Raising Boys

The story of Dylan and Lennon and the mom who loves them

 

Summer learning for Dylan April 4, 2007

Filed under: Children, Education, Parenting — engkanta @ 11:07 am

After some urging from me, my son Dylan agreed to set aside a fraction of his time during the summer break to improve his handwriting.

Since I have for so long wanted to teach him how to write but wasn’t quite able to find the time, I’ve decided to hit two, no three, birds with one stone by having him write about something that interests him on his notebook and type and save this in our PC afterwards.

This way, he’ll improve his handwriting, learn how to write, and familiarize himself with some computer applications.

We’re starting with the basics in writing and I told him to think about the five Ws (who, what, why, when, where) and one H (how) of his chosen topic and try to answer these questions in his composition.

He chose to write about his family and below is the product of his first writing assignment. He has written about two other topics since this one. Later on, we will be improving his writing outputs and I will also be posting those here.

My Family

My family is small. There are four people in it. My mother, father, brother, and I make up our family. My mother’s name is Marlen D. Limpag, she’s a writer. My father is Max Sherwin T. Limpag, he’s a writer. I have a little brother who is four years old. His name is Lennon and he makes me frustrated and angry most of the time. But I love him because he is my brother. My name is Max Dylan and I am eight years old. I would like to be a scientist because I would like to study space and animals of all kinds. I was named after my father and my father’s favorite musician.

 
 

Lennon’s transformation February 7, 2007

Filed under: Children, Parenting — Administrator @ 12:31 am

I’m really getting the hang of raising my young son and what better way to start writing again in this blog than with an update on our improving relationship.

Lennon, 4, has shed off his tantrum ways, and turned into this amiable and likable kid who seeks to please me and his dad and by extension his brother. The transformation is such a complete turnaround, it seems to defy explanation.

It was not even four months ago when he’d cry, scream, and kick, pinch, hit anyone he could lay his hands on just to get his way.

Between now and then, my son has turned into this friendly kid who says hello to and smiles at everyone in the neighborhood.

 
 

Men and their foibles March 12, 2006

Filed under: Children, Parenting, People, values — engkanta @ 8:49 pm

My son’s teacher called us up on Saturday morning to invite my son to her daughter’s birthday party. I was asleep yet so she talked to my son Dylan and told him the party was going to be at McDonald’s at 1:30 p.m.

Dylan was already quite excited at the prospect of going to a party on a Saturday afternoon by the time I woke up so naturally I could not say no anymore.

We stopped at a nearby mall to buy a gift for his teacher’s daughter and then proceeded on foot to McDonald’s with another mom and her daughter. We met them at the mall also buying a gift for the birthday celebrant.

At McDonald’s, we received the surprise of our lives. My son’s teacher was nowhere to be found. Only her estranged husband was there accompanied by, of all people, his girlfriend. It was the longest two hours of our lives. (more…)

 
 

A mother’s warning November 2, 2005

Filed under: Children, Parenting — engkanta @ 8:25 pm

This is funny and worth a repost as a warning to mothers of boys. The following reportedly came from an anonymous mother in Austin, Texas. Found here.

Things I’ve learned from my boys (honest and not kidding)

1.) A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4″ deep.

2.) If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.

3.) A 3-year-old boy’s voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

4.) If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42-pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20×20 ft. room.

5.) You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
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Dylan and classmates ‘follow the leader’ October 28, 2005

Filed under: Children, Education, Parenting — engkanta @ 12:55 pm

What do you get when you ask over 70 six-year-olds and seven-year-olds to dance to upbeat hip-hop music. Chaos, what else? And photos good for a few laughs.

My son and his classmates and 50 or so preparatory pupils danced to the “Follow the Leader” song in last Friday’s intramurals of the Science and Technology Education Center (Stec) in Lapu-Lapu City.

Crazy dancingMore crazy movesCrazy movesDance chaos

 
 

Lennon, at 2 October 18, 2005

Filed under: Children, Family, Parenting — engkanta @ 9:12 pm

I love to take photographs and my sons are my favorite subjects. I find these photos of Lennon really nice. These were taken near our home earlier today.

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