One Trick No Treat Day

I went home early today since I was on VTO by 11:58 PM Manila time.  Was just excited for trick or treating with my kids.

I was torn between joining the costume contest in SM Dasma or Molino and visiting AAVA.  I just thought that the first option will be more practical but still opted for the second one.

It was a wrong choice. :)

We should have joined the contest instead. Allison could have won the Most Fabulous Costume. LOL

We left the house at 11AM, delivered a dress in Carmona then headed to Alabang Town Center for a few treats. Today is Allison's 4th Birthday by the way. My bad, I was not able to treat my little girl for her big day.:( We had lunch @ the Food Court since we can't decide where to eat.  Their dad goes for Tokyo Tokyo, while

No Tricks, All Treats Trick or Treating Day Call Off :(

I came home from work at around eight o' clock in the morning.  Did the last run for the petticoats I am scheduled to deliver in the afternoon.  I haven't slept yet since yesterday as I was held with gazillions of unexpected errands.  I was quite exhausted but I had to finish everything I was set to do for the day.

After the petticoat job, I made a little witch hat for Allison to suit her posh and sophisticated witch outfit I sewed two nights ago. I got ourselves ready-- bathed the kids, prepared the bags, packed the dresses for delivery, etc.

We arrived at Robinson's Place Dasmariñas a quarter past noon.  The manong dropped us off the Governor's Drive entrance and we noticed a ton of people waiting outside.  We moved to the Aguinaldo Highway entrance, and saw the same scene.  We heard people talking about an ongoing robbery inside the mall, in a money changer near the supermarket.  We were barred from entering the establishment then.  After an hour, we decided to call off the day's plan and move to SM Dasma instead to book Pizza Hut for the kids' birthday.

We headed to Pizza Hut and had a hearty meal.  Some cream of mushroom, spaghetti carbonara, fried chicken, pizza and caesar salad.  We finalized the kids' party schedule and set off.

 

That was the day for my dearest Allson and Allison.  They were not able to trick or treat @ the Rob Place because of that heist.  Allison was so ready with her get up pa naman...:(

We were back home before three in the afternoon.  I just changed bags and left again to deliver the dresses and the fitting form to Carmona and from there, went straight to the office without rest.

Poor me :( LOL

My Kids' Trick or Treat Attires

The practical and resourceful mommy that I am :)

I wanted my kids to have the best costume they could have this coming halloween but of course, we have some budget constraints here as their big bash is upcoming.

For Allson, I had:

• some scrap fur material @ 40pesos/kilogram from a factory in Batangas (his entire costume consumed only about 350grams of fur. )

For Allison, I bought:

• 5 yards of black soft tulle @100pesos
• elastic @20pesos
• black shades @35pesos
• black pantyhose @30pesos
• tiara @150pesos
• black shoes @150pesos

Halloween's Coming!

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14 October 2011. Tutu All Done Day

Had prepared some stuff for the party since last week.

I bought a few yards of soft tulle @20pesos per yard from Diviland:

Today, I plan to finish all the tutu work. So far, here's what we have:

 

 

Here are the tutus we'll be giving out for their birthday:

 

And the one she'll be wearing on the Big Day:

 I have about 12 tutus done. Hmmmm.... 18 more to go!

And tomorrow, I'll start with the neckties naman. Good luck, Lalai! You can do that!


Xoxo,

Yourself LOL

13 October 2011. Cake Supplier Search

I have been reading a lot of online forums and blogs in search for the best suppliers for my kids' birthday bash. I am almost done with the list and this day was allotted for our search for a cake supplier.

I got in touch with a few suppliers in the past couple of months--

• Karen Alvarez of A Bag of Goodies
• Cakes and Memories
• TJ's Bakeshop
• Jeng Abua of Twin Angels

And visited a few bakeshops--

• Aggy's @Festival Super Mall Alabang
• (our hometown's) Balayong- no joke! I've commissioned them to make celebration cakes for my cousins and niece's birthdays for more than thrice and they never failed to deliver
• Baker's Fair @Star Mall Alabang
• Goldilocks @Walter Mart Dasma
• Red Ribbon @SM Dasma

Can't decide yet...:(

I browsed on older pictures of our older celebration cakes and here's what I got hold of:

Loreen Allison's First Week-- chocolate pound cake in fondant:

Loreen Allison's Christening Cake by Goldilocks-- Care Bears moist chocolate cake in boiled icing:

Loreen Allison's First Birthday Cakes by Goldilocks (c/o Pizza Hut)-- moist chocolate cake with chocolate chips and customized Girls R' Us Cake by Red Ribbon:

Loreen Allison's 2nd Birthday Cake by Red Ribbon-- moist chocolate cake in boiled icing. The cake's name was Little John, I asked RR to replace the topper with a little girl figurine and I added 2 Blue clips, trying hard to fit into our Blue's Clues theme:

Lola's 65th Birthday Cake (DIY :)-- 2 layer chocolate cake in butter icing) Did the 65 topper while I was on coffee break at the office:

 

Loreen Allison's 3rd Birthday Cupcakes by her dad (we didn't plan to hold a party and buy a cake but a sudden burst came and we decided to hold a small one in our front yard and barely had 40minutes to make the cupcakes so the boiled icing was stubborn and sloppy. Excuses... excuses...):

Allson Lorenzo's Christening Cake by Red Ribbon-- chocolate cake in boiled icing, they didn't allow me to customize the colors so I had a little bout with the RR staff in ATC:

Ate Mariel's 11th Birthday Cake by Balayong Bakery (which I ordered a day before)--- moist chocolate cake with fudge filling and chocolate chips in boiled icing :

Four weeks and 2 days to go... Oh, Papa God.... Please help me decide now...:))

Xoxo,

Lalai