Zia and Franco

 We are now going into the 6th month of quarantine. We plod on with our daily lives -- trying to help people, while also making sure that we survive this pandemic.

While the tendency is to take a look at this as a deathly situation, I look to the other side and see life....because I live with two angels that fuel my energy for survival and joy.

Zia

She may be too much too handle sometimes when she chooses to be persistent in her demands for whatever it is she gets her mind on -- toys, books, talk, play, or just plain kulit, you simply cannot get enough of this super slim.  That she has a good heart is something I am sure of.

There was a day that I got mad at her dad for staying out too long for a friend's birthday and I did not want to open the door when he arrived. Zia's cries changed my mind. When she was given a chance to do Shopee, she got stuff for her little cousins in Taguig and thought of a way to convince the Tooth Fairy to give her what she need to pay the online shop. She said she only had 2 pesos so she had to look for 340 more.  The answer came in a milk tooth that was wiggling out of her gums-- and she did not stop poking at it with her tongue until it came off and voila-- she can get money from the Tooth Fairy.

She is been particular about heights lately -- will she be 5'7" or 5'9"? Why? Because she wants to be a model.  Well, aside from that, she also wants to be a vlogger, have a YouTube channel called Zia and Franco Show, and wait... a toy designer in Mattel stationed in New York or Mexico!

She has also been looking up old actresses and matching names with years of birth. She knows how old they were when they died and what caused their death, etc. Marilyn Monroe is a favorite. Then Audrey Hepburn, among others. Apparently, she has been googling them.

Zia goes back to school online this Monday and she insists on having her own table and chair! Well, on to your next adventure in homeschool, my love.

Franco

Just when everything was looking bleak, there came a strong little light to our lives on May 25, 2020.

From 6 pounds, he has gained a lot of weight in the close to three months of pure breast-feeding love. And he is taller by more than 4 inches!

Franco has simple joys -- looking at a curtain flapping in the wind keeps him occupied, the chirping of birds puts a grin on his face. 

He kicks a lot and punches himself or whoever is near in the face. 

Well, this little boy is unraveling wonderfully every single day and we are all under his spell, just like his Ate.