When McQueen Meets Thomas

Xian is a certified Lightning McQueen fan that's why I was surprised when I saw this on top of our bed as soon as I enter the room few days ago.

 the red car meets the tank engine!

What's cool is that they're not pitted against each other.Instead....

 

It's nice to see the two of them together.Obviously, friends naman pala sila.Hmmm, I smell another character addiction from the little man,don't cha think? :)

LCC Goes To Vegas

I haven't been to blogger for the past few days because I've been very busy with some school-related activities like our outreach program to our school's adopted barangay and of course,our Christmas party.

Vegas is the theme for our Party last Thursday night, December 15.

Actually the first time we read the memo about it, the first thing that came into our mind about the common Vegas costume is this:

yes,showgirl kung showgirl.

But after a few minutes of searching online for some pegs,we found out that the costume for a Vegas-Themed Party is actually endless,as they say.We just chose the simple one without compromising comfort.

My officemates came in their black dress while I opted to wear a black top paired with my skinny jeans then we just wear a cute mini hat with some peacock feather details which we found at the tiangge.We also wear long fancy necklace to match our black outfit and that's it,we're all set! We just used our creativity and a little ingenuity to come up with our Vegas outfit (well,sort of!)  

Meet us!

 with my friend Kai. matched kami ng fancy necklace kase sya ang nagprovide.hehe.

with some of the girls

ayan naka-Limousine pa.The backdrop.

 table setting.

  Best Dressed @ the LCC Vegas-Themed Christmas Party

I would love to share pa sana some of the photos that night,unfortunately my friend who's in-charged on our kodakan moments haven't uploaded yet the pics. But all in all, it was still a fun night. I even won a major prize in the raffle. Yey!

More of that on my upcoming posts.Clue about the prize: hindi sya plantsa at lalong hindi plato.hihi!

Ang Hamper, Bow!

Xian found another use for his Disney Cars pop-up hamper...

An instant hideout!

Good thing hindi sya claustrophobic like me.hihi.

This is supposedly a toy storage which is perfect for his space in our room but the moment he saw it,he didn't like to put his toys anymore, instead he placed himself inside. So kamusta naman yun. Lakas maka-trip netong anak ko talaga!

Anyway,what's nice about this item is it pops open in seconds and collapses down for quick storage under our bed.

The original price is P599.75 and since SM was on sale the last time I went there, I got the item for half the price! :)

 

 

Cars 2 Dip n' Donuts

i had my Christmas shopping Part 1 last Saturday after work and as expected, SM Lipa was jampacked with shoppers and window-shoppers.There's always a long queue saan man ako tumingin,blockbuster ang mga stores! I was not surprised at all, since it's a weekend and everybody's in the mood for shopping plus it's also a day for families to bond which made me miss our own Family Day Out in times like this :(

I spent 5 hours at the mall,roaming around,checking out possible gifts but I was at the toy section most of the time to buy gifts for hubby and me's godchildren which already reached a dozen after we combined them, but one of the things I hate that day was the long queue at the cashier! Kaloka.

After my unfinished Christmas shopping,since it's getting late already,I'm in a hurry to buy pasalubong but lining up again will surely eat my time, so I  just went straight to Go Nuts' Donuts to buy a box of Amazing Glaze which is our household's favorite donut because of it's taste, texture, and fluffiness and luckily they still have this which became an instant pasalubong for the little man:

Dip N' Donuts! 

Bite size donuts with three different dip flavors: Strawberry Stealth, Pastillas Power and Chocolate Charger. I chose the Pastillas Power. I love that their donuts are not so sweet yet it deliciously melts in the mouth.

When I came home,it's happiness for the little man to see McQueen with his favorite donut! :)

My Sweet Boy Xian

Xian is a sweet kid, If there's one trait that he obviously got from me and hubby, that is being affectionate to his loved ones. Sweet din kase si hubby, feeling ko nao-overpower ko lang talaga minsan. Kami na ang pamilyang madaming asukal sa katawan! lol.

Anyway, If there were four words that became Xian's favorite ever since he learned how to talk, those were "Thank You" "Welcome" "Ingat" and my all-time favorite "I love you!" His talking prowess is something that I'm really proud as a mom.Our relatives and friends are pleasantly surprised by his ability to talk, inborn madaldal nga daw,lalo na siguro kung naging girl sya. Probably it helped that we didn't do baby talk during his first two years.

