It’s my younger brother Ivan’s birthday today, so I would like to share a childhood moment that I had with him.
I can’t remember what age we were then, but one day, our dad (it was probably him, since Mom takes bad photos; she always ended up cutting off people’s heads in the picture) said, come on, let’s take a picture!
Our college-aged cousin Henry was living with us then. It was hot so he was lounging around the house topless and he didn’t want his naked upper body to be shown in the pic, so he asked me and my brother to sit on his lap to cover him. I guess he was too lazy to run upstairs to his room to grab a shirt.
Click! Moment captured! We pulled off our diabolical scheme! Muahahahahaha!
{Read my love letter for my brother}
*Kuya – Filipino term of respect for older men.
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It has come to my attention that I have been blog blitzed. I will be blogging about this properly tomorrow but in case you don’t come back, read this: THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS! YOU HAVE MADE MY DAY. Hugs for you! (Or a fist bump, if you’re not a huggy type of person.)
That's a really cute story. Thanks for sharing it. I'll bet your cousin was surprised that you had a plan for the picture. D
cute post – that is totally a 'plotting villain' face 🙂
No wonder your brother looks scared in that picture….he knows you're plotting! 🙂
Thanks for your good wishes! Happy birthday to Ivan — even a day late.
happy birthday to your brother! love those pictures, the look on your face in the first one is priceless!
LOL. You are so diabolical. Happy birthday to your brother. =)
Ah, you plotting little villain LOL<br /><br />Lucy from <a href="http://www.lucysreality.com/" rel="nofollow">Lucy's Reality</a>
Blog blitzed you, and new follower.
Haha, the first pic is cute with the villainous plotting face :)<br /><br />I'm here to blitz you as well, and I always make sure one other person has already posted so I can – because I live in Australia we are far ahead of most others 😀
LOL, good scheme! Happy blog blitz day!
Funny stories. Memories are priceless . I'm visiting your blog from the blog blitz and am now following you.
Hi Good to meet you,<br />I am here via my blog friend D L Hammons of a to z<br />great remembrance. good pics too, cute little one.<br />Have a good time ahead.<br />Happy Blog Blitz Dae.<br />Phil
Have a lovely day being Blitz.<br /><br />Yvonne.
Great anecdote – family memories are always so precious. Happy Blitz Day 😉
Lol! Enjoy the blitz! 🙂
Dee the photos are so cute, so mischevious. Clearly from your profile pic that little girl is still having a good time in her adult body too… <br />
Happy Blog Blitz Day! Great fun sounding time you had!
Hi, Dee! Happy Blitz Day!<br />
That is the sweetest story Dee. I'm glad you pulled off your master plan!<br /><br />I like your blog. 🙂 <br /><br />Best wishes and happy blitz.
That's a lovely story – and your cousin doesn't look like he's angry with you 🙂 Happy blitz day!<br />Suzanne @<a href="http://suzannes-tribe.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Suzannes Tribe</a>
Aw, that's such a sweet and funny story. Happy Blog Blitz Day!
That's a novel way of avoiding putting on a shirt! And I love you and your brother's faces as you plotted mischief!
Both made for memorable shots.<br />Happy Blitz day!!
What a wonderful memory! Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Happy Blitz Day!
You've been blitzed! Nice to meet you.
Now we know who the plotting villain is around here! Great memory!!<br /><br />Oh yeah….you've been BLITZED! 🙂
What a fun memory! Enjoy your blitz day.
I really enjoy your site, your header image is a wonderful choice… Happy Blitz!<br /><br />Jeremy [Retro]<br /><a href="http://izombielover.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Oh No, Let's Go… Crazy</a>
Happy Blitz Day!!! I loved your pics. Mischief personified. ; )
I enjoyed the story, thanks for sharing! You've been blitzed! (-:
That's what he gets for being lazy.<br /><br />Your day to be Blitzed!
I love memories like those! Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous post, and brilliant family memories. I love your scheming self – and happy Blog Blitz Day.
What an adorable memory- thanks for sharing it with us! And Happy Birthday to your bro!<br /><br />Just seeing your lovely site fir the first time via blog blitz- followed you and will certainly be back around in the future.
LOL! That's awesome.
