euan's 2nd birthday

this is a super late post of euan's birthday. it was just a simple celebration with family and friends. i cooked pasta with creamy pesto sauce and chicken & pesto quesadillas (which was a hit!! the recipe can be found here)
since euan's birthday falls on nov 1, we wanted his birthday to be a little special even without throwing a big party for him. and so for the first time we went trick or treat at festival super mall (oct 31), with euan as Tigger. he was so cute in the orange costume! (yun nga lang he was always mistaken as winnie the pooh!?! i heard one of the sales lady saying, "Ang cute naman ni pooh!" sabay abot ng candies kay euan! hay!)
although their theme was something about the Wild, Wild West, i did not bother anymore to get a costume for that theme since i bought the costume before i knew what the theme was. inititally i wanted a bumble bee costume which i think would be cute on him. i thought that i won't be able to fine one in divisoria so i just settled for the tigger costume. but when i went to 168, i found a very cute bumble bee costume and the same tigger costume, cheaper pa than the one i bought! sayang! they also have mickey mouse, barney, sponge bob, pooh, piglet, superman, spiderman, etc...

anyway, euan enjoyed the trick or treat activity even if he fell asleep for an hour (so i was the who went trick or treat for him which i also enjoyed heheh even if i had to carry him while going around the mall) and so when he woke up he was just too happy to see that his jack o' lantern loot bag was full of goodies! i never gave him candies so when he saw it, he wanted to open all the candies at the same time. but he settled with the lollipop instead and just played with the rest of candies.


next year kaya, ano naman ang gimmick ni euan? hay, the stagemom in me....

cooking adventures

i am not a good cook but i love to eat. but ever since i got married, i took it upon myself to learn how to cook. i try as much as i can to cook and serve good food to my family. i read food blogs and watch cook shows a lot so as to expand my knowledge and to overcome my fear in cooking hehehe.
and so whenever i cook i always have a "kodigo" with me, be it a recipe book, a downloaded recipe, or just a scribbled note. sayang nga i wansn't able to take note of the recipes of my late lola, who used to cook for us. i could have passed on her legacy of great dishes to my kids pero i was just to lazy to cook when i was still single. i think si kuya ata ang nakamana ng galing sa pagluluto ni lola! :)
some of her dishes that i really love are: kare-kare, rellenong bangus, ginisang pusit, mechado, pickles (parang afritadang manok but tastes sweeter). i remember i used to ask her how to cook those dishes and she would readily enumerate the procedures and she knows it by heart!
and so based from what i remember, i tried cooking kare-kare, ginisang pusit and mechado, but mine does not come close to her version (either mine is maalat or matabang, soupy or malapot, basta extremes!)
but practice makes perfect. i hope someday i could do justice to her well-loved dishes :)
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my most frequently visited (or should i say fave) sites: pinoycook, my great food, and nestle. sometimes i do visit quickfire and ajinomoto (for ka-touque's recipes) sites.

bluer than blue

it breaks my heart to know that euan kept looking for me the whole time yesterday...he didn't saw me leave yesterday, but today he was awake and we played a little before i left for work.
it's just so sad not to be with him and to take care of him because he has colds and i'm afraid it might lead to asthma again. although he is still the same active, always-playing-never-gets-tired boy, i just hope he'll recover soon.
i just can't stop thinking of euan but someone told me that the more i think about him, the more he'll get anxious. i really do hope to get over all my blues in a breeze.

anxious

i am back to work and i can't help but feel anxious. i miss euan terribly... i think i am having a second bout of separation anxiety. i just hope he would be ok even without me taking care of him...or i think it's more of the other way around - i hope that i will be able to get used to this and adjust quickly with this set up. :(