Trixie Angelica - Lopez Tolentino Mama Knows Best They attend summer classes at the Learning Lab for cooking and baking sessions, happy arts sessions and happy Chinese lessons. They also attend dance lessons at the learning lab with Knapsack dancer as th
Si Trixie Lopez-Tolentino nag-alagad sa ABS-CBN TV Network sud sa duha na ka dekada. Ug bisan sa demanding niyang trabaho, hands-on siya sa iyang papel isip asawa ug inahan ngadto sa ilang lima ka mga anak nga puros lalaki. Ang iyang gugma sa pamilya ug pagsalig sa Ginoo ang pundasyon sa ilang pagpuyo. Isip paghandum sa Mother’s Day celebration karong Mayo 14, nia ang iyang estorya nga siguradong maka-relate ang mga mommy. Trixie Angelica Lopez-Tolentino, Ssssuper Ka!
Pareho ra sila og eskwelahan?
Yes, my kids go to the same school: Abbas Orchard Montessori in Mabolo. Tristn Alec, 13, will be 1st year high school or grade 7 this coming July school year, Tyler Axll, 11, will be grade 6, Trei Abram, 8, will be grade 3, Trent Andrew, 4, will be kinder 2. Naa silay mga yaya?
The four don't have a yaya anymore, only the youngest Tertullano lll "Thirdy," who is still one year old, has a yaya. Pure Montessori way is teaching the children to be independent thus only the youngest has a yaya. Describe your kids in one word.
Tristn is the academic, Tyler is the showbiz, Trei is the witty and the "sipat", Trent is the smartest and Thirdy is the cute one. Unsay ilang gibisehan karon? How do you juggle your time as a mother, wife and career woman?
It's a grace of God given to me that I'm still able to work two jobs, as ABS-CBN's sales consultant and Prulife UK's financial advisor, being a wife and attending to my kids. What’s the most difficult part of being a mom?
It's giving attention to the five of them. There are times that they need attention simultaneously and until now I'm still learning how to give it to them without competing attention from each other. Are you still active in your family owned-business?
I help only in the advertising, marketing and promotions for Castle Peak Hotel because that's my forte. The rest, I leave it to my husband Turtle and his siblings with Papa, who handle the operation and management of the hotel. How do you discipline your kids?
We have to be tough in disciplining the children because they are all boys. Tough love but we have to. We discipline our children because we live in this principle: Proverbs 23:13-14 “Don't fail to discipline your children. The rod of punishment won't kill them. Physical discipline may well save them from death.” Didn’t you wish nga naa mo’y baby girl? We were hoping for a daughter but God think it best to give us only boys so we just trust in His will that what He has given us is the best for us na. My husband loves boys because he is Chinese. No more na, 5 children at this time is already enough and a great blessing. Nganong dinhi man ka napadpad sa ABS-CBN?
Nagsugod �yud ko sa ABS-CBN Manila as a secretary of Mr. Gabby Lopez. He sent me back to ABS-CBN Cebu when I decided to get married. I was with him 1999 until 2003. ABS-CBN for me is a true Kapamilya Network. They have always supported me ever since and even found a job for me in Cebu when I relocated. A very generous company who is always there for me even during my first pregnancy when I have to take a leave for first quarter because I was having hyperemeses gravidarum. Until my 5th, all I can say is that ABS-CBN has always been and always be a family to me. How do you intend to celebrate this year’s Mother’s Day?
Ever since I became a mom, everyday is a Mother's celebration for me. Thanking God for blessing me with a supportive husband and five wonderful kids. I don't know yet what's our plan for this Mother's Day because we usually have lunch together with my husband's family on Sundays. It's always a lunch get together with his siblings and their family and my father in law. Unsay advice nimo ni mommy?
I think since I'm still also learning how to become a better mom, my advice to other moms like me, is that we have to always seek God's wisdom especially that we are guiding the lives of our children. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. When we seek God's wisdom daily, we are given wisdom by God on how to live our daily lives even to the extent on how we treat our children and family.