OK. I promised myself that I will write about our weekend getaway before it gets too old to even blog about. I looked around fellow mommy blogs and there were a few who blogged about it already. I might actually be the last one who will but I will try to make kwento because we had over 500++ pictures from the weekend! If I will get extremely lucky, I might be able to make a photobook out of this one!

This outing was planned months ago by Jacqui, MBAP’s designated party and event planner. The rates were pretty high, for a day trip, but thankfully, we can pay for it little by little it was not really noticeable.

We also were blessed by good weather that day, even if it was hot (at least no rain!).

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It was going to be a long day. For one thing, Matthew would not sleep because he was either so excited about going swimming or he was scared I wont wake up in time so I had to lie with him on bed to make him sleep. Wrong move! He was still awake by 3AM – the time Martha woke up (she slept at 8:30PM). AND I haven’t even packed yet. So I ended up packing our stuff and some of the things I’m selling at 5AM. Good thing Edil was not a grouch when I woke him at 6:30AM since we were supposed to meet Kathy and Alpha and their families at Jollibee Rotonda (Tagaytay) by 7AM. Kathy was late late late that they were not able to have breakfast anymore (hehehe).

We were on convoy with Alpha’s and Kathy’s cars on the way to the Highlands. Since we knew that our vehicle will not be allowed to enter the premises, we hitched a ride on Kathy’s. It was a good move too because there were a lot of deep and blind curves that our “hummer” would have definitely stopped. The roads are perfect for risk-takers and daredevils who love to ride on their motorcycles too. It’s a good thing the management has motorcycle accident attorneys just in case!

We headed straight to the Animal Farm.

The entrance was only Php110/person, not bad since the animals were clean and the kids can touch and feed them.

Look at her face!

Martha was in heaven – heaven I tell you. Edil got to capture in video her shrieks of joy everytime she sees an animal, “WOW! Mom, look – a tiger!” and the way she runs from one cage to another. She even refers to some of the animals by their Disney character, like, “Mommy, look, si Bambi!”, and “Oh wow Dad, si Pumba!”. Or she will act out their sounds, “WOW Mom, ish a sneyk..SSSSSSSSSSSSS” It was really such a joy to watch I wasn’t minding the heat (and the smell) at all. She got scared by the huge ape though – the “Mommy ni Tarzan” – because it threw a tantrum at us and banged the cage really loudly.

Matthew was reading all the labels on the cages of course. In a few years, Im sure he will find the zoo boring. This used to be his favorite place! He loved looking at the animals but absolutely got scared with the birds. He told me the white one pecked his neck

It was also a good thing that we were with Kathy and Alpha because we had time for picture-taking I remember I didn’t want to walk to where the ostrich was anymore (it had to go through a little bridge and I was tired and sweaty from walking) – but Martha and the rest went in and voila – we discovered the perfect place for taking our family pictures!

And we now have another Jojo-Alpha family picture (Thanks Jojo!) Maybe I’ll get lucky again and have this picture in a cover a magazine (this time sana totoong paper magazine!)

My most favorite picture, from the Animal Zoo, was taken by Kathy

Our personalites, specifically Martha, were captured so well. We were trying to get a decent family picture and Martha was more interested in running around with Estong and Olin.

Look at her face, sinasabi nya siguro: “Neknek nyo, di ako lalapit sa inyo!”

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There are more pictures and anecdotes in the farm but I will share them in a separate post.

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