your kindness counts

I brought D to school today. D and his class are putting together a class newspaper tomorrow. They need advertisers to fund the printing of the paper today.

Having no one to turn to for the advertisements, I asked some mommy-friends if they are willing to advertise or be sponsors of the paper. Yes, all of them are homemakers like me; no company or office to advertise, yet, without any second thoughts, all of them agreed to. I was quite speechless of their generosity.

Thank You!

I really appreciate you,

Your helpful, giving ways,

And how your generous heart

Your unselfishness displays.
I thank you for your kindness,

I will not soon forget;

You’re one of the nicest peopleI have ever met.

By Joanna Fuchs

A simple thank you poem for all the moms (Cherry, Janet, Jen, Karen, Lala, Mommy Nora, and 'Te Vangie) who willingly became advertisers of THE LAUAN BULLETIN. Truly, your kindness counts. May God return the favor to you a thousand fold. Thanks, over and over again. ;)

moms' christmas party

After much deliberation and coordination on the date and time, finally our christmas party pushed through today. it was an all-day affair.

Food was aplenty. Drinks overflowed. Sweets brought sugar rush. Voices shrieked. Laughter and giggles filled the house. Cameras flashed. Gifts exchanged.

I really had some serious fun in the company of the yummy-mommies. And, at the end of the day, I had a joy-headache, but it was sooooo worth it. Definitely, a repeat is going to happen next year.

the Chocolate Fountain was the center of attraction

the birthday-moms with their birthday cheese-cake from purple oven

we think and feel alike, feat. the greeny moms

having a great meal

bring out your best smile

happiness personified

friends are gifts from above

christmas class picture

chrismas party rating: (out of 10)

Food: 10

Drinks:10

Sweets: 10

Attendance: 8

Gifts: 9

Laughter: 10 + 2

Giggles: 10 + 3

Camera Poses: 10 + 4

Joy & Happiness: 10 + 10

Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year to all! ;)

extraordinary women

Who are the mommies who lunch together? Well, they are the extraordinary women whom I admire so well because of many wonderful reasons.

Lately, I have been spending quite some time in my son D's school because I need to bring him for his early schedule of extra-curricular activities. My mommy-friends are somewhat surprised because just when D is already in sixth grade, my visit or rather stay in school became regular. But they certainly said that I'm a welcome addition to their growing group.

I already knew most of the moms since D was in pre-school but the others are my new acquaintances. My social network is expanding and I am excited to get to know them more.

Oh, and by the way, majority of the moms in the group are also like me, they are also HOMEmakers by choice.

I wish to do a profile on each of them on my next post.

the moMMies who lunch

(feat. the yummy-mommies, in one of their lunches.. not in picture, CL)

Often times, it is the little things that bring so much joy in our hearts... a simple lunch with good friends can surely perk up a boring day.

My mommy-friends and I started to have lunch together while waiting for our kids to finish from their Angklung practice in school. After several lunches together, we started to really bond with one another. We share whatever "baon" we have and sometimes we get to taste a number of viands in one meal. Life is good, isn't it?

Our lunches are usually accompanied by some great laughters. We learn that we share the same bloopers and boo-boos concerning kids' stuff in school. Talk about some serious generation gap. One may think that we are a bunch of crazy moms because we really laugh our hearts out.

Time drifts swiftly and soon our lunch has come to an end. Our long table will be vacant once more but for a few hours only. For tomorrow, it will again be filled with freshly home-cooked meals and a number of eager moms will then take their respective places to have lunch.