Happy Birthday to your brother and what a delightful post. #BlogBlitz
Childhood memories can be really great, wonderful post! Happy Blitz day!
What a cute story and the photos are adorable. So nice to meet you, happy Blitz! 🙂
Happy blitz day 🙂
That's too cute~ Happy Blitz Day:)
I'm here from the blitz!<br />OMG, those pics are so cute! And happy birthday to Ivan!
Hi, Dee,<br /><br /><br />Happy Birthday Ivan!<br /><br />Nice to meet you, Dee! HAPPY BLITZ DAY!!!!!!!
That is a funny story and happy memory it sounds like.<br />Happy Blog Blitz day
Read this and your link to your letter to your brother…similar sibling story. Guess it is just what happens! Happy Blitzday to you!
That was a great story and a fantastic picture.<br /><br />Happy Blitz Day!<br />Lyre @ <a href="amy-lyre.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Lyre's Musings</a>
I hope your brother had a happy Birthday. Memories are great, especially those of our childhood.
Happy Blitz Day!!!
Happy Blitz Day! My dad's middle name is Ivan so your brother's middle name caught my eye. Hope your day is AMAZING!
Adorable! Love those scheming faces. Happy birthday to your bro!
Awesome photos!!!! Happy Blitz Day!
Pleasure to <i>meet</i> you, Dee! Fun memories and great pix. How awesome to have that special moment captured on film. <br /><br />Happy B'day to Ivan & Happy Blitzday to you!<br /><br /><a href="http://vrbarkowski.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">VR Barkowski</a>
Happy Birthday to Ivan and Happy Blog Blitz to you!
Ha ha, this sounds exactly like something I would do when I was younger 🙂
Haha so cute! I love old memories like that. Happy Blog blitz!
I was the oldest and only child for a full 8 years… and the first grandchild by far on both sides too. So my older cousins (my parents younger cousines) meant the world to me, like big siblings. And I was an older cousin to many as well. They are such important relationships in a close extended family–thanks for reminding me!
That's a great memory, immortalized forever on film!<br /><br />HAPPY BLOG BLITZ DAY!<br /><br />New follower here!
Hi Dee – I just followed your blog! Happy Blitz day, and happy Birthday to Ivan!!!
happy BLITZ! My nieces screen name is mischief managed…thats a good omen!
Love your pics and the family story. conspiring against older siblings and family members can be fun.<br /><br />BTW in case you hadn't noticed, you've been blitzed.
Fun story! You guys were adorable when scheming! Hope you have an awesome Blog Blitz day! 🙂
Love it, planning evilness at that young age :D<br />Cute story, happy belated birthday to Ivan!<br /><br />And happy blitz day to you!
Hello from the Blitz!<br /><br />I love your plotting look in the first picture. I hope your brother had a wonderful birthday.
My brother and I used to scheme like that too. I'm not sure we'd get away with it much now we're older though!<br /><br />Happy Blog Blitz!
What a fun story! I think so many of us have those embarrasing stories but not sure how many of us tell them. I'm glad yu did. Oh, You've been Blitzed!!!
Hi Dee,<br /><br />Great to bring back old stories with old photos–and bring them to the present. <br /><br />Great job, Dee!<br /><br />Bradley from <a href="http://passthesourcream.com" rel="nofollow">Pass the Sour Cream</a>
I love your "plotting villain" face… it's full of mischief!<br />Happy Blog Blitz Day!<br /><a href="http://writer-in-transit.co.za/" rel="nofollow">Writer In Transit</a>
Happy Birthday to Ivan. You all look like you're having so much fun in those photos.
Happy blitz day! Cute story, and happy birthday to your brother!
What a sweet memory for you to share!<br />Thank you!<br />BAZINGA!<br />You've been BLITZED!<br />Have a great day!<br />Heather
What a sweet memory, thank you for sharing Happy birthday to Ivan! Popping by from the blitz! 😉
Me and my brother would have probably have been scheming against each other – until my sister arrived that is.<br /><br />Happy Blog Blitz Day
Happy Blitz Day! Thanks for sharing such a sweet memory. Those photos are priceless 🙂
Hello, and Happy Blitz! Very nice post 🙂 I followed you on twitter, too.
