Welcome Summer! This is our most anticipated season. School is out, I can rest. Lots of outdoor activities this season, from biking to tennis to gardening and out of town trips too!


This month, we got the twins their own iPads. For a couple of years, they’ve been using hand-me-downs: Gabby used Riel’s iPad 1 while Marco used my iPad 2. Both tablets are no longer supported with the recent Apple updates.


Summer is also for lazy days in the basement. It stays pretty cool there… except that sometimes it, um, smells like the boys. In fairness, my boys don’t stink at all.

Summer is also a time for hosting a few house guests.

Luis and Jackie are from Boston. They stayed with us for three days as they went around Montreal, part of their summer road trip itinerary. Luis was Riel’s office colleague back in PLDT.
Summer is spending time in the garden, except when it is scorching hot outside.



Summer means late nights too. The boys still go in our room once in a while to bond with us or check out what I am working on. The thing about them is that they are all supportive of my hobbies and appreciate every little thing that I do. That keeps me going.

