happy birthday,b!

happy birthday, honey!

losing the first tooth

around 5:30 this afternoon, while having her snacks (madeleines, longues marbrées chocolat) at home, océane lost her lower front tooth. oh she's so happy! she's been waiting to lose that particular tooth because the tooth-fairy will leave money under her pillow the next day. lol on my part, i am glad it happened here at home and i was with her. i was afraid if it will happen while she's at the school she may misplaced the tooth. few minutes after losing her tooth, bernard arrived and we all shared the special moment.

here is océane and her tooth. the tooth tin box was something i bought last year at le bon marché.

wednesday

happenings:
- 1st day of the winter annual sale here in paris. people are fighting, pushing and are totally crazy! of course, with 50% discount on most items who wouldn't right? lol
- school free day for océane, so gotta keep her busy:-)
- phone call from manila. talked to almost everybody with océane singing bahay kubo to tita men. btw, tita men is my aunt on mother side and everybody calls her tita. océane calls her tita also. hahaha
- océane's check up with dr marion. her weight is 20.7kg while her height is 119cm.

whole day at louvre

océane's class will be at louvre museum today for a whole day workshop.

back to school

it's back to school today for océane and she's happy with the thought of seeing her friends again.

three kings

happy three kings!

afternoon saturday

a short afternoon outside with océane... we went to scrapbook store and checked out the latest. it was a little crowded since there is a 15% off by invitation only promo. however, most of them has no invitation. lol

the signage within our building that says eight floor

friday

océane was required to see a dentist and today, we brought her to her first official dental appointment. although, she had regular dental check up at the school once a year, this is her real first with all the record and all.

her doctor is dr marc binder. one lower front tooth of hers is moving already and according to her dentist, it will fall off within 3 months. he said, it is normal for a child to lose the baby teeth beginning at 5 years.

here she is, all smile:-)

grey thursday

a very cold grey thursday. i spent most morning taking down all the christmas decorations.

i took picture of the building right outside of our window. also, here's the photo of my first ali edwards' book. i've always like her scrapbooking style and almost everyday, i check on her blog. she's amazing individual!

santa & oreos

this morning, we searched for a santa claus figurine that kuya eras requested from me to find for him. finally, we got lucky at galeries lafayette and found one. however, when i was paying for it, the price and code doesn't appeared. we were advised to go to the terminal cashier but it was the same. the woman phoned and someone came and tried... got lucky and was able to pay for the european santa claus. it was really nice.

santa claus figurine (by sia) for kuya eras

we just got 2 boxes of new oreos from my cousin jobeth. this is the kind that is not yet (or may not be here at all) available here in france. jobeth is so thoughtful to send us oreo cakesters. océane & i wiped-out 1 box in few hours.. eating like pigs. lol

project 365

bonne année!


i just read ali edward's blog and found something interesting.. project 365 honestly, it sounds interesting and i may do it. here's the number 1:

my new toys - definitely a small notebook & ipod 3rd gen. nano. océane playing with her ds lite

the year in review

happy christmas

happy christmas!

océane opened this first gift which is from my cousin jojo and her family. her first time to have a light blue jacket and told us that it is her new favorite colour. she's so happy with her new princess jacket plus with many hair-clips and other pretty hair accessories. there are two purple ribbons for hair that she said she will not use on her hair because she prefer to use them as her bracelet. merci, tata jojo & tonton jerome!

desperas ng pasko

oh yes, today is "desperas ng pasko". we went for a walk... bought a new boots for me and dvd to watch tonight and until tomorrow not unless we'll do the marathon:-) then just a look at disney store to satisfy océane's eyes. she said that we only go to stores for parents and we should try to go to store for children:-)

anyway, we went back home with a very famished girl. the first time she tried the royale cheese or better known as quarter-pounder with cheese. she's so happy and told me that now she prefer that than the happey meal with cheeseburger. hahahaha bernard suggested that next time.. it will be one royale cheese and happy meal with nuggets for océane. when i thought that she was full from royale cheese, i was wrong... she asked for creme dessert. a real good appetite for a 6 year old.

cold thursday

it is a cold thursday and i'm having a headache. i can't even finish today's prompt with shimelle. i can't think or even if i try... just comes out empty for today's journal. heck, i hardly updated this blog. hahaha

school photo

every year there is the individual picture taking at the french school. here is the last photo of océane which was taken last tuesday.

journal your christmas 2007 - to do list

day 07


shopping list!!! slowly, i've started my christmas shopping (online & in-store).

new vp

got a very good news today..... kuya eras just got promoted to vice president. a very good christmas gift, don't you think?

congratulations, tonton eras!

journal your christmas 2007 - the good & not so good (memories)

day 06


this is about the christmas memories of the past whether it is good or not so good. my journaling is the pull-out tag.

journal your christmas 2007 - countdown

day 05


it is about the christmas countdown. i did something about the advent calendar. posted a picture of océane's starbucks advent calendar.

back in the philippines, we don't have the advent calendar. actually, i only discovered about it when i moved in here in paris. in the philippines, the catholics have the "misa de gallo" which starts on the 16th of december until december 25. thus, this advent calendar is something new and we make sure that year after year, we have one for océane.

journal your christmas 2007 - perfect christmas

day 04


here's what i did.... it is not exactly about "perfect christmas" but my dream for a christmas.

journal your christmas 2007 - greeting card

day 03


it's about the christmas card. fortunately, i 've already received my first christmas card for this year. it's from santa!!! oh yes, year after year, i have christmas card from père noël.

