Be cool

We are teaching the twins to walk and a tip from my Tita Olive is to lean them against the wall. Once they establish their confidence in standing up, they will soon take that first step. So we gave it a try.






















Here is Carlos standing coolly while holding the wall. Super natuwa tlaga ako when I first saw him do it! :D Of course we are always on guard coz he might fall. He actually loves being in this position and would smile at us, as if saying, "Be cool.. I can do this." Hehehe.

Rainy day strollin'

If we are at our parents house, the twins accompany their lolo on his morning walk in the village's oval. Ever since his angioplasty procedure, he has taken his health seriously. He jogs every morning, sometimes as many as 5 laps. I cant keep up with him! :P

















We were just about to go for the morning stroll, when it drizzled. So we just took some pictures and strolled inside the house, Hehe!

Mother's Day Treat

Keith and I had dinner at Bonifacio High Street. It was his Mother's Day treat for me. Yah, delayed na hehe but its just now that we had the chance to go out. And hindi pa nga sana matutuloy coz he's supposed to be in Batangas this weekend, mabuti na lang cancelled. ;)

I love Boni High Street! I don't know, but there's a certain relaxing, cool, sentimental feel to the place. We decided to eat at Texas Roadhouse Grill.

















It was our first time to eat here. I was craving for some good cheese the entire week so I was happy to see there's mozzarella sticks in the menu. We ordered one right away! :)

Aside from the mozzarella (and the free roasted nuts on the table), I had Seafood Pasta Marinara and he had steak (I forgot na which one) but I think he ordered the Wrangler's Pork Steak. Basta, it looked something like this:

















Their food was okay, nothing special. They came in big servings and we had to take some home coz half nga lang ung naubos ko.

I actually miss these dinner dates.. Looking forward to more of these. Attention: Hunny. hehehe!

6 weeks 6 days

I have exactly 6 weeks and 6 days to prepare for my twins' 1st birthday party. Waaaaaahh! Until now, I can't decide on which theme to use. I want cutie themes like Tigger & Pooh, Mickey & Donald, Mario & Luigi, etc. However, Keith wants a more masculine theme. So, we decided on Superman & Batman theme. But choosing lootbag contents would limit the items to boys stuff, so I am thinking of changing the theme to Justice League. Kaya lang, Justice League is so gasgas na, and I really want a cutie theme hahaha! After all this is a 1st birthday! :P I also thought of using characters the twins can recognize like Little Einsteins, Pocoyo or Higglytown Heroes but buying the imported products would be expensive, and sadly there are no imitation in Divisoria, Haha! Other themes in mind are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Disney Cars. I am ok na with Justice League, kaya lang the twins do not know them. Hayyy what to do.. what to do?

Maybe its better if we do not have a theme.. ?!

Happy Mother's Day

We celebrated Mother's Day at my ninang's place. She was celebrating her birthday too, with a big swimming party. It was also a family reunion because we were all there.

Carlos' yaya was on vacation, so I was his yaya (since yesterday). Of course with that I mean, no cellphone, no TV, no extra curricular activity for me Hahaha. I was busy busy busy that I was not able to even greet my MIL a happy mother's day (patay) - I remembered just now!

To all the fearless, hardworking and very loving moms out there, Happy Mother's Day! :)

Affordable fastfood venues

For a hassle-free, budget-friendly party, celebrate it in your favorite fastfood store:

Shakey's El Pueblo - 6344871
Shakey's Galleria - 6320549
Shakey's Libis - 6372731; 4373665

Jollibee Greenmeadows - 6877910
Jollibee Greenhills - 721567

KFC Megamall A - 6345808
KFC Acropolis - 6348107; 6348183

Fazoli's Eastwood - 4210453; 4210416

These are affordable fastfood venues that also offer party amenities like balloons, invitations, cake, lootbags, pinata, magicians, character mascots, etc.

More venue rates

UP Balay Kalinaw - 9204843
Rate: P3,500
3 hrs use; 120 capacity
use of soundsystem + 100 chairs
P210 per 50 guests (outside caterer)
P135 utility worker per 50 guests (for weekend)


OSMA Penthouse - 6871042 - Ms. Sheng
Prestige Tower Roofdeck - 9106361
Rate: P15K consumable
Capacity - 100 pax
4 hours - P1200 per hour in excess

Clubhouse rates

Bel-Air clubhouse - 8971856
Gemini Room - (100 pax) P5,000 for first 4 hours; in excess is P650/hour
Phoenix Room - (160 pax) P6,000 for first 4 hours; in excess is P750/hour
*Resident rate is half the price.

Valle Verde 4 Clubhouse - 6310234
Rate: P10,000
Capacity: 180 pax

Valle Verde 5 Clubhouse - 6310496
Hall A - P4,500
Hall B - P5,000

Valle Verde 6 Clubhouse - 6313970 (you will need a sponsor)
non-resident rate = P12,000 and bond of P3000 (4hours)
resident rate = P9,500 and bond of P3000

Lexington (near C5 Pasig) - 6404032
AM party is P4,000 for first 3 hours; P5,000 if PM party.
in excess is P800 per hour
Add P1,000 bond if non-resident.

Palladium (Shaw, Mandaluyong) - 5333048
P7,000 for first 4 hours. Poolside has 250 capacity

Corinthians Clubhouse - 6330914 (you will need a sponsor)
180 pax = P11K + 5K bond (refundable after 1 week)
150 pax = P10K + 5K bond (refundable after 1 week)
100 pax = P9K + 5K bond (refundable after 1 week)

Greenwoods Executive Village - 6815486 - Ms Teresa
P6,700 first 4 hrs (main hall, no tables chairs)
P120/head use of swimming pool
*This is non-resident rate

Alta Vista Antipolo - 6815152
P6,000 - 4 hours use of main hall + 2 hours set-up
P6,000 - for swimming pool
P1,000 - charge for outside caterer
Accredited caterer - Avengoza catering
*This is non-resident rate

Vista Verde Executive Village - 6823398 - Ms Jenny
P5,000 good 4 hours, 70 pax (main hall, no tables chairs)
P6,720 - (multi purpose)
P112/head use of swimming pool
*This is non-resident rate