Celebrating Akii

It's easy for me to spot the theme for his birthday because he loves Tigger and Pooh. He lights up everytime he sees them on TV. Even if it's not going to be a children's party, we want to make sure there are balloons, a cake, and some backdrop to complete a happy birthday set.

Before the Kuya went off to school, all 3 pudding boys eagerly opens Akii's present. We bought him the Cotoons little pianinko. We'll he's actually seen this already since we bought that together. I just wanted to make sure he chooses the new toy for his birthday.

At 10, we're off to see Papa Jesus to say our thank you's.

We're getting ready for the party!

Kuya just can't resist the cake!

This is Tito Erik's gift for Kuya. An electric drumset. SO cool. And babymanghud's got an electric piano. I still had to keep the little one's gift since he wouldn't get the idea yet. 'Lamat Rik! :)

Tita Pamuy's gifts for the birthday boy: A pooh bathrobe + a musical steering wheel which made Zaiid go crazy over it. But Akii has no problem with that at all. Yet. Tita pamuy also gave kuya a racing track where a car loops nonestop. Thanks pamuy! :D

I can't believe the "once a second-tummy-dweller", the Baby Manghud, is owning a number of his age now. My little one year old. *Sigh. I am so proud of what you are becoming Akiipotpot, you complete the pudding equation and you make our family the greatest it can be. We lovelovelove you Akii!

akii's first.

Checklist for Akii's 1st Birthday:

[✓] Birthday decor
[ ] cake!
[✓] food!
[✓] Gifts!

2 more days to go before the littlest pudding turns 1 year old :) It's going to be a simple, small gathering of close friends.

stuff

I need to buy/do stuff for my boys:

[ ] definitely get zaiid a haircut.
[ ] akii's birthday celebration poppers, balloons, backdrop!
[ ] zaiid's white rubber shoes for his P.E. day
[ ] bigger school bag
[ ] bigger breakfast and lunchboxes

Hope we can get all these done before the week ends.

birthday souvenir rocks

I have less than a week to complete my boy's 3rd birthday giveaways. So far, so good. I have completed most of the goodies: tiny toy cars, glow-in-the dark numbers and letters, and the doodled souvenir rocks. Thanks to the super ninang Tingbats and her daughter, who joyfully picked up the rocks for us from their Owa's garden. You guys rock! (haha.)

The sticker didn't come out well so I had to redo the design. Here's the final one. I took out Zaiid's photo because he looked too pale and you can't really read the words. See old design here. 

I am now down to a smaller checklist. I need to order the cake within this week. I found a nice little cake shop in Parkmall that sells small cakes at 100 each with an edible letter planted as a topping. I plan to order Z-A-I-I-D and another extra for the number 3 with 3candle sticks beside it. I think he will love it.

the giveaway plan

This is the plan for the giveaway: A little paper bag full of Zaiid's favorite things. That means we're giving away tiny toy cars, some characters of his recent favorite movies, a bunch of numbers and letters, cookies and biscuits, a chuckie chocolate drink, and definitely a rock.

Each paper bag will be sealed with an adorable sticker that says "The stuff i Love! - 07•04•09 family park, cebu • open this bag and you'll find the stuff i love! • 3 years of awesomeness" I think I will have to doodle something out on the paper bag so it would look a bit of a fun-mess.

So what do you guys think of this idea? Any more I can add? Let me know. Thanks!

I shouldn't be blogging about this, should I? I would take out the surprise touch on the big day. Oh well, I don't think my little boy's guests read my blog hehe.

D' Family Park it is!

We want to celebrate Zaiid's 3rd birthday under the sun since it will be his first time to celebrate it outdoors. So we head out to hunt for that perfect venue. First on the list is D' Family Park located in Talamban. First look at the area and we all fell inlove. This is going to be perfect for a children's party.

The park offers a nature-friendly experience for everyone. Lying nearby is a one-hectare lagoon, two separate swimming pools for kids and grownups, a mini zoo (which made my little boy jump up and down to see monkeys for real!), a huge open field,  and a children's playground with slides, swings and tykes playstations. Awesomeness!

Thanks to Manona, she paid for the Pavilion hall where we can exclusively hold our party. Whoot! 4th of July here we come!

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cake hunting

cake hunting

My 2.10yo is going to have his 3rd birthday in Cebu. It's going to be his first birthday here so I'm making sure he'd have the best memory of it. With his 1st and 2nd birthdays in Dubai, we stayed indoors because it's the peak of summer.

We need to plan out where to have the party. He loves the waters, so it would be cool for him to have a beach or a pool party. Or we can have it in a nice park where all the kids could run around with their bikes. Bottomline, my son would love to celebrate his birthday under the sun.

I need to find the perfect cake. Last year we improvised and had fun. Zaiid too was happy with it. We bought a mini cake from BreadTalk and replaced the toppings with his favourite characters from Cars. The characters are hardboard cutouts so we only had to paste a toothpick so we could stick it on to the cake. I would 

love to have a cake, not so fancy or 

costly, that speaks the habits or favourites of my son. Something he would appreciate and be proud of. I hope I could get my budget and imagination ready and in time.

full-time

I am now officially unemployed, full-time mother and wife. If that sounds relaxing and stress-free, let me tell you how fully booked my calendar is.

Come 4th of july, my son will turn two years old. That means I need to get him a cake (something that will really make him happy and hope he will blow out his candles), balloons (the ones that stay up), and prepare lunch for the family. That's two days from now.

But at least we got one item down: giveaways for his playmates and friends. This was his Momila's idea. Before she flew here, she made out these cute car-printed loot bags. I'm so lucky to have a hyper mommy - the gift giver kind :) Plus I made out badges for them to keep, to remember Zaiid's special day.

Come 8th of july, we fly back to Cebu. That means I need to shop for my pasalubong. Believe me you don't want to see the list! So far, I got half of the boxes that got little red x marks on them. Not bad.

I'm running out of time and this pregnant lady is running out of breath.