chicken sticks, kilawing salmon, lechon kawali, pad thai noodles, buco pandan and a bottle of champagne. Of course, there were the traditional round fruits on the table, which we really barely touch - we're not the fruity type of people :p. After dinner, we braced the drizzling new year's eve night to watch the fireworks in the town centre which lasted for about 30 minutes. Very nice, indeed! We basically had front row seats! :D Labels: holidays, scrapping, year-ender |
Monday, December 25, 2006
season's greetings!
* Labels: holidays, scrapping, swiss life |
Thursday, November 30, 2006
my baby's angel
| i do believe that i know one of my simon's angels... because it's my late dad, noe tupas. and why do i believe so? here are some "coincidences": my dad was born on january 8, 1942 and came back to our creator over a year ago, on august 6, 2005. a month after that, i got pregnant and our little one is due on june 8, 2006, and indeed, he was born on that day. they were both born on the 8th of the month that starts with a J. so, that makes the dates relative... 08/01/1942, 06/08/2005, 08/06/2006. hmm... a bit shallow, i know and i'm not really an avid fan of numbers or signs, but i think these are "hints" from up above - assuring me that my dad is always here with us, watching over us. coincidence or not, there is happiness in my heart believing it. at least i know that my son even though they never met in the physical state knows my dad and that he is always here with us. when i told this to hubby, he said, if reincarnation was true, then, i'm paying back my dad now on the sleep deprivation i awarded them when i was still a baby... SA still is waking us up in the middle of the night :p well, bottom line is, i just really miss my dad!  |
Thursday, November 2, 2006
learning french
i've been attending french language classes 2 nights a week, 90 minutes per class for 12 weeks. i'm in the beginner class and we're on our 8th week already. it gets really frustrating when some of my classmates already "understand" what our professeur is saying... she speaks 99.9% french in class! but i think i'm now beginning to be familiar with the language. after all, i'm just a debutante and not much is expected. so... if 2 phrasebooks, 2 dictionaries, 3 sets of audio cd's and 1 pc learning software can't help me in learning the language, i don't know what else can! :p God help me, please! :) Labels: learn, scrapping, swiss life |
Thursday, September 7, 2006
young performer
| my almost 3-month old's doing some perfomances so early... here are some of this antics: i got the message right, don't you think so? :p  he seem to be projecting his personality this early... bubly - he does this when he's happy and playing  whacky or naughty?  demure - covering his mouth while picking his... gums? ;P)  and strong-willed - a bit of a show-off saying he can lift his head!  sensitive kinda guy...  and that sums up to be a well-rounded, happy personality! what more can you ask for? :)  |
Thursday, August 31, 2006
baptism pics
haven't had time to update my blog yet. but in the meantime, i'm posting some pictures from the baptism here: by frapri7 it had been a nice, solemn ceremony and a yummy and filling lunch! :)  |
Saturday, August 12, 2006
invitation
| below is what's keeping me busy lately. been preparing for SA's baptism. good thing mother dear is already here. she arrived last tuesday :) i made two versions of the invitation (after 4 drafts), couldn't choose which one to publish so here are the two:   so, which one do you prefer? :) |