Simple Joy: Ice Cream Cake!

Bake & Churn's Ice Cream Cake just like what I've mention here is one of my favorite dessert to buy whenever I'm at the mall. Their Chocolate Ice Cream Cake log with chocolate chips on top is so addicting so I bought one last night on my quick trip to the supermarket to satisfy my sweet tooth. 

Two of my favorite dessert: cake+ice cream = perfect combination! :)

What I love about it is that even though it's an ice cream cake, the sweetness was just right and I don't have to worry that it will melt easily because they can last up to three hours under room temperature, no wonder when I came home and took this pic, photogenic pa sya and buo pa si ice cream.hehe.

When it comes to delectable yet very affordable treat, I'll definitely come back at Bake & Churn's for more.

Friday Night Sweet Treat

Dunkin' Donuts is the donut store I grew up with. Wayback to the time when the battle in our household for our choice of donut pasalubong were just between Mister Donut or Dunkin' Donuts; and for me, the latter is my palate's choice because of their distinct taste suited for my picky tastebuds.I was always the first one to choose what flavor/s I like in a box full of yummy donuts and my "pinagpilian" flavors of donuts will go to my siblings. They can have it all as long as I have my favorite flavors.lol. No wonder this store will always be a part of my happy childhood memories.

That's why It's happy to know that our favorite donut store has taken their goodies to the next level (yes I know, it's been a couple of months since their release and I already tasted some of their flavors but I haven't got the chance to blog it) until I bought some munchkins pasalubong last night for Xian and for my folks and a premium donut for me so naalala ko lang sya bigla.

I already tried Blueberry Cheese, Chococcino and Black Forest and the last one became my favorite.

  

The cute box

And this is my sweet treat inside that box.

The classic chocolate donut topped with bittersweet chocolate shavings, a dollop of whipped cream and cherry.so delightful!

Best enjoyed with a good cup of coffee :)

Xian's Quotable Quotes!

I came home from work last Saturday and when I enter our room here's what caught my attention.

Xian's deflated animal figure (which looks like the combination of Tasha and Austin of The Backyardigans) Once upon a time he became Xian's favorite uhmmmm....pet.

And before I was able to ask Xian about what happened he emerged at my back and said "look mommy,kawawa no? dead na sya..." 

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I bought him a happy meal few night's ago as his pasalubong since the featured toys are the Chipmunks. I bought Alvin first because it's his favorite. Anyway,whenever we ask what's the meaning of A in Alvin's shirt, his quick response "Allen!" (because Xian Allen is his full name) so feeling nya,sya yun.hehe.

While staring at Alvin he innocently said "Mommy bakit wala suot short si Aveeen? like this eto.." (then pointed to what he's wearing) Seriously, I was caught off guard. Malay ko ba naman na pati short mapapansin ni bagets.haha! 

Yaan mo na anak si Winnie The Pooh wala din naman short! :D

Xian's Random Photos

These are just some of Xian's photos two weeks ago that I have here in my computer that didn't make it to this blog because of my topmost reason: I'm too lazy to blog. Owyessss,I promised that I'll catch up with some kwentos about the past weeks,kaso eto na naman po ang sakit kong bumabalik.haha, sorry naman! I don't know, is it because of the weather or probably tamad lang talaga ako. Malamang pareho! Besides I've been too busy with my domestic and work life. Busy-busyhan ang peg ko this week.

Ayway,lemme just photoblog for my post today :)

 Playtime @ The Mall a.k.a Xian's Happy Place 2

playtime is not complete without a carousel ride.

umeffort pa talaga sa pag-pose,hihi!

I want to replace my yellow blue bike with this one,daddy!

Choo-Choo Train, another favorite of the little man.

Mommy and Baby (No More)

My Little Kulit @ Home

 playtime with the 10 year old Koala bear (yep, 1 dekada na sya. One of the stuff toys Allan gave me during our college days.Ayan,naabutan pa ni Xian,hehe!)

Imitating his dad.Mekaniko ang peg that day ni Munting Allan :)

when one is not enough--his fave Dutch Mill. His frequent bilin everytime I go to the grocery, "mommy strawberry lang.yoko ng orange.di masarap!"

 his first ever taste of lollipop!

