Aton Gets a Haircut for a Cause

Aton likes her hair this way. Straight and long.

 

One day, she came across a youtube video about kids undergoing chemo. She asked me why the kids were losing their hair. Then I showed her some more videos. And we came across an ad asking for hair donations. I told her I use to donate my hair for a cause when I was younger. And her Ninang Nice, too. 

 

I asked Aton if she wanted to help these kids in need of hair donations. And she was very excited to make her donation-- that same day!

 

We needed to cut at least 12 inches off her hair for donation. And here was the before and after photos:

I am so proud that my little Aton was more than willing to share her hair to the kids in need.

 

Very selfless. Just like her Nanay. Lol

And she got an e-certificate from Cuts Against Cancer.

Mommy's so proud of you, baby.

We're going to share our hair again, I guess, by 2016? :)

Another Day Out with my Indians

I promised myself that I'd treat my #threelittleindians for a day out after Christmas. So, here we go... Just before the first school day of 2015 kicked off...

First Stop: Cosmic Kidz

Picture first, before we got ourselves registered.

Hahaaay.. My #threelittleindians...

Too much excitement =)

Anika: Mommy, over here!

Like a boss...

A selfie with bunsuy at the (i forgot na what this mirror is called)...

Second Stop: Tempura Japanese Restaurant

I really can't get enough of this pogi I am dating today.. LOL

My #threelittleindians' Rule#1 is about SHARING =)

Third Stop: Tom's World

Fourth Stop: SM by the Bay

There's a sort of a picnic area by the bay.  We dropped by to roll over and take a few pictures..

 

We attempted to wait for the sun to set so we can witness the Manila Bay sunset. Pero attempt lang. Nainip sila after 5 minutes of waiting. LOL

So, we just strolled and took pictures na lang everywhere...

Final Destination: The MoA Eye

The first three pictures were taken when they just hopped in the car.

On these next series of pictures, they were enjoying the ride as we go up...

Aton was still joking that the ride's going to be scary...

Joke lang yang cry nyang yan.

Ayan oh... She was laughing hard pa..

And was still enjoying the scenery...

But when we reached the top... This was how she reacted...

Allison: Allson, natatakot na ako!

Allison: Allson, totoo na'to! Scared na si Ate mo!

Allison: Kukoy, anu ba! Totoong natatakot na ako!

I think, gustong tumawa nitong baby boy ko, pero naawa na sya kay Ate. So, he placed his arms around her. =)

It looked like he was telling his Ate.. "Don't worry, Ate. Wag ka na scared. I will protect you."

Sweet Pukoy =)

'Twas another adventure with my kids. I hope we can spend more time like this. Habang babies pa sila, I'll make sure we'll enjoy our everydays together!

For the love of my #threelittleindians,

Xoxo,

Lorie

Allson and Allison's Frozen-Inspired Birthday Partey :)

Now, for a little late blogging on our Frozen-inspired party ❄️

I have already shared in the past how much I am into frugal party planning. This party, so far, was the best I have ever planned and executed with a not so big budget. 💁

Let me share with you what we had for Allson and Allison's birthday bash....

Starting off with the venue. We initially planned on holding it at Pizza Hut the District, but since the place was too small to hold our expected number of guests, we opted for Kenny Rogers again. This was the second party we had at Kenny's, so I am familiar na of the contract and stuff, and the great food. 👍 

Our stage was set up like this:

We got DIY'd Olaf, Anna, and Elsa standees, DIY'd balloon columns, and snowflakes (from National Bookstore).

We had VIP passes (courtesy of Tita Ginny):

and (again) DIY'd invites for our guests:

I have again commissioned Cakes and Memories for these Olaf and Elsa cakes:

And made a hundred vanilla cups to compliment them. :)

My #threelittleindians dressed up resembling Anna, Elsa, and Hans:

Bought tinnie winnie tiaras for the little girl guests 👸:

They looked pretty wearing those tiaras. Happy ako as most of them were dress code compliant! Hehe.. Here are a few of our pretty little guest princesses-- 

Then, I got these stuff for the game prizes and loot bags: 

Everything was all set. So, Tito Bubbles the Clown commenced the partey by introducing our celebrators.

The first game was... (Hindi na ito surprise. Lol) the longest "happy birthday" greeting.

We had some magic show..

