be thankful

Good morning!

Time really flies and days go by. And now it's Friday again. It's PD day again and my kids are here. I woke up and I learned that they had their breakfast already. They had pandesal with butter (Filipino sweet bread that I bought yesterday). Thanks to "Ate"- Filipino term for eldest sister, she knows how to feed her siblings if I'm sleeping or not available to them. It's always like that every weekend where I wake up late. They know that I have to rest since I work in afternoon shift.

At their young age they learn to be independent. Ate dresses my son every morning while I'm cooking or preparing breakfast, 2nd daughter knows how to take a shower on her own. You see in the Philippines we had a nanny or we call her "yaya". She takes care of my kids feeding them, help them dressing up, give them baths, every care she can give to my kids. I was a working mom already back home so I need someone to take care of the kids.

Now we cannot afford to have a nanny because it's so expensive. We just have a babysitter for few hours when we are at work. You have to do all on your own, do household chores, takes care of the kids, cook, do the laundry,everything because you have nobody else to it for you, it's only you and your husband. Back home we can afford to have a house help or kasambahay aside from the nanny. They will do chores in the house, so after work you're not rushing to cook dinner or worry to do a thing, you just sit down and relax.

If we're still there, my kids will not be as independent as they are now. They understand now that its only themselves that they can depend to. And I'm thankful that they are smart to understand things that they are to young for. And they are willing to help me in chores especially arranging their closets, cleaning up their mess after playing even though you have to remind them for the nth time. At least they are doing it...

And one thing that I'm really thankful and grateful is making us closer and stronger. My relationship now with my hubby is better compared when we're back home. As I have mentioned, we have a house help so my hubby did not do any single chore in the house. Now, it's division of labor in the house. My friend Pearl even mentioned to me she can't imagine my hubby being domesticated! Well, new place changes everything. You have to adapt and adjust, because you have to.

And if you'll ask me which is better? Well I like it now. As days pass by, we mature and learn from mistakes. Be grateful that we have a house, a job, food to eat and have things that we can afford to buy. And especially having a family that you love and loves you!