Lua Hagedorn

I woke up at the sound of rain this morning and smiled to myself.  Just last night,  the weatherman was threatening  everyone watching the news to expect heat, heat, heat and more heat. Yesterday, he said was in fact the hottest day of the month of March.  That may be true if you lived in Manila.  But here in Palawan, we palawenos experienced the first rain this summer and the whole days’ weather was fantastic.

   Lara, Mark and I had to wake up early since we had to go through the whole ritual of the kindergarten’s graduation.  It was a well prepared program and it was nice seeing the kids sing and dance for us parents.  I had to choke back my tears watching Lara sing the opening prayer. She was really good.  Memorized the lyrics and swayed gently to the music. Mommy and Daddy were really proud beaming parents.

     Mark had to leave early because he still had to attend a wedding somewhere in Sta. Monica.  But Nanay arrived just in time with my sister Neva to take Mark’s place. After the graduation rites,  we brought Lara to Lenzwork to have Ms. Len take a picture of her while she was in her toga. She was really cute.  Such a little miss.  I’ll post her pix once I get it next week.

     Lya is slowly losing weight.  I don’t know if it’s because of my controlling the rice she eats or if she’s growing taller? Maybe both? She seems to be growing taller these past few weeks. From 92 lbs she’s now 86 lbs.  But she’s  still overweight for her height.  So we are targetting 75 lbs.  That’s the normal for kids her age. So many people would think that I shouldn’t put my 10 year old child on a diet.  But my uncle who’s a pediatrician put me up to it.  If I don’t put her on a diet now,  I would never be able to make her lose weight.  This is the only time when I can control her. Once she reaches puberty,  dieting would be more difficult for her.  And if I really did love my child, I will put her on a healthy weight as early as possible.

     Leon is enjoying the summer vacation as early as now. Sleeping late and playing with Jeremiah and the 2 neighbors does beat regular classes.  But I had to put my foot down last night.  I had to pry his hands away from playing with the computer until dawn because he needs his sleep.  I spend so much on growth boosting vitamins to ensure he grows really tall,  I won’t make that go to waste with his late nights.  After all,  growth happens when the child sleeps.

     This summer,  if Lya is on a slimming diet, Lara on the other hand is on the fattening diet.  She eats a lot yet don’t gain weight.  I’m getting really scared.  I have to bring her to the doctor to have "general check up".  I’ll try to fatten her up for two weeks.  If there’s no improvement then she has to have extensive check up.

     This summer is going to be hectic.  I’m enrolling the kids in the summer workshops of Kamarikutan.  I’ve only enrolled them once before because they were simply not ready for it.  Now I think they’re ready.  I’ve enrolled Lya in piano lessons.  And all three would be enrolled in the Summer Art Workshops.  I know they’ll enjoy it.

    I guess this would be it for now.  I still have to step out and get paper for the printer. 

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