And a bubble show, too. :) Tito Bubbles had the kids experience being inside a big bubble.

And oh, that's me! Haha... Ayoko talaga ng nagsasalita in front of an audience. Hehe..

Big thanks to our guests. Big big thanks! Most especially to the Special Science Class of D2CS! They have afternoon classes but they all managed to come and celebrate with us! 😃 Nag-apologize na naman ako kay Teacher Mina and Teacher Irene before and after the event. Hehe.. Sabay bigay ng invitation, then cupcakes. Haha.. 😝

Thanks, too, tita Lia for this family picture:

The party was fun! And really, a successful one! Parties don't really need to be expensive.👌 I am always proud of sharing this party to my mommy friends. Nagugulat sila when they discover that this really didn't cost much. Hehe 😉

For the love of my #threelittleindians,

Xoxo,

Lorie

Halloween Trick or Treatin' 2014!

My kids and I visited The Forum last weekend for our first Halloween Hirit for 2014. We were #teamfrozen for the day :)

This was like a dress rehearsal for our Hans and Anna costumes prepared for Allson and Allison's bash this coming November 8th. I had Aton wear a dress I bought the day before, which was a little big for her since she lost weight from last week's confinement (bad dengue!). The dress resembled a bit of Elsa, thus, we are #teamfrozen.

GE Volunteers, HealthAhead Healthy Nutrition and Fraud Solutions also held this year's Healthy Trick or Treatin'
for the students of Food for Hungry Minds. Of course, my kids can't be absent on mommy's office's event! Aton was in school (and she cannot be absent), so I was only able to tag the two little ones with me. They dressed up as a cat and a witch (who didn't want to wear her hat).

Of course, that cat was a DIY costume, hand-tailored with love :)

And we brought home these goodies:

On the 31st, I had the two little ones visit SM Dasma in the morning for an early trick or treatin', and Ate followed us after class. :) The two indians dressed up as Batman and Princess Anika :)

When their ate came, we had lunch to celebrate her birthday at (where else?) Kenny's. The staff sang a happy birthday song for our celebrator.

Mom brought the kids home while Aton and I stayed for the Costume Contest. We joined the "Fairies" category thinkibg that the theme would be fairies talaga. When we came though, there were a lot of kids wearing princess anna, princess elsa,  spiderman, hulk, and batman. Asan na yung fairies dun? Ayun. We weren't that prepared so we just got away with whatever we had handy. We didn't have a headdress and a wand. So I got that blue glittery leaf thing from the christmas tree, and bobby-pinned a couple onto Aton's hair.

These were the times you'd wish that your make up pallets' shades are complete. My pallet's mostly nude and pale. Good thing I have one pink lipstick! That's all we have for Aton's look here:

Buti na lang she's pretty! No make up needed. Hehe...

Anyway, back to the TOT thing, here's what the two little indians brought home from SM City Dasma on the 31st:

Now for the last leg of my indians' trick or treatin', we visited The Summit Ridge Tagaytay City on Nov 1st. We dressed up as #teamwizardofOz.

That's Dorothy, Glinda (the Good Witch of the South), and Scarecrow. Too bad, mommy didn't have a picture. I was the Wicked Witch of the East with my red shoes and black and white striped socks.

That scarecrow was obviously DIY :) I got some dried grass from the manong egg vendor, and sewed them on Allson's old 3/4's and hat. I found some thick fuchsia craft paper and sewed them on his pants to look like patches. Easy :)

Aton wore the same dress from our tot at the Forum. This time, ibang character naman! Hehe.. This was the peg kase:

The kids enjoyed the activities at the event. There were games, coloring activities, face painting, bubble and magic show, and a costume partey!

We had a hefty lunch at the hotel's Classic Cuisine. Great food! And i feasted on their blueberry cheesecake! Haha.. All-time favorite! 

Our table was reserved for a certain Lorie VErata. Oh, was that me?! Haha..

The girls also enjoyed the snack buffet. 

And according to Aton, it was the best buffet ever!

The kids were given bags of looties after the party..

We so enjoyed this day! After party, we stayed for almost an hour so the kids can play pa.

For sure, we'll visit the Summit Ridge again next Halloween 2015. Their package was so sulit! And we all had fun!

For the love of my three little indians,

Xoxo,

Lorie