Mosquito patches

One night, David decided to play with a sheet of Cars stickers he found.

He decided that his working daddy's arms would be the perfect sticker board so he started removing each sticker from the sheet and stuck it on his daddy's arms.

When Meng was trying to remove them, David asked him not to. He said those were mosquito patches so the mosquitos won't bite his daddy.

So poor Meng had to kept those mosquito patches on till it was time for us to go to sleep :) If only those stickers can really keep away mosquitoes would have bought a big bundle of them. There's just too many mosquitoes nowadays.

What to do with potholders

David found a new way of using potholders. While waiting for his yaya to finish washing the dishes in the kitchen, he decided to play with the potholders. Here's what he came up with...

Austin's 11th Birthday

Time really flies so fast when it comes to our kids growing up. Meng and I just can't believe our dear Austin is already 11! If only we can turn back time....

Since it's already vacation time, Austin, David, me, my sister in law, Lujene, and Austin's cousins Shane and Lance, headed off to Club Manila East for a day of swimming to celebrate Austin's birthday. We left the house at 6am in order to make sure we will be able to get a cabana.

We tried the kayak boats first since the other attractions are not yet open. Austin got scared at first but finally got to try riding the kayak by himself several times. David wasn't even scared and was even paddling with his hands.



Afterwards we played around the kiddie pool where the kids had fun taking turns going down the small slide. David was scared at first being left alone in the kiddie pool and was clinging on to me. But later on, he got the hang of it and was jumping up and down the pool. He also had fun going up and down the slide.


At around 10am, we had a snack since we had an early breakfast. Afterwards, we proceeded to the beach waves and stayed there for around an hour. The older kids then went to try out the giant slide, which was a disappointment because they had to push themselves in order to slide down.

Had lunch in Club Manila East before proceeding home. The kids had fun but was very bitin.


I cooked spaghetti for dinner and had a small cake delivered for the traditional candle blowing ceremony. David, of course assisted in the candle blowing. Overall, I think Austin had fun naman on his special day, even if he had to work a bit to help his yaya prepare the merienda they need to sell today.

David's 2nd birthday

Today is David's 2nd birthday. Unlike his first birthday, we decided to celebrate small with his cousins. Since I'm also on a budget, I decided to make my own cake, using cupcakes!

It's been a while since I baked anything, so I decided not to risk it and ordered cupcakes from the mom of my sister-in-law's friend at Php15 each. I got choco, choco banana, banana and carrot flavors from her. Thank goodness she agreed to make my cupcakes at the very last minute ( I was able to place my order at only 10pm last night!) We've tried her cupcakes before when they were distributed in sunday school and they're quite good, not dry. I got 30 pcs from her and added 10 more since she had baked extra and distributed them to my in-laws and my FIL's secretaries.

Since David loves Mickey Mouse, we decided to go with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme. Their official website had some ideas and materials which can be printed out, so I altered their goody box and made them into cupcake toppers! I printed them out on PVC id material and stuck a bbq stick behind it.

I had earlier made Mickey bag tags for his Sunday School loot bags so I made a bigger one for his "cake" and die-cut foam with the words "Happy 2nd bday" and pasted it on the big Mickey icon.

For the cake border, I made smaller versions of the Mickey icon using my Sizzix die and Fiskars round puncher. I cut out Mickey pants using red cardstock and glued round foam as buttons. For the gloves, I had printed out an image of it and used it as a pattern. I used pentel pen for the lines on the gloves. I had planned to do the shoes also but I couldn't find a good image of it to serve as pattern and couldn't draw a good one so I decided to skip it.

For the base, I rummaged around the kitchen to find the white plastic round container which my MIL bought lots of, so I borrowed one. The 2nd layer was a tin can I had previously decorated.

I got so aliw making these I didn't realize it was already 2am! I was quite satisfied with the outcome, I told Austin, he would have a similar cake with the theme of his choice on his 11th birthday! haha!

Nintendo lessons

David adores his Ahia very much and has taken a liking to the toys Ahia usually plays with. He loves cars and balloons and at times shift his attention to his Ahia's Nintendo DS Lite. David loves sitting on the stairs watching my father-in-law's pet birds, so I asked Austin to sit beside him so he wouldn't go up further or go down the stairs by himself.

In this photo, it seems Ahia has taken the initiative to teach his syoti how to play games in his Nintendo DS.

May 26, 2008

David's favorite hiding/playing places

I don't what is it with cabinets, but David loves sitting in them. He also loves rummaging through the stuff inside and making a mess. He asked Meng and me to take a photo of him while sitting in the cabinet where his diapers are stored.

Another favorite hiding place is the pantry. He would sometimes sit on the boxes in the pantry and close the door and play hide and seek with us. That's why now we usually keep the pantry locked.

One of the first places we go to when David goes missing is the CR. This boy just loves water and loves playing with the toilet bowl! There was a time he threw the entire roll of tissue inside the toilet bowl...tsk tsk naughty boy!

June 2, 2008

Spa for Kids

Kids these days are so lucky. It took most of us to reach our twenties or thirties before we got to experience the relaxing massages from the spa, but nowadays even babies can get their own massages.

Last Sunday, we went to Fun Ranch in Frontera Verde Pasig to check out the big playground they have. Unfortunately, it was a bit hot and David was showing signs of being sleepy. Meng decided we should just go home, but not after he and Austin got to ride on the bump cars. There were just 3 of them bumping each other. David enjoyed watching his Ahia and his Daddy bumping each other's cars.

On our way to the parking, we spotted Little Lamb's Pediatric Wellness Spa and decided to ask what their whirlpool is. It was actually a jacuzzi for kids. We also found out they have massages for kids and yes, even infants! Austin loves getting massages so we had both David and Austin try their massages. It seems both of them had a wonderful time, while me and Meng wait for them to finish.