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July 6, 2014 • 0

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It’s the season for giving 🎁🎁🎁 finally done wrapping and now ready for all our godchildren (well, almost) 😅 #Christmas2018 #KEMaisondeJardin

One dusk dinner by the jungle 👪 climbed down lots of steps to get down within the forest where the restaurant is set. After climbing back up, you’ll be hungry again 😅🇮🇩

This year has been very challenging. To say that we have too much on our plate is an understatement. Creating something also means having the commitment to sustain and grow it and sometimes there’s just not enough time, energy and resources to do all @kendrickco and I do and juggle in between. And yet I find myself still doing more (and adding more to our ton of work 🤨) to tick off personal goals and dreams, one by one, regardless of personal battles, self-doubt and exhaustion. Because there’ll never really be a perfect time to do new things, you just have to do it. Working on this book became my own therapy, dealing with a second loss and those moments I wonder if I’m doing enough for Elian. Last year’s #passionproject was to start @bub.and.weave and I’m glad it did well enough to allow me to do @bababum.ph #BababumBooks because #selfpublishing is not easy and is very costly. It almost made me not push through but what the heck, I’m glad I did. So to my #DearestElian, this book and everything else I do is for you. Here’s a little something to remember the place where your Daddy grew up, where Mommy and Daddy got married, and for you to always remember that out of all of our favorite cities in the world, #Manila will always be home. 💙🌟♥️ @elianfrancescothomas.co #TalesofTomTomMANILA #motherhood #randommusings #childrensbooks

And it’s finally here!!! Excited to share what we’ve been working on the past months. It’s been part of my #bucketlist to make a #childrensbook and this year I finally got to do it. Combining two of my passions - #travel and #books alongside my dream of continuously promoting #Filipino culture to kids not just here but all those Pinoy kids born and raised abroad. We created #BababumBooks, a series of Filipino travel-themed board books to help them know more about their home country. Today, we launch the first book, #MANILA! 🇵🇭 get to know more about Tom-Tom and his adventures, watch this video and get a copy of #TalesofTomTomMANILA. Not yet out in bookstores so kindly just follow @bababum.ph and DM us for orders. This is the perfect gift for kids and #OFWs coming home this Christmas. This book is for YOU! 🇵🇭 thank you to everyone who helped make this happen, it’s just a simple book yet means the world to me. 📚💙 @antidote_brands @kendrickco

Nowadays, you can easily make motherhood or parenthood look so easy and perfect on social media. Yet, that is not always the case. We’ve been blessed with an eternally happy boy who loves smiling and who make it seem like it’s just easy peasy for us at all times. But in reality, behind the nice “perfect photos” are what I call my backbreaking moments (swipe) when he’s fussing and difficult and it’s just us two (that’s his mad face btw), when he doesn’t want to share or he’s acting up and we put him on timeout or when he doesn’t want to nap and I’m tired and I really need him to so I can get things done. There’s a lot more and I just really get by (with loving support from my equally hands-on husband) and remember that the backbreaking moments are the important formative ones. And that there are no perfect moms, just #RealMoms so thank you @babydovecare @littleheartbeatphotography for reminding me this and including us in #BabyDovePH’s new campaign! 👪💙🕊 👗: @bub.and.weave

Warm weather travels call for a lil white slip dress @bub.and.weave 🕊#unintentionalmatching with the interiors, because I love white and so do they 😅

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Giraffes, the skyline, the harbour bridge. Sydney, always such a beauty! 🦒🏙🇦🇺 one of my favorite views 💙

“You look so much like your father. But you have your mother’s eyes.” said Snape to Harry⚡️ When this is the theme for today’s trick or treat, we bring it 💯 and Mama brings out everything #HarryPotter from her closet. 🤣 #Halloween2018 #DIY #diycostume

Mama, I love you! He says this often and at moments I least expect it. It’s the best feeling in the world, being the center of his attention and affection. Cherishing this while it lasts. Whatever life brings, it’s you I’ll forever be grateful for, my love. You and me. Always, always.👩‍👦#DearestElian 💙

Yesterday, I signed the proof of this new passion project we’re working on. So thrilled to see it all on paper. Can’t wait to share more of it! 🇵🇭📚 @bababum.ph #BababumBooks coming soon! #bucketlist #passionproject #childrensbooks @kendrickco @antidote_brands @nelleparedes we’re almost there! 👊🏻

💦 E & E 💦 One. Fun. Bath. 🛁 Our first bubble bath and it’s with a jungle view. This tub alone made our stay here so worth it and enjoyable and to this day, he still asks to do this again 🤣👩‍👦 sorry naman walang ganito sa bahay so it deserves a post 😅😂

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