And what was your first clue about the blitzing ;-)<br />Happy blitz to you, Dee. What a lovely post and priceless pictures. What a bunch of cuties!<br />Tina @ <a href="http://kmdlifeisgood.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Life is Good</a>
Love those pics and love that story. Brothers can be so wonderful and yet so annoying. 🙂
What a great memory (and photographic evidence to prove it when you're both too old to remember) :). Happy blitz day!
Happy Birthday to your brother. Brothers are the best!<br /><br />Happy Blitz day…thanks for sharing the fun memory!
Happy birthday to him and happy blitz day!<br />Those pictures are great 🙂
Lovely family memory.<br /><br />Happy Blitz Day!
Great picture! and Happy Blitz day!!
That's so cute. What a sweet family memory. You've been blizted.
You have been blitzed!! Happy Blitz Day!! <br /><br />Your story and pictures are adorable!! Nice memories! <br /><br />www.sandysanderellasmusings.blogspot.com
Hello, Dee! This is an adorable memory. Happy Birthday to Ivan!! And a happy Blog Blitz Day to you!! :)<br /><br />Happy reading and writing! from <a href="http://lauramarcella.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Laura Marcella @ Wavy Lines</a>
Beautiful pictures and your banner looks like people are having a good time 🙂 Happy Blitz day 🙂 Thank you for sharing :)<br /><br />I'm now following your blog :)<br /><br />Cassandra<br />closkot.blogspot.com
I love how children are able to find so much amusement in things. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this story.<br /><br />Happy blog blitz 🙂
Keep up the great writing and teaching people worldwide how to live life to the fullest!
Happy Blitz Day!! Your story is so cute, and I love those adorable photos. You do have quite the diabolical scheming look on your face. 😉
I love happy family memories like this. Happy birthday to your brother!
This cracked me up. How fun it was being a scheming kid;) loved it!
Hello, Dee! That was so cute and a sweet memory to cherish. <br />Happy blitz day! (:
You guys look like such adorable mischief makers! I bet your cousin had his hands full when he had to look after you.<br /><br />Happy Blitz Day!
Aww that's a great story, so mischievous! I love memories like that :)<br /><br />Happy Blog Blitz!
Cute blog header – consider yourself BLITZED!<br /><br />thriftshopcommando.blogspot.com
It's pictures and memories like those that puts a smile on your face. Happy Blitz Day!
Aloha Dee,<br /><br />Greetings from Honolulu where my three sons are sleeping (two kuyas and the youngest who wants to be a kuya :)<br /><br />Happy Blog Blitzed Day from an Irishman who married a Filipina-American 🙂
Very cute picture and story!
Love this! Happy Blitz day! So glad to have found your site 😉
Hi, Dee! Happy Blitz day!
Fun story! Happy Blitz Day! 🙂
very cute. Enjoy the blitz!
I like the story, Dee. It reminds me of my two oldest boys and all their diabolical plots!
Loved the photos and the story. :)<br /><br />Happy Blog Blitz!
Ha! The devious minds of planning toddlers! 🙂 Sounds like you had a great family moment! Your happy blitzer.
Happy blitz day! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Happy Blitz day! And a happy birthday to your brother too. What a cute picture and a cute story 🙂
Hello from the blitz team – what a lovely story and photo – memories are so precious
Dee, You are a natural story teller. I loved your tribute to your brother back at Lok-Lok. It certainly sounds like you are working on having a great and close relationship if in fact as you say you aren't all that close. I wish you a warm and rich bond with your entire family. Enjoy your blitz. God bless, Maria at <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">
It's those kinds of moments and memories that make up the pages of the Family History Book. Sweet! And you can consider yourself blitzed!
So fun to share memories-especially diabolical ones:) Happy birthday to your brother!
Happy blitz day, Dee!!! And a big happy bday to your brother!! 😀
What a sweet story! I have four siblings and can't imagine my life without them. Happy Blog Blitz day!
Hi Dee!! So very happy to "meet" you! Happy Blog Blitz day! Enjoy it! Lily
Hi, Dee, <br /><br />It's memories like these that make childhood so special. <br />
Aww, super cute bro!! Memories are so great!!! Happy bday to him and happy Blitz day to you!!
LOve the photos and the sweet memories.
