the canDIshhh tales

Amazing Toy Kingdom Toy Expo 2018           It’s the biggest toy event of the year as Toy Kingdom brings together the most amazing selection of toys in this year’s Toy Expo 2018 on August 24-26 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.          Get the chance to have a first look at the newest toys in the market, retail prices, and kick start your Christmas shopping early. You can enjoy great deals of discounts and exclusive promos for the duration of the expo.       Toy Kingdom also joins in SM’s   60 th Anniversary celebrations by treating   kids to 60 exclusive Meet and Greet sessions with their favorite characters like My Little Pony, Play-doh, Hatchimals, Hello Kitty, Shopkins, Littlest Petshop, Paw Patrol, Superwing and many more.       There are also fun booths with games, themed areas wi...

When I was a kid, my mom would stress about me not eating during lunch.  I always came home with my lunch food INTACT.  She would often wonder why that was and I couldn't answer her straight why I didn't touch my food.  She even went as far as preparing me a plate, with spoon and fork in an envelope.  To be honest, I wasn't hungry - and I was enjoying watching people around me eat that I forgot to eat.  As I grew older, the problem subsided - I had friends to eat with so it was not an issue anymore.  Now that I am a mother, I understood how frustrating it was for my mom.  My only guess is, all moms need to go through the stress and worry of their kids not eating enough in school. When Kailee started school in Eduplay, I was worried that I'd have the same problem.  Luckily, I didn't - she would enjoy having her snacks with friends.  When she started big school, it wasn't much of a problem - in fact, she enjoyed showing off her Yumbox to f...

Vitamins is something that I find hard to give the kids.  So many factors to be honest - the taste, the smell and the consistency.  I once found one type that they liked - but after a few weeks, they refused taking it because it was nakaka-umay.  Strange to be honest, because when I was younger - I don't remember having a choice of which to take - it was a *force it on yourself kind of thing* and I always thought it was like that all the time. A few months ago, I received a care package from Health Fusion - inside the package was gummyvites, gummy vitamins for the kids.  The looked really cute and are packed very nicely and appropriately.  I was honestly skeptical that my kids would willingly take it, but they did!  They liked it so much that they would remind me EVERYDAY to give them one.  It's something that's quite surprising since it was a pain having them drink vitamins every morning before school.  But with Healthyfusion's gummyvites...