Saturday, October 18, 2008

I woke up at around 9AM to start preparing. Fortunately, neither the little man nor the Big Daddy was hard to wake up. We were on the road by 11AM and we ordered drive-thru food at McDonald’s because we were so hungry (Matthew ate two cheeseburgers). Thankfully there was no traffic so we were in Manila around 1PM. We stopped by Mall of Asia because I still haven’t bought gifts for the kids’’ babies and mine as well. We went to Toy Kingdom and Matthew started pointing again, I had to to tell him to wait because he will get new books at the party (Good thing I was right). Gosh, it was so stressful to shop under time pressure. Hahaha. I hope the kids liked the gifts. Stopped over Powerbooks to get Joy’s gift then had it wrapped and then we were on the way to Citadell In.

Martha was sleeping when we arrived but woke up immediately so she was not her usual self. Estong and Olin immediately went to play with her puppy that she was screaming and genuinely frightened “doggie” will die – which eventually came true.

 

They threw the doggie in the air until it ran out of air. It served its purpose in entertaining the kids so may he rest in peace.

Martha tried reviving him to no avail.

She forgot it as soon as there was a pool of balls to play in and one rocking horse.

 

Thank you for the pool I didnt have to take care of Martha she was really OK being alone. LOL

Gift-giving came and Matthew was suprisingly up from playing in the laptop, LOL:

We hope Mikee and Asher enjoyed their gifts
Because Matthew and Martha enjoyed theirs very much Thank you Olin, Asher, Tita Mai (for the other book), Sandy, Bela and Ethan!

 

 

If you were wondering how Matthew was so behaved, I made sure I brought the laptop so he would not get so bored (and throw a tantrum that will beat all tantrums)

Matthew playing Age of Mythology.

My kids even ate! (This is a miracle with Matthew). He enjoyed the spaghetti (had two plates) and BBQ. Martha I didnt even bother feeding. I knew she would ask for food when she gets hungry – she asked for chicken drumstick and green cake (Puto) – I think she ate three green cakes. LOL.

My husband was the amiable one, thank God. Thank you for beer and Sherwin for keeping my husband company. It made the seven hours on the road bearable and he was in a good mood all day.

**Thank you the pictures of Alpha, Kathy and Mai.

More pictures here:
Alpha’s Flickr
Kathy’s Flickr
Mai’s Flickr

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