You were a little devil!!! Happy Blitz day!
Happy blog blitz! Hope your brother has a fantastic birthday!
Love it! That is so funny and what a great memory!
Cute pictures! Happy Blitz!<br /><br />~MPL<br /><a href="http://pepperwords.com" rel="nofollow">http://pepperwords.com</a>
Happy Blitz day!
HaPPy*Blitz*dAY*to*yoUUU!!! And very cute pics and story 🙂
Awesome photos, I am joining in the blitz 🙂
You have been blitzed, indeed. I really enjoy ekphrasis writing (writing about a visual image). This story is adorable! Your scheming must have taught him to re-think being lazy in the future. At least he still has a lovely smile despite being "exposed". <br /><br />
Your blog looks like a lot of fun. Happy blitz!
Oh the pranks we pulled as children. How funny:)<br /><br />Happy Blitzer Day!!
Too funny!<br /><br />Happy Blitz Day, my friend. 🙂
Love that prank!<br />Happy blitz day!<br />**confetti**
What a cute story! <br />Happy Blitz Day!
just continuing the blitz blog party! isn't it nice to hang out with everyone? so nice to get to know you and your blog – I'm a new follower.
What a cute, fun memory! Happy Blitz Day! I hope it's a fabulous day! 🙂
Mischief Managed in spades. Amazing how stories of our childhood are often revisited.
It's wonderful to recall such memories! Beautiful family! <br /><br />Hope you have a terrific day! :)<br /><br />Hugs,<br />Tammy
Cute story and pictures.<br /><br />Happy blitz day.
Those are some cute pictures! Happy Blog Blitz Day!
Happy belated birthday to your brother, and Happy Blitz Day to you=) I love those pictures of you, your brother, and your cousin as kids=)
A fun scheme. He probably showed off the picture to all his potential girlfriends :)<br /><br />………dhole
Happy Blitz! And thanks for sharing the memory.
HAPPY BLITZ!
Little conspirators, you! Looks like you had fun. <br /><br />And yes, you've been blitzed! Happy Blitz day. 🙂
Happy Blitz day to you and happy belated birthday to your brother.
Happy Blog Blitz! And Happy Birthday, Ivan!<br />Cheers from Charlotte, North Carolina!<br />~Dannie @ <a href="http://dcmorin.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> Left to Write </a>
You all are so cute! I love memories like this-<br />I hope your brother has a wonderful birthday~<br />Happy Blitz to you…should be a song ;D<br />Nice to meet you!
Happy blog blitz, wow you did get a lot of comments! Great pics.
You do have a crafty smile in that picture! Happy blitz :)<br /><br />Allison (<a href="http://www.alsgeekbanter.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Geek Banter</a>)
Oops! I'm late to the party… very very late! But it isn't yet midnight here, so I didn't miss it altogether. Happy Blitz Day!<br /><br />Cute post. I hope your brother had a super birthday.
Grrr….sorry Dee, almost totally forgot about this!! Happy Blitz Day! 😀
Happy Belated Blitz Day!
I totally missed on your blog blitz day! Happy Belated Blitz!<br />Love the photos, and that "plotting look".
I'm here to blitz you, a day late,sorry,but you know I love your blog anyway!
I'm late too. What a sweet story about your getting cousin Henry!<br /><br />I was always the one in family pictures to stick my tongue out right before the shutter clicked. There would be 40 people lined up trying to make a "nice family picture" and I was always the "one who had to go and ruin it" Muhahahahaha! There are very few family pictures where I did not "
I wasn't able to stop by yesterday but happy blitz!!! thanks for sharing such a cute story and sweet pics 🙂
What a cute story – I love the scheming duo picture – hilarious! I hope Ivan had a great Birthday:) It appears you're far from being "Dory" with all these memorable moments you share:)
I love these pictures!! What a funny story!! Happy Blog Blitz!!
Due to computer bugs and knee surgery appointments, I was unable to participate in the official 'Blitz', but I'm catching up with what was going on while bugs were devouring my computer and I was laid up in bed. And I'm very happy that I did! I love your very personal family blog and feel like I've been invited in to meet my best friend's family. I will be following along
Sorry for being late to your blitzing. I hope you enjoyed your day 🙂