My 28th Birthday

I had to post this late blog so badly so here goes..

My birthday became an ordinary day for me. I had no other plans that day except to treat my officemates for lunch. They decided to eat at HI-RICE GRILL at marcos hiway. A Bad choice. Everything we ordered in their menu were not available. I paid 1,700 for the food we ate which did not even satisfy us all.

My FIL suggested to treat me and the santos clan (mark's immediate family) after office. Imagine that.. It was my birthday but I get to be treated for dinner instead. hehe.. Mark picked us up around 7:00 PM and we head off to Mannhann Megamall for dinner. While waiting for our seat, Andrew and I went to Bioresearch to look at the dogs for sale. We ended up buying him a brown rabbit.

Andrew's Actual 3rd Birthday (June 10, 2010)

Andrew's 3rd birthday fell on a regular weekday (a working day for me). I felt quite guilty for not taking a whole day leave for my son's birthday. But I planned his actual birthday a week early. My initial plan was to finish my morning work 8:00-10:00AM then head home to fetch him and buy pancit and cake at red ribbon then bring him back to office so that he could blow his cake there. unfortunately, I had no other option for transportation so took a ride with our service car going to the bank and bir. By 11:30am, we were still in the middle of traffic. I asked my mom if he could bring andrew to office but when I called home, Andrew's taking his morning nap. I got back at the office and just let my officemate ate the cake and pancit I bought without the celebrant.

I went home around 1:30 pm. Andrew is still sleeping. I got the cake my mom bought at Becky's and put the mario cake topper and three candles at the center. When andrew woke up, he was at first shy to blow his own cake. After our cake picture taking, Mark finally arrived to pick us up. We planned to let andrew play at Kidzrepublic @ megamall for the first time.



Kidzrepublic was packed by big kids that day so instead of playing 1hr (which i paid 220.00 including adult pass) we only stayed around 30mins. We were forced to go home after since andrew's mood is getting worse. He had a tantrum and wanted to be carried all the time while we were strolling inside the mall.


I know andrew had fun on his 3rd birthday though it was not as grand like last year.

And to my little kulit-boy..

I wish nothing but the best for you eventhough you like girly bags and likes to carry it everywhere (which your papa hates because he thinks your gay). I thank God for having you and making my everyday still worth living for. I know someday you'll learn why sometimes I spank you a little because of your kakulitan. I sometimes really do not know where do you get your energy that's why we sometimes fight. But I love you more despite your kakulitan.

-mama cyd

My First Polymer Clay Creation

I have been a quiet fan of polymer clays creations when I first saw it in a multiply site of the famous Beadlady - Ms. Angeli Sobrepena I could literally stare at her lifelike cupcake creations for hours and wonder how did she ever made that!

Just recently, I was looking for a unique wedding gift for my friend who will come all the way from US to get married here in the Philippines. I can't think of any gift that would fit their baggage when they get back to US, until I came across Clay Creations by Ms. Aileen and saw her little polymer USB people at 800.00 for a 1GB. Sadly, they don't make those 1GB anymore. It then became a challenge to me to reproduce their work (hindi naman patented... hehehe)

I saw Ginger's Beadworks and clay Creations site and instantly thought of buying her Makin's no-bake polymer clay. It's really easy to mold and it dries within 24 hours. Makin's 120g clay costs P250.00. I bought 2 colors, black and white. I also bought two 2GB mini usb flash drive from cd-R King. It costs P350.00 per flash drive. The sculpey Glossy Glaze i bought at Happy beads for P280.00. All in all, It costed me P1,690.00 including local shipping fee.

Here's my very first polymer clay creation..



I hope my friend will like my gift for her wedding. I'm just a beginner at this craft but I know I can do better in the next days to come when I learn how to bake regular polymer clays. :)

we finally celebrated Andrew's third birthday party at Mcdonald's C5 Metropoli after a month long preparation. From the lootbags down to balloons are DIY'ed by us (hubby and me). It was so worth it that our hard work in doing the standee, lootbags, and balloons were very well appreciated by Andrew's guests.

