My hair was getting rather long and people are starting to wonder if I’m going for a Justin Bieber look (NO!). Today, I finally had the opportunity to get a haircut. And I had it cut the way I like my hair (short). After I was done, Jeanne saw me, she started crying! But she got used to it after a while and afterwards we walked around the mall and visited the toy store.

Yesterday, Jeanne and I were on the bed playing with her Duplo blocks when she decided she wanted to go to out the room. I wasn’t looking when she slid off the bed and out. Then I remembered she had closed the door before going up the bed to play! To check, I carried her back inside the room, closed the door, and asked her to open it. And she did!

After mass and lunch, Michelle wanted to watch Crazy Stupid Love. I decided to skip it. It’s not exactly a movie that takes advantage of the big screen so I was planning to watch it at home. Nor would Jeanne appreciate watching it whether on the big screen or at home. And she would have had to pay full rate. But Michelle and Gretchen went ahead. It later turned out the movie was no longer showing in MegaMall or Galleria and they ended up watching Johnny English.

As for my dad, Jeanne and I, it was the Podium. First, we went to the bookstore where my dad looked for a C programming book. But there was none available so he just got a newspaper and a Winnie the Pooh book for Jeanne. We then headed to Cinnabon for coffee and cinnamon rolls. We drank and ate while reading: my dad a newspaper, Jeanne and I the Pooh book. Then, of course, a requisite visit to the toy store. Always a good stop. She actually didn’t want to leave until I asked her if she wanted to go to the grocery at which point she put back the ball she was playing with and let me carry her.

As there is no grocery at the Podium, we drove over to Hypermart. I got ingredients for different kinds of sinigang (prawn, salmon belly, pork, veggies), and orange juice. Jeanne was well-behaved and sat on the cart all throughout so we were done quickly. We then headed home. Great bonding time for 3 generations.

I was on sick leave yesterday so I was at home with Jeanne. I was lying in bed watching a movie on the MacBook when I noticed her listening to an interactive book on the iPad. I felt guilty, perhaps also because of the movie I was watching (Punished, great movie!), and set aside the laptop. I asked her if she wants to read the interactive book with me. I only felt more guilt when she positively beamed and said “Yes!” with quite discernible glee. She then handed me the iPad, lay down beside me, and we read.