Category: Mika Dialogues

  • Take Your Child to Work

    What I love about homeschooling is that I can take my kids with me anywhere I go, anytime I want to. Whenever I need to go somewhere for work and I am allowed to bring one child with me, I can always do so, and the kids actually consider it a date and a special […]

  • Your Child’s Hidden Talent

    We just recently discovered that one of our daughters have an amazing talent of impersonation. And can I just say, she is really good at it! Can you guess who? 🙂 If you know my daughters, you would probably be able to answer this without batting an eyelash. Anyway, we had some really good laughs […]

  • Lessons from the Arcade

    I took Mika out on a date while Alyanna and Dennis were at the Me and My Dad Camp a few days ago. As requested, I took her to the arcade. It’s quite interesting to observe how kids  (in contrast to grown-ups) are like while you’re there– we can actually learn a lot from them. […]

  • Where is Daddy???

    Since we were on a break this week, Dennis and I got to enjoy more movie nights with the kids. 🙂  I love movie nights. Though less exciting, I do enjoy watching family movies that do not require much thinking and that do not really get my heart pumping. I get to relax and lie […]

  • Lessons from a Four-year Old: On Sisterhood

    Last night, I overheard an irritated older sister talk to her younger sister in a manner that is not tolerated in our household. Admittedly, there are times when  younger sister would provoke older sister and tease her, and I completely understand why older sister gets irritated. But this was not one of those times. YS […]

  • What I Learned From Disciplining My Kids

    I had a long discipline session with my four-year-old this evening. It was a good half hour of discussing and her, disputing. Of course, I couldn’t end the time of discipline since I saw that her heart was still not yet right. She kept on giving excuses as to why she did what she did, […]

  • I’m Sorry

    Lately I’ve noticed that I’ve been saying sorry quite a lot to my girls. Alyanna noticed this, too. She just asked me, “Mom! Why do you keep on saying sorry??” To which I answered, “Because I’ve been doing so many things wrong!” This is the usually how it goes: Me: “You know, I have to say something […]

  • A Boy Kissed Me!

    I seldom see Dennis over-react to something. He’s not like me who SOMETIMES just wants to exaggerate every emotion and reaction. Hehe…. God, in His sovereignty, knew that he had to create a Dennis who is stable in his emotions, to give to a Thammie who is….well, a woman. 😀 What I witnessed earlier, however, […]

  • Silly Questions

    One thing that the kids love is hear me run my lessons or preachings by them (hehe eew I make it sound like it’s a lot! haha! It’s not that many naman).  Aside from checking that I have sufficient time, it is also helpful to download my lessons to them because if I can make […]

  • I Really Want to Get Married!

    Over breakfast… MIKA: “Mom, Why only husband and wife can kiss?” ME: “Because that’s how God designed us. We were meant to save ourselves and keep ourselves only for our husbands.” (I have no idea if she understood this, but she shouldn’t be asking questions like this in the first place!!!) MIKA: “Wow. Mom, I […]