We arrived at the venue exactly 10:45AM to set up the place. By 11:30AM the place was packed by guests mostly from my side. Andrew was quite sleepy and very cranky so he did not feel like joining his party. The games for the kids started after they were given free glitter tattoos. Then came the food served immediately after three rounds of games. That was the only time Andrew showed a enthusiasm and became energized again. He was hesitant to get a glitter tattoo at first but after he was given a blue green mickey mouse glitter tattoo on his right hand, he requested another tattoo on his left hand. "mama o tignan mo ang ganda!" This time it's green batman logo. Guests loved andrew's life size standee. Even the balloon burst that took us an hour to inflate was a hit! This is our last party for andrew in the mean time until his 7th birthday. I'm hoping by the time he's 7, he'll enjoy his party more and be less cranky.

To all Andrew's guests and sponsors, Thank you so much for all your support for my son. We are so blessed that we are surrounded by people like you who make our lives easier and worth while.

These are my suppliers and price:

MCDONALD'S C5 METROPOLI
Food - Mcnuggets rice meal with burger mcdo and sundae
50pax @ 159.00 = P7,950.00
Party fee = P2,000
Unlimited Glitter tattoo = 300
The mcdo party for Andrew was sponsored by my father in loaw and I thank him dearly for giving Andrew another wonderful party.

BALLOONHAUS
DY Balloon burst and mini pillar
20pcs 11" metallic balloons
40pcs 5" metallic balloons
8pcs 160q metallic balloons
1pc 2Ft. clear balloon
Total = P600.00
I highly recommend balloonhaus by ms. gina domingo. they really have quality balloons and longer tail that i could easily tie. it's cheap and does not easily pop than the ones I bought before at divisoria.


PRIZES-SM department store =P1,200.00
I bought all the prizes for the balloon burst at SM department store and i spent that same price as those prices I could buy at divi. it comes with a free gift wrap too!

DIY STANDEE
NBS materials = P250.00
Aldin (tarp 2x4) = P140.00
The standee was my idea since i don't want another tarp to keep in our closet after the party. I saved almost 600.00 by making it my self. the foam board i bought at nbs is a nice material for a standee because it's easy to cut and sturdy enough to stand on its own by just using regular elmer's glue.

DIY yoshi lootbags
NBS materials = P80.00
The idea of yoshi lootbags were taken from CoolPartyBlog.com. It took me a week to finish it and i had so much fun making it. The loots were sponsored by none other than my mom. Candies were (nyam2, ringpop, taffy, nerds mini, kitkat) all bought at S&R.


Andrew's clothes
CROCS sta cruz kids green = P1,850.00
-we got a 2,000 rustan's GC from Andrew's ninang Inna so i used it to buy new shoes for andrew.
OSHKOSH Plaid Green Polo & Maong Pants = P1,050.00
-we were lucky that oshkosh shangrila were on sale which is almost half the price of the items.



PINK APRON CUSTOM CAKES
It's an Elmo Cake - P1,000.00
-price is very reasonable and Ms. Liza Imbao is very accommodating.



Here are more more pictures of the party!

N95 all Fixed!

I finally got my N95 fixed! I desperately wanted this cellphone back in good running condition. My 2 year old son broke its LCD a year ago so I had no choice but to keep it until I have extra money to have it fixed. I'm currently using hubby's office-issued cellphone (nokia 2680) and i'm getting sick of it! Luckily, our trip to Shangrila Mall made it all worth it. Just beside the mall's basement escalator, there's a cellphone repair shop. They replaced my phone's LCD which costs P1,800.00 and gave us 1-month warranty. A Good deal.

my DIY standee

It's nice finally seeing my son's standee all ready for his 3rd birthday party.
although it seemed bigger than andrew..

Andrew's punchlines..

mama ithie: andrew sa june magschool kana ha..

Andrew: ayaw ko.. Hiyap (hirap) yun!

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our driver loloy while watering the plants..

Andrew: loloy, tama na tama na.... Sayang tubig..

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mama cyd asking andrew: anong name mo?

Andrew: my name is mawc (marc) abuboy (andrewboy) santos!

Mama cyd: how old are you?

Andrew: two! (his hand showing three fingers)