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Celebrated Mother’s Day in Advance

Last Sunday, though it was Mother’s Day, we didn’t went out of the house and just enjoyed the Pacquiao-Mosley Fight since hub paid for Pay-Per-View from Cignal aside from the fact that it was raining. But we did celebrated that special event in advance the other Sunday. We went to Sta. Lucia in Cainta together with my mom and our kids to have lunch at an eat-all-you-can food outlet for only Php99 which my mom recommended us to try. There was no typo error on that, the price was really indeed Php99! I’ll have a review on that of course on My Mind’s Outburst blog some other time.
After that lunch, hubby asked if there’s any Razon’s food outlet there and just from our next turn, there it was! We had their special halo-halo for our dessert while our kids played with the tableware served along with it.  It was my mom’s first time to try it and she said she would then be the one to recommend that place to her amigas. After that, we went to Worlds of Fun at the most top level of Sta. Lucia and let our kids enjoy the rides. It was a quick treat for them because as per our agreement with the kids, we will just dine out and won’t buy anything such as toys for them. But of course, we have two toddlers in towed so that agreement didn’t materialized. We were forced to go down the lower ground and buy them cheap toys in one of the booths there.
Razon’s in Old Sta Lucia East Cainta Rizal
Razon’s Special Halo Halo
 
It was a hot afternoon and since my daughter Erin once again cried her lungs out when hubby hailed a taxi (she don’t want to ride in that kind of vehicle because of the smell of air-freshener that causes her to throw up), we all sacrificed to travel via jeepney. It was almost 4pm so the minute we reached home, we all went inside our room and savor the coolness of a/c. That’s how we celebrated Mother’s Day for this year.
With my Mommy
Wondering why I did not mention any gift from hubby? That’s because he didn’t bought me one and I didn’t bothered to ask for a gift. But as of this posting, as hubby arrived from work, he handed me this one:
Hubby’s Post Mother’s Day Gift
He said it was a post Mother’s Day gift for me and that made me smile as I said thank you and gave him a kiss and hug while our kids looked at us with “uyyy” on the background:)

 

How We Spent Holy Week

When I was single, me and my family just stay at home during Holy Week since we do not have any other place to go unlike my cousins who have relatives in other provinces. So we just watch Senakulo, penitesya, crucifixtion and attend processions. My parents don’t like the idea of going on a family outing because they believe accidents are more likely to happen during this time especially on a Black Friday and Saturday.
But this year, me and my own family together with hubby’s relatives went out of town with my mom not really comfortable of our agenda. She didn’t come with us because of that, aside from the fact that my brothers will stars in a Senakulo which they do every year for almost 5 years now.
So, off we went to Cavite where my SIL lives together with hub’s other brother. We actually have no plans on where to go so we had a little brainstorming first. It was then decided to look for a nearby resort to spend an over night stay. Just a week ago we checked in at Island Cove so that place was crossed out from our list.
We left Cavite at 4pm and every resort with private pools we checked were jam packed! Even those private beaches were full too. We actually saw people coming in trucks and buses! It was getting dark and we were still on the road. We reached Tagaytay and from there, hub and his siblings talked and decided that we went straight to Pansol Laguna since according to them private pools are plenty in that place.
When we reached Pansol, we had several inquiries first before we landed at Hanleck Resort. Imagine, we had our dinner at 11pm! Luckily, we had plenty of foods to eat in take out boxes during what seemed to be a never ending road trip. It was the longest trip our kids had and we all swear that we were not going to that “penitensya” again. So instead of plunging into the hot spring pool, we just all went to our rooms and rest and just enjoyed the water the following morning.

Poor kids! Dead tired from the long road trip!

 

Rekindled Relationship

It was such a relief that after a long time of not being in touched with hubby’s sister because of some misunderstandings, they were now okay! So, we were invited to a triple birthday celebration which were held at her place in Cavite. Hubby and his siblings were all complete during that event and it was really a nice view to see them all goofing around as if no misunderstanding took place between them.
Reunited!
Of course, the main event were even more fun! Kids and grown-ups joined in the parlor games with prizes that we all loved! Of course toys for the kids while gadgets and other cellphone accessories for us (SIL and BIL have a cellphone repair business). After that tiring game, we all went back to our tables and waited for disposable plates and utensils to be distributed and off we went to the buffet table! It was eating time!
Party! Party!Party!
 
