Papa called while our son was telling a story at dinner and for once the signal stayed clear long enough for the whole thing. Usually I shorten everybody's news before the screen freezes, but tonight the boy explained every unnecessary detail and Papa laughed at the right places, not five seconds late. Grabe, I missed that sound in the room. I put the phone against a glass so I could eat also and it almost felt like he was just at the end of the table. Then Mama leaned in to ask whether he was eating vegetables and we all laughed again. After the call the kitchen was quiet and I kept the glass there while clearing the plates. Gimingaw, really.

Thirty-eight present and we did the action song twice because apparently once is not enough for people whose knees are brand new. I was bending to pick up the picture cards, standing to show them, bending again because somebody dropped a shoe, by the last song I put a chair beside me and did the actions sitting. My babies copied me, so now we have a seated version hahaha. On the jeepney home my legs felt heavy and my voice came out lower than usual when I asked to stop. Mama said I should not sing tonight. I only sang quietly while sorting the clothes for sale, but she heard from downstairs. That woman has excellent monitoring skills.

I am sorting the ukay clothes by size but one blouse says medium and can fit only my left arm, while another medium is practically a curtain. The chat buyers ask whether it will fit them and I cannot answer from a label that tells fairy tales. My daughter says measure across and post the numbers, simple. Simple until I remember which people will ask if that number goes all the way around hahaha. So I took a photo showing where the tape sits, then made the explanation shorter because even I did not want to read it. Same as teaching my babies, show first then talk. Except my buyers are adults and will still ask what colour the blue one is.