Tonight at church Joshua whispered to my ear a question: "Mama, Is Christ, Jesus's last name?"... I couldn't help but giggle at church upon hearing the question thus making Pat curious and asking Joshua to tell him too what the fuzz was all about...however he didn't respond to the question and so I was stuck to answering it... and...my response was that Jesus Christ is his full name but Christ is not the last name...he didn't ask further but if in case he does.
Does anyone have a good explanation or perhaps a more direct response than what I came up with? I wouldn't mind the input.
-M
At least Joshua didn't think his name was Jesus Christ as in the Bill cosby bit :) He's come a long way from asking if the people were going to "give Papa Jesus a Lollipop" when the Priest was approaching the altar during easter.
-P
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
BTW!
This is for Mom. Yes, Mom we managed to have a pretty perfectly cooked lamb... and No, we didn't need to go get another batch. Pat did a perfect job with the lamb chops, it is perhaps one of the best meat we've ever prepared...or he had prepared. I prepared some veggies and wild rice to go with it. We had a good Christmas dinner, Joshua didn't make it to the end of dinner. He literally was snoring at the dinner table towards the end - poor thing, all of the excitement has finally wore him down! Nope, we behaved too and skipped dessert - just on Christmas day tho, we had one today - he he he!
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Christmas Festivities 2006
Despite of a very wet Christmas day, we still had tons of fun. We had a quiet day on Christmas eve, we spent the day mostly catching up with family.
Early morning we talked to my family overseas for almost an hour. It was about 1AM of Dec 25 for them. They had quite a joyful Christmas this year, the two grandkids came to visit and stayed with them for the holiday season. I know Richie and Dina definitely missed the kids though since they stayed home to take advantage of the good flow of customers at their bakery. It's one of the few times in the year when you can actually earn extra money. Maybel and Allan, made it just in time to celebrate Christmas in Baguio as well. They were the "Santa Claus" again this year. You see back home, it is almost dreadful to be the "Santa" - Why? ... because everybody comes to you and asks for presents from you. It is pretty tough to refuse to give them because you know, most of them really doesn't have any other than the one coming from you. This year though, Pat and I pitched in to the fun and sent them a balikbayan box with wrapped presents too, we normally send cash. That added a bit to the excitement and festivity for them, of course just having the grandkids is probably enough to bring joy to the house.
In the afternoon we talked to Mom too, we exchanged some holiday cheers and greetings. At about 2:30PM we headed out for the Children's mass. Whew, the church was packed! It was nice to see so many children, all dressed up and some dressed up as shepherds, angels and as Joseph and Mary. After mass, we got ready and spent the rest of the evening with the neighbors.
At the neighbors, we enjoyed some great food and drinks. Yup, I had a sip of "alcohol" too this time. Jerry prepared "fuzzy navels" while Renee prepared some "cosmopolitans". I tried both and preferred the fuzzy navels, which resulted to me talking non sense for the rest of the night. Good thing, the pizza calmed me down a bit. It has become our tradition now to celebrate Christmas eve with our neighbors and a few other friends, we make our own homemade pizza and share a few drinks and the kids do a presentation toward the end. They normally do the "Chipmunk" skit. It has been three years now since we've kept the tradition going. Next year, might be different though, they are planning on spending the holidays in Australia so we'll see.
Anyway, I guess I talked the night away already...hmmm must be due to the fuzzy navels again!
Early morning we talked to my family overseas for almost an hour. It was about 1AM of Dec 25 for them. They had quite a joyful Christmas this year, the two grandkids came to visit and stayed with them for the holiday season. I know Richie and Dina definitely missed the kids though since they stayed home to take advantage of the good flow of customers at their bakery. It's one of the few times in the year when you can actually earn extra money. Maybel and Allan, made it just in time to celebrate Christmas in Baguio as well. They were the "Santa Claus" again this year. You see back home, it is almost dreadful to be the "Santa" - Why? ... because everybody comes to you and asks for presents from you. It is pretty tough to refuse to give them because you know, most of them really doesn't have any other than the one coming from you. This year though, Pat and I pitched in to the fun and sent them a balikbayan box with wrapped presents too, we normally send cash. That added a bit to the excitement and festivity for them, of course just having the grandkids is probably enough to bring joy to the house.
In the afternoon we talked to Mom too, we exchanged some holiday cheers and greetings. At about 2:30PM we headed out for the Children's mass. Whew, the church was packed! It was nice to see so many children, all dressed up and some dressed up as shepherds, angels and as Joseph and Mary. After mass, we got ready and spent the rest of the evening with the neighbors.
At the neighbors, we enjoyed some great food and drinks. Yup, I had a sip of "alcohol" too this time. Jerry prepared "fuzzy navels" while Renee prepared some "cosmopolitans". I tried both and preferred the fuzzy navels, which resulted to me talking non sense for the rest of the night. Good thing, the pizza calmed me down a bit. It has become our tradition now to celebrate Christmas eve with our neighbors and a few other friends, we make our own homemade pizza and share a few drinks and the kids do a presentation toward the end. They normally do the "Chipmunk" skit. It has been three years now since we've kept the tradition going. Next year, might be different though, they are planning on spending the holidays in Australia so we'll see.
Anyway, I guess I talked the night away already...hmmm must be due to the fuzzy navels again!
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Amazing Coincidences
Joshua this morning - "Mom! Come look! I got a new present under the tree!"
Mom - "Read it."
Joshua - "It's from Grandma Judy! It is so cool, Grandma Judy has the same Christmas sticker like we have!"
Ahhh, good job Grandma, you didn't screw up the consistency of the wrapping job for the presents under the tree! No, we didn't tell him that we wrapped it ;) What kind weird kid notices that at his age? We're going to have to find someone, and quick, to wrap and address the gifts from Santa!
-P
Mom - "Read it."
Joshua - "It's from Grandma Judy! It is so cool, Grandma Judy has the same Christmas sticker like we have!"
Ahhh, good job Grandma, you didn't screw up the consistency of the wrapping job for the presents under the tree! No, we didn't tell him that we wrapped it ;) What kind weird kid notices that at his age? We're going to have to find someone, and quick, to wrap and address the gifts from Santa!
-P
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. - Mark Twain
I felt this is an appropriate place to start for all blogs.
-P
-P
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