YALE'S 2nd Birthday Party Preps

Hi there! Sorry for being too busy with a lot of stuffs! It's my rest day and so this is the only time that I can post my insights again. Well, last month, we had a lot of things to do as my father also got his retirement honors. Yey! Thank you Lord and my father is now an ordinary man. I'll post his retirement / birthday event later. :)

It's March and I only have two months left to prepare for Yale's 2nd birthday party! How time flies huh?! The last time that I've been too busy was for the preparations of his 1st birthday. And now he's turning TWO! :)

This year's party theme is inspired by Johnny Depp's 2006 movie, CHARLIE and the CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Well, thinking about it, there should be lots of chocolates then! I am thinking about having Barney as well but since our party venue doesn't offer it anymore (Shakey's), I have changed the plan to sticking to the chocolate factory itself. So I have to watch the movie all over again. And guess what, Yale liked the idea of the entrance scene before going inside the chocolate factory. If you have seen the movie, there were dolls and carnival stuffs with the Willy Wonka song playing. So there, I need to incorporate that too!

Here are some of the ideas I got from Google:

the cake design

my inspiration for the dessert table (how I wish!)

I bought some dessert trays so I can do this stuffs on the dessert table

colorful and cute stuffs that can also be done at the desserts

Credits to the picture owners from Google :)

So those are my inspirations for Yale's 2nd birthday party. I just hope I can execute them all! :)

Progress about the party? 

1. Party Venue / Food - reserved :)

2. Balloon Decors - booked :)

3. Photo Shoot - scheduled by 3rd week of March 

4. Invites - scheduled by 2nd week of April

5. Decorations - to purchase on 4th week of March

6. Prizes - to purchase on 4th week of March

7. Souvenirs - for inquiry

8. Dessert Buffet - booked :)

9. Photo Booth - for inquiry

10. Entertainment - booked :)

So far, those are the things I have done for the party. Everything is scheduled according to plan and well enough, I hope I won't be too stressed about it. Well, it'll be a double celebration as Yale and my mom has the same birth date. :)

See you on the party!

Advance V-DAY Date

Kung Hei Fat Choi! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Well, since I'll be working on Valentine's Day, we decided to have our advance family date this Sunday. Just a 4 hr day out since hubby is also scheduled for work in the evening. We accomplished a lot of things today!

while waiting for Yale's turn at Cuts 4 tots

daddy have to sit with him to get his hair done 

running around Nail-a-holics Spa while waiting for mommy

We had lunch at Fortune Tea House

my cute son

our iced tea and black gulaman 

Hakaw 

Shabu Shabu assorted Seafood

happy tummy family

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

How about you moms and dads? Have you already planned your V-day with your kids? 

'til then! :)

Our First Date for the LOVE Month

Happy Love Month everyone! We started the month with a family date as we always do! 

He can now eat on his own!

We had a simple dinner at Classic Savory: Yang Chow, Mandarin Pork Cutlets, Lomi, Pepsi and iced water. We had French macarons for dessert and Happy Lemon's Cocoa with Rock Salt and Cheese! We are still looking for a Chinese resto with of course, a Shabu-Shabu thingie. We missed eating at Yakimix and Tong Yang so much! :)

Happy Weekends!

Sale Alert: SM Baby Company

Another sale announcement: SM Baby Company is having a BIG SALE again mommies! :)

It's gonna be from Feb 1-3 in Megatrade Halls 2 and 3 at SM Megamall! A lot of freebies, stuffs and fun awaits you! 

See poster for more details, mom card holders can also check their e-mails for updates.

photo courtesy of Baby Company 

HAVAIANAS CLEARANCE SALE!

For the whole month of January, ALL FLIP FLOPS (Havaianas) store in SM Pampanga is having a clearance sale, up to 50% OFF on selected items! Hurray! Sorry for posting this late anyway. 

Got this pair for Yale:

regularly priced at Php 825 and it's on 50% off!

Got this for only Php 412.50. WOW!

'Til then! :)

SunDate with My Boys

It's been a long time since I last posted on this blog. I've been so busy with work lately. I'll try to make more posts for the next month though. :)

We finally got the chance to have a family day out this Sunday. It was only me, hubby and Yale who went out and had our first alone "date" for the year. And I promise to have our alone "dates" again twice every month. :)

Not too far, but of course we wanted Yale to enjoy the day too! We went out and had lunch at SM Pampanga, the nearest place where we can unwind and have a li'l shopping too! :)

just the three of us :)

Yale making fun with the coin banks, so we ended up buying one!

He really loves the lemon iced tea!

our foodie

at our fave family restaurant

RACKS has been our favorite family restaurant for a long time now and we keep coming back for their meats, pasta, delicious side dishes and of course, their bottomless iced lemon tea. We plan to have a Shabu Shabu lunch on our next "date".

Happy Sunday loves!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year everyone! We celebrated New Year's eve with my family in Pampanga since hubby's mom already left the country on the 30th. Here's our pictures for the night.

Happy New Year from us! 

with the fambam (Chinny, Kaykay, Chinno and Johanne missing) 

Yale with mommy (lola)

Let's all start the year right! Happy New Year! :)