Bad Mood

Dear Sabrina Banana,

Mommy's in a bad mood today. So sorry for being short-tempered and irritable =(. You have nothing to do with why I feel bad but I feel like you're taking the brunt of it.

Love you,

Momma

Handling Disappointments

Dear Sabrina Banana,

My heart bled when I had to tell you that you will not be joining your friends on your second field trip. Your entire class is supposed to go to Tagaytay but I couldn't go with you. Daddy was supposed to go but something came up at work which made it impossible for him to take you.

You have been to the zoo in Tagaytay so I know you won't be missing out on the learning, you will however be missing out on the fun. That's what I'm most sad about. I know you would have loved to play with your friends but unfortunately we really couldn't find a way to take you to your trip.

I felt so proud of the way you handled the news. You said you felt sad, you asked me why you couldn't go and I explained it to you. That's it! No rants, no whining, no tantrums. I heard you tell your dolls that they couldn't go somewhere because their mommy needs to do something. That tells me that you have understood what I was explaining to you.

I wish you know that when we have to say no to you, we feel worse than you do. Trust me! All we parents, want to do is to make our child's life as easy and as fun as possible. That's not what we should be doing though, we should be teaching you how to deal with the things that life will throw at you. The disappointments, the frustrations, the anger, the sadness.  I should not be shielding you, I should be guiding you as you deal with the negative emotions life throws at you.

I pray that I am able to do this.

Love ya,

Momma

Quality Time

Dear Sabrina Banana, 

Daddy's work takes him away from us several days a week. It breaks his heart you know? Having to be so far away from us and knowing that we miss him just as much as he misses us. Which is why he takes the time to take you out on dates on certain occassions. Like this movie date!

Daddy can't spend as much time with you as I can but there's no denying that he loves you sooooo much. The important thing is not how much time he spends with you but the quality of  your time together.  

I once said that the best thing I've ever done as a mother is to make sure that you have a dad as awesome as your dad. 

Love, 

Momma

Mercury Report

Dear Sabrina Banana, Around 3 months ago, you were asked to report about Mercury. It was quite exciting because you really love planets. The thing is, I don't want you to memorize things. I think memorizing things will not be effective in reporting because if you forget one little thing, you lose the entire flow of your presentation. Also, the point of this is to teach you something, not to get you to repeat random facts. What I did was I pasted questions on the board that you would read. Then you can answer the question as you would want to. You had so much energy while I was shooting this video it was hard to capture it. You said, you weren't as "jumpy" during your classroom presentation though so YAY! Love ya, Momma

 

Read Here, Read There, Read Everywhere

Dear Sabrina,

I was just telling Daddy how much easier our lives have been since you started reading whole books by yourself. You're addicted!!

Here you are in Starbucks as we meet up with Gramma. (Water, comfy couch, choco chip cookie with macadamia and a book?....ah, this is the life!)

Here you are in the car on the way to Sunday worship.

You know, I'm going to have to start imposing rules on where you can read. You'll probably be a bit sad about that, but I really need to take care of your eyes sweetie.

Love ya,

Momma

Favorite Author

Dear Sabrina Banana,

Ever since you found out what the word author meant, you have been going around telling anyone who would listen that Dr. Seuss is your favorite author =).

Last Sunday, while we were in the car with Daddy you had this conversation:

Sabrina: Daddy who's your favorite author?
Dad: When I was a little boy I like Franklin W. Dixon and Hans Christian Andersen
Sabrina: He's the author of Thumbelina!

Wow, I didn't even know that. Hahaha. I don't know why you know that but good on you!

Love ya,

Momma

Random Special Day

Dear Sabrina Banana,

We normally don't allow you to sleep with us at night. You see, we think it's important that you learn to sleep on your own plus Mom and Dad need the night time to catch up with each other. We do allow you to sleep with us during "special days"

Special days are birthdays, Christmases, New Years, etc. Last night, I asked you if you wanted to sleep on mommy and daddy's bed. You said "Is it a special day?". I said YES! And you wanted to know what the occassion was. I said "January 11 is Mommy loves me so much day". You dug that!

Is is hereby decreed that January 11 will be the official "Mommy loves me so much day"

Love ya,

Momma