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this evening, i got my brand new laptop!!! it is not my dream notebook (just way too expensive for me.. lol), but the size is perfect for me -- 12.1". i got windows vista ultimate edition. **grins*** thanks to hubby! i have the best softwares in my laptop and they are all in english. hahaha

journal your christmas 2007 - winter weather

day 02

here's my 2nd entry...

materials: patterned paper my mind's eye-frost - light dusting, flakes

confetti, mm shimmer alpha stickers, chalk, blue eyelet & transparency

he's in the magazine!

tonton eras is in the cebu pacific in-flight magazine. please check it out!

journal your christmas 2007 - manifesto

day 01


here is the manifesto for my christmas journal with shimelle.

materials: cardstock, patterned paper toga - la féérie de noël 4,

making memories acrylic paint in cranberry & metallic green staple wire

advent calendar

i guess, océane woke up early today becoz she'll be able to open the drawer of her advent calendar. she was dressed & ready to go to school at 7:00am. here are her photos...

alyssa's birth anniversary

today is my niece's birthday. happy birthday, alyssa!

spirit of christmas

i spent my thursday morning putting up our christmas decorations. at first, i planned to put them up on the 30th (tomorrow) but océane has been asking me why can't i put up our christmas decoration early. some cleaning.. then our parol -- the traditional filipino christmas lantern. oh yes, my family sent this lantern to us six years ago.

then our christmas tree. another six years old decor:-) for our christmas tree decoration... year after year i add new pieces. i haven't add something new on our tree yet.

winnie the pooh & friends chipboard tree decorations belongs to océane. she got them 2 years ago from her winnie the pooh magazine. since she got them, i gave her the honour of hanging them by herself year after year.

our nativity... is another six year old item.

i made our christmas stockings last year.

the musical dog was from tonton dan. he sent it for océane last year.

océane's advent calendar is new this year. it is from tonton eras. a starbucks advent calendar and i just used my scrapbooking skills to change the look. i have my own starbucks advent calendar too! lol

that's it for the day:-) happy thursday!

journal your christmas 2007 - cover

today, while my husband was preparing our lunch.. i got busy and finally decided to make the cover of my christmas journal. this is an online christmas scrapbooking class with shimelle.


here is my cover...

materials: heidi swapp 9x9 spiral album in crimson, making memories white

shimmer alphabet stickers and prima flowers christmas bubble - red

album title... i chose three words in three different languages but have the same meaning. being a filipino, the word pasko have to come first. pasko is tagalog (philippine language) word which means christmas. since english is my second language... christmas comes second. finally, the word noël which is french for christmas. well, my husband is french and our daughter is half-french. obviously, i must use the french word.

merry christmas!

photos of the day

this morning we went out... it's so grey and cold:-)

la poste, 8th arrondissement - right in-front of our building

sad trees at avenue percier

along the highway of A13 (paris suburb).... and yes, since océane was a baby she always fell asleep in the car.

along avenue foch, 16th arrodissement (district). one of the prestigious avenues in paris, with homes that at various periods were maintained by onassis, shah of iran, prince rainier or monaco, etc.

christmas lights

early this evening i brought océane to see the chistmas lights of printemps & galeries lafayette. she was amazed with the beauty of the lights.

strike, scrapbooking, poem, etc.

monday... the french public transportation is still on strike & on it's 6th day already. my movement is limited since some places i want to go (to check out christmas decors & scrapbook stuff) are way too far away. as in minimum of one hour walk, one way.

tomorrow is another day... bigger strike with other government offices joining the transportaion strike. i had to rush three stuff for mailing and mailed them today.

christmas scrapbooking... yayyyyyyy i've joined the journal your christmas and it will start on the 1st of december until the 6th of january. it will be my first time to join this yearly online scrapbooking. i'm excited!!! my brain is already busy working overtime for the stuff i'll hope to use. i'm thinking of traditional red & green, plus blue & white (perhaps) christmas theme. i will definitely on making my own 8in x 8in album instead of buying one. ***not many options here in paris except for 21cm x 21cm spiral craft book available at muji or the 9in x 9in at the scrapbook store where i frequent. then today shimelle offer christmas in a box (stuff to use for the entire journal your christmas) for 40£+. oh dear..... the father christmas kit is awesome!!

perhaps because of the massive strike tomorrow, today océane recite the poem for tuesday. it is:


l'Automne

Il pleut
Des feuilles jaunes
Il pleut
Des feuilles rouges
L'été
Va s'endormir
Et l'hiver va venir
Sur la pointe
De ses souliers gelés

Anne-Marie Chapouton

happy friday!

wishing you all a happy friday from 0°C paris! :-)

beaujolais nouveau

throughout france the 3rd thursday of november at exactly 0.00 hours beaujolais wine is available, not earlier than that. it is a law & definitely respected. earlier majority of the bars in france opened at midnight for the beaujolais. it marks the official tasting of the new crops of wine. for french, it is a ritual and very popular festival. beaujolais wines matches well with most dishes.

these are the 2 bottles of beaujolais nouveau we tried. the bottle with harlequin is good!

ahhhh c'est la vie!

freezing tuesday

it's really freezing here in paris with the current temperature of 1°C. the tip of océane's nose was red on our way to her school. suddenly my brain is singing " rudolph the red-nosed reindeer...."

have a nice day!