Last week, we celebrated Amanda's Fifth birthday.  Our first itinerary was her request long time ago during their field trip.  She wanted to go back to Kidzania.  So we took the morning session as we assume there will be lots of kids in the afternoon as this was a Sunday.  And true enough, there are only a few kids which means she doesn't need to line up that long when taking the make-believe jobs.

To start off her experience, she had a bonding time with mommy at the lounge to create bento boxes.  A creative way to entice kids to eat.  While they are busy preparing their lunch boxes, me and Cassandra went into the toddler rooms.  

After the bento making sessions, Amanda went to her first job at Cebu Pacific as a pilot.  Hello there Captain Amanda!

Then she went on to the hospital emergency room to become a paramedic.  Below is Doc Amanda to the rescue.

After the quick briefing, they hurriedly went to the ambulance as there was an emergency call.  Someone is in trouble.  Hope they could be there on time.

At the accident site, they found the patient.  Doc Amanda applied what she learned to help him out.

She then went to Holiday Inn to be a housekeeper.  I think this is the task she can readily do at home.

I found an article before about Navy Seals why they make sure they fix their beds at the start of the morning. It's the first accomplishment a person can achieve so she can complete bigger tasks throughout the day... a good way to jumpstart any day.

After the job hopping,  it was time to finally unwind and be kikay...

Can't believe that it's been five years.  There were a lot of unknowns when Amanda was in Mommy's tummy.  But God prepared us so we can overcome our fears and help raise a beautiful, smart, loving, talented and God fearing girl.

Happy Fifth birthday Amanda. Mommy, Daddy and Baby Cassandra love you so much!

I just finished washing the car when Amanda showed me a treasure map she draw. She said she has a surprise for me before I prepare to go to the office. So we followed the map and when we're on the treasure spot she asked me to close my eyes. And then she gave me the brown paper in the picture. When I opened it, it was our family picture from the party last weekend by www.peeknclick.com (the best photobooth in my opinion :))

​What a sweet girl.

Cheers to our Super Dad, our Veteran Dad - Lolo Ador... Happy 79th Birthday!

Champee created the Birthday card to Lolo which she gave yesterday. When she woke up today, Lolo Ador responded with a Thank You note.

Please take note, like most dads during his generation, they're not too expressive. Champee was extra lucky that she gets a response from Lolo. You could see his Engineering Lettering response in the first picture.

​To our super daddy and awesome Lolo Ador happy birthday. We love you so much.

During last year's Hi Five visit in MNL, we were sad that it was Stevie's last performance.  We were ecstatic when we found out in his Instagram that his Super Dudes is not just a book but also a show.  So when we found out that they're going to do a series of shows and meet & greets, we took the opportunity yesterday.

Being Super
One thing that struck me during the show was the lesson they were teaching the kids.  That each person has their unique super powers. Just like strengths-based leadership, where we concentrate on where people are good at and use it to move the team forward.  In the show, they've used Pirate Pencil's power to to create a new super hero for the lucky volunteer.  (I saw Amanda raising her hand when they were calling for a volunteer... she said her super power was her amazing running speed)

Confidence
Aside from using a person's unique ability, the show taught the kids how to be confident.  At one point, Super Stevie didn't know what his super power was until his friends cheered him up... eventually he was able to discover his dancing skills and do the worm :)

Amanda super liked the show as she asked to watch the show twice. We just took a coffee break when we found ourselves still at the mall for the last run so we might as well grant her request.  For parents, I think one takeway from the show is identifying our kids' super powers and doing our best to support it. For Amanda, since she just finished her second year in preschool I'm beginning to see her talent in words and drawing.  While for Cassandra, it may be too early but she's making us laugh with those funny impersonation of all the people or even animal she's seeing.  She can even bark like a dog now :)

To Stevie and the Super Dudes, hope more kids will enjoy your show to be more SUPER.

Hello everyone! The kids had a great idea two weeks ago.  They wanted to create their own YouTube channel to share the things they're experiencing to the rest of the world.  Hope you can join their cute adventures and subscribe to their channel.