Valentine's Day at School and Valentine Nail Colors

The kids were excited this morning as they got FREE-dress day for Valentine's day.  They wear uniforms everyday so when they are given a chance to wear regular  clothes  or the chance to  dress up, they take it as a treat.  They do have  FREE-dress day during last day of the month and some special occasion and today was one of them.  They  were given a choice to wear color red or pink  to celebrate their Valentine's day at school.  They also  brought their treat for their friends/classmates.  

My daughter is almost as tall as me, soon, we will be wearing the same size of clothes and shoes lol.  At the age of nine (almost ten in  few months), she is already  very self-conscious on how she dress up.  We don't always agree  of the styles but we always end up  to an agreement that what's modest and presentable is the way to go.  Our son is also very particular on the clothes he wears and he is only 8.  Kids are very opinionated these days.  Anyhow, below are some of the beautiful colors  I got from Julep, a freebie from being a Swagbucks member.    I only paid for the shipping (($2.99), which  ain't too bad.

 I tried the  one with red heart-shaped and white glitters and it's not too  bad.  I think it would look better on women with  long nails.  Mine are just to short and small but I like it.  The red and  light pink are also  beautiful I tried it in my other hands but did not  take a picture.

I was going to paint my daughter's nail  last night but she got busy drawing  her classmates favorite animal as her  Valentine treat to them.  Maybe, when she comes home this afternoon, I could paint it before they go to their piano lessons.  We will see.  Here's  wishing you  the loveliest Valentine's day!

Made in the Philippines

When I shop for clothing in the store, I feel excited when I see some that are made  from  the Philippines.  Even though I am now  an American through naturalization, Philippines is still a huge part of h I am.   To be  honest and it may sound biased but I believe that  clothing that  are made in the Philippines are  better than the ones that are made in China and I based that on my own experience.

 Anyway, we were looking for some new dress  that our daughter could wear in church and I found this one, it is made in the Philippines.  

It's a little bit bigger  to my  daughter's skinny body but I like it, hubby likes it and most importantly, she likes it.  She wore this when they sang at the church a couple f weeks ago.

Our daughter is very small compared to her classmates.

Dress Choices

These photos were taken back in September when we were looking for a good dress that our daughter could wear in church when she sings in choir.  She love blue color so I found her these two.  I love the first one but she did not like it.

My husband like the second one  but she did not like it.  I found this one that got me excited.  It is not the color she preferred but it is made in the Philippines, so I said, we will buy it lol.

I wish I was  that lucky when I was a kid hahaha.  I rarely got a new  dress  because we could not afford  to.  I would always borrow clothes during  recognition day when I have to go to the stage.  I never asked my parents to buy me anything because I knew that they could not afford to.  I am glad that  my kids does not go through what I have been through growing up.  There is no regret though,  my experiences   made me of who I am today.