Dating our kids --

One of the challenges of having more than 1 child is finding one-on-one time with all of them.

In our case, we usually take Anya out for breakfast (pancakes at Jollibee or donuts at Starbucks) after we bring Seth to school.

I like our time with her -- we are able to focus on our little girl and realize how independent she is becoming.

With Seth, it's usually lunch time, while waiting for Anya's class to finish.  A bridge is being fixed so our usual route home is experiencing very heavy traffic.  Instead of going back-and-forth, we just have lunch in SM and then head back to school to get Anya.

Seth is slowly getting to the age where he is never without a gaming console.  He enjoys playing Super Mario Bros on the DS and can get very absorbed in the game.

When we are having lunch together, all gadgets are turned off and are off the table.  We ask him how his day was and he talks about how all of his classmates are crazy for Angry Birds merchandise (stickers, etc).

What amazes me about Seth is how open he is to trying out new food -- the other day, we availed of our free meal at Kenny Rogers (thank you, Standard Chartered) and he asked to try my coleslaw.  (He didn't like it -- but he did give it a chance.)

We usually have enough time to squeeze in doing his homework -- so when we get home, it's really time for them to play and then take a nap.

At the start of the year, I was complaining about how unsynchronized the 2 kids' schedules were -- but I guess this was the reason for it --