Josiah was the Mr. Sweden for the day! His school celebrated United Nations Day.
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Josiah eagerly waits for the program to start.

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This was their 'International' dance. His classmate didn't want to do the dance. It was an amusing rendition, the kids had different dance moves, haha. Well atleast, they were able to pull it through. Their cuteness compensated for the inevitable subtle mishaps.

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Posing with him is the equally handsome cousin kuya Kyle - Mr. Turkey. :)

 
Josiah's school is celebrating July as Nutrition Month. Part of their activities is a school tour to a local Pizza Hut restaurant. The kids will have their chance to make their own pizza. Excited mom that I am, I asked the teacher to let my youngest son to take part of the tour. He's salimpusa (extra) haha!

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Josiah and Yosef all geared up, ready to make pizza!

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Happy and excited Josiah :)


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Josiah joined the "I love Pizza Huuuuut" contest. He made a long 4 seconds, haha!


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Curious kids let their hands feel the fridge that contains the dough.


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Josiah keenly looks at the recipes as he listens to the Pizza Hut manager's instructions.


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The most awaited moment, he's making the pizza!


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His classmates excitedly poured the final topping, pineapple. But Josiah managed to make a pretty presentation by neatly putting the pineapples over the ham. Maarte talaga!


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Yosef's pizza's quite a mess, but he really enjoyed the moment. He kept sayin, "more"... toppings.


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Delighted Josiah happily posing as he saw his baked pizza.


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Yosef's equally excited to eat his creation.


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From Pizza Hut to our house, they wore their toque and apron. Just goes to show how they enjoyed their very first school tour- The Pizza Hut tour. Josiah thinks he's now a chef.

 
Nobody gets more excited in a kid's first day of school than his/her mom. Today is my eldest son's first day at school. He always say he's excited but today he woke up late, haha. He got tired from last night's malling.

Yesterday, we were oriented that we leave the kids and just go back to fetch them, thus laying their independence as school kids. I'm proud of my son, he didn't show any sign of fear as I leave him. His biggest classmate cried frantically as he saw his yaya leave the room. He got wild! But nah, we can't laugh at the kid. I remember when I was their age, I would cry so hard so my mom won't leave me. Scared me, but brave Josiah. :)

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Who wouldn't want intelligent kids? I'm sure every parent would want their kids intellectually stimulated, and logically leveled. My hubby bumped into Grolier agents a few months ago and enthusiastically told me about these educational tools. So we went again to the mall to check on them. We agreed on purchasing two educational tools that will be of mind stimulating and logic foundation building to our two boys' active brain synapses.

These are Logico (Primo and Picollo) and Fun Thinkers. These are educational tools that makes learning fun, not burdensome. These are attractive, well organized and easy to use. The Logico comes in series, Primo and Picollo. We chose Logico Primo because our boys are still preschoolers. We must admit, they're pricey but it will be worth it. We both believe that we should invest in every tool available to sustain and nurture our kid's growing minds. 

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Grolier Logico Primo is for Logic enhancement for preschoolers (ages 3-6 years old). It is designed to develop skills in visual discrimination, pattern awareness, sorting & classifying, sequencing, number sense, and letter recognition while the child is having fun playing with the Logico board game. In short, it helps improve the child's IQ while having fun.

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Look at how my eldest son's face light up every time he answers all items perfectly. :)

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Grolier Fun Thinkers is an easy matching game. Comes with a board game with 16 tiles and 10 books.

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Even my two-year old son enjoys his Grolier Fun Thinkers matching board game. He doesn't have a clue that he's actually learning, and enhancing his thinking skills. All he knows, he's having fun! :)

Playtime is learning time. Or should I say, learning time is play time. LOL. Isn't that fun to know?