No-work weekends are hard to come by with the kind of work that I do. So, when an honest-to-goodness weekend comes by, I grab the opportunity to spend time with my growing son. It doesn’t really have to be a grandiose bonding moment. Sometimes, we just spend the entire day having a DVD marathon at home, or playing a board game or a computer game. What matters, according to him, is that we’re together.
Since Monday, January 23, was a holiday, my son asked if we could watch the movie, “Alvin and the Chipmunks 3.” I really didn’t want to watch it, and preferred “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” instead, but he said that he liked the one for kids better. Okay then, I obliged. It’s not very often I get to go out on a date with my son on a Monday.
After the movie, we went around the mall to window-shop, but ended up buying him a light gray jacket, which he wanted to wear immediately. As soon as he had the jacket on, he was already doing several poses, hip-hop style (well, that’s how it seemed to me!). Gone are the days when we would go straight to the Marvel section and look for Spider-Man items. Definitely, those days are over.
Just so we could eat something different from the usual, we decided to have an early dinner at Tender Bob’s. We went through the menu and decided what to order. I asked him if he could be the one to do the ordering. He did…
And in that moment, I knew I lost my boy…
There he was, my Mokong, in his “pa-pormang” jacket giving an order. He looked like a teenager out on a first date.
Click here to view Mokong giving his orders at Tender Bob’s, just in case the imbedded file from YouTube doesn’t load: http://youtu.be/UDocpLxoBuk
He did well, by the way. He just forgot to say “thank you.”
This weekend made me realize that the more I bury myself with work, the more I’m bound to miss out on his growing moments. I am so grateful for the weekend off, I got to spend time with him and went out on a date with my son.
I’m pretty sure someday, these dates wouldn’t be with me anymore.
Aww… binata na.
I know he loves you so much because you first loved him, he would still go on dates with you 10-15 years from now
i hope so too… but i hope, by then, he’ll be the one paying for it. hehehe!
Binatilyo na si Mokong, sooner or later manliligaw na rin siya
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i’m actually excited for him… i might end up to be the one buying the flowers first! hehehe!
time flies so quickly, huh? it was just some years back when i first met you and met Mokong not long after. he was pretty much a young boy then. now. he’s all grown up and pretty soon he will be one fine young man.
wahhhhh! yup, he’s all grown up now
pretty soon, he’ll be traveling even without me 
Huwaw! Binata na ang bata…hehehe! Dapat pala ang tawag ko na sa iyo eh Mang Mokong…jok jok jok! wahaha! o sige na nga, Yo Moks! na lang…teehee!
hahaha! mang mokong talaga?!
You have a good kid here. Better enjoy his childhood (what remains of it) while it lasts
thanks, aleah! i already am worried ‘coz he’s growing up so fast!
Such a sweet story
thanks for dropping by, sophie
ONe reason why I have my 12 dates project with B … I want to have as many dates with him as possible before I plot to kill the next girl whom he will date in the future
haha! kawawa naman ang future girlfriend… i’m actually excited when my son gets to do his first date. ^_^
Hi! pogi naman ni Mokong.. bilis time no? sooner (not later) e iba na nga date nyan! thanks for commenting in my blog My Dailies.. hope you’d follow too!
thanks, gemma! following you now
Take it while it lasts, girlfriend!! So great you’ve captured this great memory!! And also – to embarrass him with in later life!!
hahaha! i know exactly what you mean
Awwww, that’s sweet.
Don’t worry mommy, I’m pretty sure he’ll still enjoy going out with you even when he’s older. 
By the way, you’re little boy’s so guwapo!
thanks, mommy tin! i hope we’re still close even if he’s in his teenage years na…
moks, in the future wag mong sasabihin kung saan ang date mo … wala man sa area si mommy b, malamang ang mga kontrabidang titas ang mga nandun … hehehe!
hahahaha! kontrabidang-kontrabidang mga tita!