Toy Kingdom As Medicine

Yesterday I got a scare. The dynamo was out of commission. My normally hyper-active, livewire of a son had a 40.5 degree celcius fever. He was drowsy, irritable and clingy. If he wasn't crying and complaining of a headache he was sleeping. And that was really scary!.... An ordinary fever never got him down before. He had no appetite and was throwing up a few minutes after taking his medicines. I worried that he was getting dehydrated so i had him downing gatorade whenever i could.

When Jam was 4 years old, she had dengue fever. And now Jeremy was exhibiting the same symptoms that Jam had when she had the dengue. Which had me running to the doctor eventho yesterday was just the first day he had the fever (doctors would normally ask parents to bring their children to them when the fever had been running for three days already). It was already 3 o'clock in the afternoon so I had to bring him to a different pediatrician. Dr. Evelyn Dolor was the only pedia who still had clinic open that afternoon at DLSUMC. She said Jeremy had phlegm, which could be the culprit behind the fever. Said it was too early to test for dengue and so she prescribed cough syrup and antibiotics and paracetamol and sent us home. Telling us to come back after 3 days if he's still feverish.

Last night i talked him into taking the antibiotic by promising him a trip to SM's Toy Kingdom next weekend. He still threw up a few minutes after the antibiotic but fortunately didn't have a fever anymore this morning when he woke up. His dad gave him a blessing and this afternoon he was as good as new except for some soreness in the throat that he was complaining of. He managed to keep everything down and even had rice this evening shouting "Toy Kingdom!" (fist in the air) with every bite.

His primary teachers in church missed him. Well, not really all that much. He was one less bundle of exhuberant joy to disrupt the class :) ........

Puppy Love

"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too."

(Greg, 8)

"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'The Simpsons' is on television."
(Anita, 6)

This is Abigail Pauline Frias, 12 years old, from Bayan 2nd Ward, Dasmariñas Stake. Jeremy was just 4 years old when he started being infatuated with this lovely young woman, who then was just 10 years old. Back then she was only a few inches taller than him.

These pictures were taken just this morning because Jeremy wanted his Ate Paula to be a part of this blog. When Jeremy saw this pic, he instantly promised he would eat more vegetables and more grow foods so he could be as tall or taller than his Ate Paula. Before today, the only vegetables he would eat are sayote and carrots.....he also wanted me to delete the Jeremy and Rexona post after Paula's Mom asked for the blog url :)

Business As Usual

The Super Kids stopping a car to save a pregnant woman, two little girls and their dog, an elderly woman and a goat from being run over!.... :D

A Father's Blessing

Accountable age at our church is 8 years old. Infants are never baptized but rather given a name and a blessing by the father or any worthy priesthood holder. It is only when they reach the age of accountability that they are baptized in the church. The ordinance of Naming and Blessing of a Child is performed by a prayer and the laying on of hands by the person pronouncing the blessing and two other Melchizedek Priesthood Holder. This is usually done on the first Sunday of the month.

When Jam was born, she was placed in an incubator for 3 weeks. When she was finally fit to go home, we were advised to keep her indoors as long as we could to keep her from being exposed to germs. Thus it was only on the first Sunday of March that she got her Father's Blessing. Here is a transcript of the prayer of Jam's naming and blessing as pronounced by daddy Elmer.

01 March 1998

Our Heavenly Father, by the power and authority of the Holy Melchizedek Priesthood, which we hold, we present before thee this child and give her a name and a blessing. We give her the name MARY JASMINE B. TORRES, which name shall appear in all the records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. By this time, we bless you Mary Jasmine, that you will be healthy and strong, that as you encounter any illness in your life, whatever medicine you take will be good for you, as well as the vitamins and milk that you are taking. We bless you that you will grow in the fullness of the knowledge of the gospel, that you may attend primary meetings as you grow older and when you reach your young woman age, you will be active still and attend seminary and as you reach college years, the institute. We pray that you will be a good daughter, that you will follow the promptings of the spirit and we pray also that you will follow as you grow bigger, your parents that you may give heed to their counsels everyday of your life and I hope that you remember this blessing. We pray also that you will be an influence to your family, to your cousins, that they may look to you as a good example. And may these blessings be upon your head and many blessings to come. And I leave these in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, amen.

The Super Ghouls

Trick or Treat, Uncle Noel!

The kids had so much fun last year that we decided to do it again this year. With leftover face paints from the school halloween party, the super kids dressed up and gleefully allowed themselves to look horrifying for trick or treat last night.

...and the unanimous decision of the grown ups...on who the scariest was.........


...... you guessed right................iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttsssssssssssss...............

CHAKA DOLL !!

Scariest, but still the cutest!

Jeremy and Rexona

Jeremy used anti perspirant deodorant for the first time today. He's been pestering everyone of late about his not so pleasant smelling armpits. He spends all day dashing around the place, jumping and hopping like a frantic little rabbit and getting all agog over nothing and he wonders why he has smelly armpits at the end of the day.

So i gave him a shower and put Rexona on his underarms. Voila we have our cheerful, happy, joyful, fine smelling little boy back again.

Rexona - kids love it, moms trust it!........or is that the breakfast cereal??........ i get confused with commercials