It was another memorable event for all of us especially on hubby’s part. I knew how much he missed his youngest sister and that kind of bonding so the party didn’t end there. We decided to checked in at Island Cove for some dip in the pool to ease the heat of the night. The kids all shouted with glee upon hearing that. More stories on Island Cove while review of the resort will soon be posted on My Mind’s Outburst blog.

 

Post-Graduation and Birthday Treat at Club Manila East

As hubby and I promised our kids, we, together with my mom of course, all went to Club Manila East in Taytay Rizal last Saturday and spent an overnight stay at one of their hotel rooms. That was actually our treat to our two preschool graduates and as our post birthday celebration of my daughter, Erin. That day was perfect as the sun was all up! The kids were relieved of the heat by soaking their bodies inside the kiddie pool together with me, their dad and my mom. We got there before their check-in time which was 2pm so we went straight to the pool and dipped. Around 1:30pm we lured the kids over a pan of pizza  and some snacks in take-out boxes just to get them out of the water and headed to our room.
At the Club Manila East Hotel Lobby
We were actually here last year when we celebrated Erin’s 3rd birthday and we were just a room apart from the one that we occupied before. I’ll post my review of Club Manila East in my other blog so please do check it out too. Anyway, going back to blabbing, while waiting for our pizza, the kids enjoyed their shower in the bathroom albeit the bath tub is of no use. After eating our snack, hubby ordered our lunch from the canteen and waited for it to be delivered. My bad, because I wasn’t able to take pictures of our food which happen to be rice, chopsuey, lechon kawali, lumpiang shanghai, cream of mushroom soup together with ice cold softdrinks. After devouring our lunch few minutes after our snacks (lol!) we tried to pursuade the kids to have their afternoon nap but with no avail. So around 4pm, we were all back to the pool and dipped in again. The kids want to ride in the kayak but their dad don’t want to. So they just enjoyed in  swimming. My son was very determined to learn how to swim on his own and we actually saw him floating and swimming. That was an achievement for him. While my daughter Erin enjoyed crawling swimming at the poolside and she gets angry when me and my mom would call her Mutya. Meanwhile, my ever clingy Cien, was of course all arms around me. Sometimes she will let me put her down the water but few minutes only she’ll be all up on me again.
Fun.. fun.. fun.. in the water!
We went back to our room in time for our dinner  and ordered food from Chowking. Mishap happened when  all of the disposable spoon and fork fell off the floor because of our kids who were all running around the room. We we were all tired then and so we all dozed off to sleep as early as 8pm! It was a smooth night for my family but not with my mom. She kept on waking up every hour or two because she’s not used in sleeping from other bed aside from her own in short she’s namamahay! So, at 5am she was all up and so was my son. They turned on the television which woke up all of us. I was very hungry that time so I asked hubby to call the canteen and asked if we could already ordered our complimentary breakfast but no one was answering the phone. The kids wanted to go swimming again and so I said we have to eat our breakfast first. 7am our breakfast arrived and we all got ready for another swim. But the pools were all closed yet so we just had our photos taken at the different parts of the resort. 7:30 and we were all in the water again. The water was cold but the kids don’t mind at all. We enjoyed the pool and packed up at around 10:30am since check out time was 11:30am.
Goodbye Club Manila East!

Upon travelling home, hubby asked the kids if they enjoyed our treat and the three of them all shouted “YES!”
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Heleina Erin’s 4th Birthday

It’s my daughter’s 4th birthday today! There was no big celebration today because we already have plans of celebrating it this Saturday at some place that our kids will surely love. Hubby and I bought her a birthday cake and a big round bilao of pancit malabon which we shared to our family, relatives and neighbors. The birthday girl even volunteered on bringing these foods to them so we securely placed them in disposable take out boxes which hubby and I bought when we pass by Rustans the other day.
The Birthday Celebrant
I believe disposable plates should be a necessity in every household because you’ll never know when you will be needing them. They are perfect for family gatherings and will leave your dishwashers free of overloading plates because they can be easily discarded and don’t need to be washed. However, consumers especially mommies like me should be keen in buying disposable food services because most of those in the market are made of plastics or other harmful materials. The trend today in this kind of products are those made eco friendly materials such as pulps or reeds, these are what we should be looking for.
Mommy and Mommy Lola with our three kids
(Daddy’s missing because he took the shot for this one)
It was a quick and heavy merienda for all of us and we didn’t even bother to eat our dinner. It was a simple celebration today because we are all looking forward on the fun that we will have on Saturday.