Agrilink a year after

I took Ben to Agrilink again this year. He had a good time with the mascots. He liked the flower exhibit too, I guess because there was a little fountain there. Didn't get to see much of the piggies though. Anyway, here are some of the pics.

fish remains a big favorite

Ben is fond of cornicks

Ben with Hoagy

fish and water...can't take him away from those

I'm sure that's not Tony Tiger, but Ben wanted a picture with him anyway

more water

the flower exhibit

My budding guitarist

Here's a really nice shot of Ben looking like a serious guitarist, well except for the outfit maybe (although, with the way rock guitarists dress now, this might be the future). Hey, maybe someday he will be.

My budding crooner

Just a couple of video clips featuring Ben, the future crooner from Mapagbigay. :-D

A go at Tom Jones' Delilah:



Singing along to Courage the Cowardly Dog:



Sowaddayathink???

Poultry and fish

Ben saw his first live ostrich last Saturday. I took him to the second day of the Poultry Show in Megamall. He saw ostrich eggs too, which amused him because they were so big. Here's a picture of him touching some ostrich eggs in front of the booth where the ostrich (they were young ostrich, about two months old, and a bit difficult to see in the pic) were kept:


He also played some games in the Show, and won a pen and an umbrella. He joined a picture coloring contest, which of course, he didn't win. The clip below show him hard at work on his entry.



He later talked Terrie into getting some rides, and Te obliged.

After Megamall, we went to Makati with Terrie for a real quick meeting with Carrie, and a short shopping spree (okay, it wasn't really a shopping spree since we didn't buy anything!) at Landmark. Before leaving Makati, Ben had to look at the fishponds just behind Glorietta 4 (he remembered from the his last visit to Makati). I took some pictures. A dad/son team gave him some bread to feed the fish, which he enjoyed doing.

"Nanay, o, fish!"
Yup, Ben, that's a tower crane

Then we were on the way home. Since he was hyper throughout the whole afternoon, Ben finally fell asleep in the car halfway the trip home. Good to have a bit of peace and quiet in the car.

Later in the evening, we went to 10 (my Tan grandparents' house) for a short visit with his lolas, and Ben had a pic taken under his popos pictures.

That's Popo Tatay and Popo Nanay
Clowning around in the car
Are you sleepy?

Are you kidding? He took his time falling asleep that night. Good thing there was no school the next day.

Family day and a birthday

Ben and I attended the Family Day in Claret last Saturday, which also happened to be my birthday.

We had a great time. Ben and his classmates danced the tinikling (minus the stilts...don't ask me why) and a song number. Since he was one of the bigger kids in class, he was relegated to the back rows. Unfortunately, since he wasn't really towering over his classmates, it was very difficult to spot him while he was on stage. I did manage to take some shots after the dance and song numbers though.

He also got to mingle with Clifford the Big Red Dog, and was taking his time I had to pull him away so other kids can have their turn too.

Highlight of the event was when the children gave their parents a handmade card. Ben's was a bit wrinkly and messy, but it was a great gift, nonetheless. Best one I've had in years.

So here are some photos:
Just after his tinikling dance

Me and Ben after he gave me his handmade card

Just after his song

With his classmates Matthew and Gabriel

The SN-Maamo artwork

Ben's artwork, placed in the bottom of the display

With Clifford the Big Red Dog

The following day, I took out my tripod and decided to take some shots of the two of us. Here are a couple of them;

New pictures of Ben

I just wanted to post some new pictures of Ben. He's grown another centimeter and now weighs roughly 47 lbs.

pa-cute talaga itong batang ito

talagang camera-friendly

watching TV with his lolo

love niya si lolo

Weird how he's grown so fast. I look at his pictures when he was a baby and realize that so much has changed. He can be a handful at times, but I honestly don't mind. I cherish all the time we spend together. I know the time will come when he'd rather be with his friends and other people, so right now I'm enjoying the fact that he seems to like having me around all the time.

Here's a picture of the two of us taken last Christmas. I posted this same picture back in December but am posting it again (a smaller file) so I can add it to my blogger profile.

you look at this picture and you think we never fight :-D

Oh well, I love Bentot...

Moving blog

I've moved my other blog from Friendster to Blogger. If you want to have a look-see, feel free to visit that's just me talking... or click on the link on the left.

Happy reading.