Wednesday, November 30, 2011

save now!

the little girl is saving up for next christmas!



she is taking it seriously hehehe... do you have something in mind already for a gift next christmas, baby? :)

caught in the act!

subo big girl na si alexia! huli ka!!! :)


i always have mixed feelings when i see my baby doing things on her own. happy to see her independent and being so proud of herself...

but sad too because i know in no time, she won't need me the way she does when she was little... :(





please don't grow up very fast, my little one!

Friday, November 11, 2011

she fell asleep - just like that! :)

oh my xia! she's been trying to poop while watching tv - and eventually fell asleep! she's got talent even in sleeping - ika nga, strike anywhere! hehehe...



hope she won't curse me when she finds out i posted her photo in facebook! but no one made fun of her - everyone thinks she's still cute!

and i so agree... :)

hay, i really hope she'll get through this constipation phase. she's having a hard time pooping for the longest time inspite of having mineral oil mixed with her milk :( poor little girl!

but she's still cute... and adorable. PERIOD :)

Friday, November 4, 2011

halloween 2011 - part 2: the royal trick or treat

the most anticipated halloween event was the royal trick or treat arranged by the condo's property management office (PMO). we had a blast last year - so every kid at royal palm residences (including parents) were so looking forward to it this year!

and true enough - this year was a bigger event: 5x the number of kids from last time, more shows and prizes, photobooth, face painting, bubble wrap (this unfortunately we were not able to avail!), jollibee snack for kids and of course, trick or treat!

so my black kitty went with her gang - the same gang she went with last time + kuya toto this time (who went as a pirate). aren't they cute? :)




we grabbed a seat at the venue and someone touched her from behind - thinking she was a stuffed toy! LOL.


there was face painting outside and we thought it would be nicer to make her really look like a cat. look, how she's so behaved while at it!




and here she was after that - tadddaaa!!!


we took the best front seat for the magka-berks - xia, gamie and blair so we can see all the shows.




there were several games and a magic show. and my black kitty paid attention but would sometimes get sidetracked too with all the hullaballoo going around :)






but guess who made them all giddy and excited?! no - not frankenstein, not any wizards or witches nor shrek or any halloween-relevant personality. it's JOLLIBEE hahaha!


ohhh i can't get enough of her cuteness!




on the way out of the venue, we bumped into some friends whom we took pictures with while waiting for our queue at the photobooth:




and nothing can be as exciting as the trick or treat itself!!!



first stop was the casper-themed kata building.




on to karon building with the ghostbuster theme.


yanoi had dumbledore, the wizards and harry potter :) with tita tin handing her out some treats!



nui was on a twilight-mode :)



xia freaked out on this nightmare on elm street theme of samui building. but still never failed to ask for some treats :)



and railay as usual go all-out on their friday the 13th theme.



THANK YOU royal palm for the spectacular halloween experience this year!



it was so full of fun! and by this time, we are already excited for the next year's party! so let me end this post with our photobooth pic :)

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

halloween 2011 - part 1: gateway mall

xia had a dentist appointment last oct 29 at the araneta center area - i had to have her chipped front tooth fixed in time for the start of trick or treat! with all the candies she's going to get, hayy... poor teeth!

and as a diligent mom, since it's halloween season - i had to check if there's going to be a trick or treat for kids. we were just in time for it, too!



so off we go... in her strawberry costume! :) this was taken at the little garden inside the mall with fishpond and gazebo.


oh yeah, i know it needs to be in a disney costume... but i can still bring her in and just not join the costume party. i'm a disney fan (and more so my xia), no doubt about it, BUT naahh - i'm not really a fan of their costumes for kids! or maybe i just got used to it - seeing it all the time, so i already find it too boring! ooops, this is just my opinion - no offense meant to people who still prefer it...

anyway... we had to buy stuff from the mall worth P300 so we can get in. there are photobooths, facepaint, kiddie shows and the kids enjoyed the trick or treat most! kids were allowed to go around the mall for 2hrs and get some treats from participating stores.

but before that, we had to grab a quick lunch at the mall's foodcourt since it was already around 12:30pm.


here she was showing off her butterfly face paint while waiting for her food, so cute! :)


we had a dentist appointment at 2pm at a nearby clinic so we had to pass by the stores that give out treats on our way out. she was so game in asking for treats!





then off we went to see the dentist for the binibining pilipinas' (yes, including Ms Universe 3rd runner up Shamcey Supsup). he's the dentist of the araneta's so all reigning queens go through him. lucky xia!


and since we came from trick or treat, she was munching on her treats while on the dentist chair! :D


doc had to laminate the chipped tooth to prevent from further chipping / damage. the procedure took around 10mins with her mouth open the whole time. and i was too proud of her that she was soooo behaved the whole time and never complained! it was not easy for us adults to keep our mouth open for long - how much more to my bulilit! and the doc couldn't be happier as he was also anticipating tantrums from xia. but no qualms whatsoever :) good job, my xia!

and ironically, after the procedure - as expected, she rummaged through her treats again one by one :D


went back to the event to check out what's going on, and kids were scrambling around. we couldn't get in...


so we ended up going around the mall - with some people taking pictures of my strawberry :)





it was a fun, fun, fun day for my xia - i saw it from her eyes! and i - as always - am a happy mom! :)