It warms my heart everytime he utters "love you mommy/daddy" anytime he want followed with a kiss. One of my favorite stress busters and I know every mom can relate to this.

Just this morning before I go to work and I was busy fixing myself:

Xian: mommy where going?

Me: Sa school,o-office si mommy.

Xian: eh,wag iwan! sama ko,please? mommy please?

Me: di pwede baby,madami work si mommy today.next time na lang ha?

-I thought magtatantrum sya but after a few seconds.-

Xian: okaaaay! Ingat. then started to pout his lips for a kiss and extend his arms for a hug and go back to what he's doing after we had our smooches and bear hug time.


Haaaay anak,magsisimula pa lang araw ko pero binuo mo na kagad! (sounds familiar,san movie nga ba 'yon?)

Xian anak, I know time will come when you won't look for "mommy" or "daddy" as often and time will come when you won't like me smothering you with kisses. I'll probably dread the moment you'll bring home a girl! (ok,ako na advance mag-isip) but like Robert Munsch all-time bestseller book,I Love You Forever, I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living you'll always be mommy's baby,my baby love, my habibi Xian ♥

Just Another Fridate Night

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Since the husband left yesterday, despite our busy schedule for the past week,we squeezed some couple time last Friday night after his Manila trip (since he fixed his clearance in his previous company), he fetched me from work and we headed straight to the nearest mall to have our dinner first.

We were supposedly going to Giligan's again but on our way there I got hooked on the yummy pictures of Reyes Barbecue's menu,which is just beside Giligan's so in a span of few seconds,we're already inside RB and settled on our seats.hehe.

I chose Grilled Pusit while the husband is contented with his Grilled Hamburger then additional extra rice for him.For our drinks, Coke for me and Sprite for him (not in picture)

The grilled pusit's taste is not outstanding, ok lang.It looks good on the picture though! 


After our meal, we had Banana Caramel for dessert.

After our happy busog meal, we went straight to Toy Kingdom to buy some loots for the little man.Two more weeks before Christmas and I'm not done yet with my Christmas shopping since we allotted the past weekend on buying hubby's stuffs. 

I promise that this weekend will be allotted on buying stuffs for me and Xian and my family too. Hello Christmas rush! :P

Goodbye For Now,Daddy!

Just came back from my very own long weekend.

Pwede bang maka-emote lang muna?

Yesterday,the husband left already for another out of the country job, although I prepared myself for this since Day 1 after we got the news,pero iba pa din talaga pag actual na.We arrived at NAIA around 1 PM so we had our lunch first and stayed in our van savoring our precious moments while waiting.

 

After we had our temporary farewell, the dreaded time came. Everybody at the airport's passenger entrance that time are all in their gloomy mood and we're not exempted. Although I'm hurting inside but this is our mutual decision.Allan walked towards the entrance at 3PM to check in prior to his flight scheduled at 6pm. I'm really hurt and cried when I saw Xian crying, calling his daddy while the husband's walking away heading to the departure hall.  I know the feeling is mutual for Allan and it's twice difficult for him, but there is no turning back. Although I'm trying my best to have a brave front since I'm with my in-laws that time, but it's just so damn hard! 

The scene was really heartbreaking. I had a hard time pacifying my Xian, imagine the little man calling and crying and knocking the glass panel while saying "daddy come back! ang daya iwan ang Xian" while some of them are already staring at us, keber ko ba? Goodbye is not always easy. So if you happen to be there that time and you saw a mommy comforting a crying kid, well probably that's us. 

On our way home I explained again to Xian why daddy need to be away from us for the meantime and I know that at his age,he's smart to know the situation and I never underestimate his capacity to understand.

I just hope and pray that God will give me the strength and the wisdom to overcome the challenges of raising the kid alone. I now have the sole responsibility of taking good care of Xian while Allan is away.

Right now there is nothing left for me to do except hope and pray that the Lord watch over our family especially my husband since he's in a foreign country. Yes,this is just a temporary goodbye. I'm just looking forward for the day that we will be together again.

Xian, I know tandem kayo ni daddy and it will be difficult for you to adjust on some unfamiliar set up,but always remember that daddy loves u so much even he's far away,because he's doing this for you and your future. Promise that the next time that we're at the airport, happy moments na,kay? We love you so much,baby love!