So there, if you noticed I'm just using my mobile phone for the photos because my trusted digicam of two years broke down. Sniff! I think nagpaparamdam na sya talaga for a new one. Although the husband promised that he'll replace it soon! :-)

 

Christmas-y Cupcakes we Love

Ok fine, ako na ang di updated sa pampaskong post! :)

My Xian loves cupcakes and breads. If the husband is a rice person, then the little one is a bread person. 

Lemon Square products is a staple in my grocery list because of  their diverse baked goodies perfect for Xian's snack. The little man loves their snack cakes , cake pies and cereal snacks. Since I'm a working mom, I do the grocery every weekend and I just filled  the fridge with snacks for the little man to munch anytime of the day. One time during my previous trip to the supermarket, I discovered the limited edition holiday cupcakes of Lemon Square which becomes a hit to the little man (and for mommy, too!)

Moist chocolate cupcakes with scrumptious deck of christmas-y toppings with delicious cream filling. A box of 6 individually packed cupcake is P60, very affordable for the quality of this snack.


It really tastes like Christmas (weh,para namang nalasahan ko na ang Pasko eh no!)  because Christmas just taste good, doesn't it? :D

Xian @ Happy Place 1

I guess for my Xian, spending some quality time is not complete without his playtime at two of his happy place. As much as I wanted to just stay in the house muna  to savor the moment of my work-less days since I don't want us to be caught in the middle of the holiday rush, I don't have the heart to say "no" to the little man's request plus he already showed me his cutest smile with matching "please mommy..please,please?" and the moment I said "okay" eh mabilis pa sa kidlat ang reaction nya na "yes!" 

Now I wonder kung san nagmana ng pagka-artista batang 'to.

So despite the traffic, we headed to Jollibee and no, I didn't drive. Azul is park comfortably in our garage.commute kami,hehe!

As usual, typical scenario, the moment we enter Jollibee store he went straight to the play area and the rest is history!

 

 Obviously, this is his version of "me time" and this little thing is happiness for him to the highest level already.

ayan nga't may pa-cute cute pa :)

Before heading home, we had a quick snack at Greenwich and that explains the green chair Xian is sooo comfortably sitted while playing his toys. At home na at home ang bagets, ano? After making our stomach happy, we had a 20 minutes travel time wala pa dun ang pagtigil ng driver sa gasolinahan or pamimick up ng pasahero at ang pansumandaling paghinto dahil sa traffic,so all in all we reached our home less than an hour,just for the little man's request.

So there, a peek of our typical day last Christmas break! :)

Unang Post sa 2012

First of all, I would like to greet y’all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

photo source: image from Google

Hello mommy blogger friends, how are you? How’s your Christmas and New Year celebration?  If you’re going to ask me, there’s nothing peculiar about our family celebration this year; we still share the same familiar joy, had the same menu on that same old table, the only difference is that the husband is not with us on these two special occasions but he had his way of making us feel that we’re still together in celebrating as a family despite the distance. Besides, we have a lot to look forward this 2012, and I’m excited about it already so instead of drowning on sadness regarding the hubby’s absence, we just look forward to beautiful things because this year is all about positivity and happy thoughts!

Anyway, for the past few days that I haven’t visited blogger, I miss each and everyone of you and I miss reading your posts. I came from a long holiday vacation and as expected, naki-bakasyon din ng bonggang bongga ang blog ko for almost 2 weeks. The only account that I frequently visited for that two weeks is my facebook account.

I owe this blog a lot of posts and I don’t know where to start. So malamang dun pa din sa gift na napanalunan ko sa raffle kase dun ako natapos.hehehe!

I’m officially back to work today after my holiday vacation; I love every moment of the past few days, my daily routine with the little man includes waking up late than usual and spending our morning in bed cuddling, watching together his favorite cartoons, eating our newly-discovered snack, trying my very best to mold the best fruits and animals during our clay time-play time, having our version of child-friendly wrestling (if that’s what you call it) bathing and feeding him everyday, answering his paulit-ulit-ulit questions on merely just about anything tipong kung ano lang maisipan nya (talking about child’s curiosity)  In short full-time mommy mode ako to the highest level. 

Being with Xian 24/7 made me appreciate my Inay more than ever because I had a taste of what she does everyday with my Xian while I’m at work. So for that 10 days, it’s all about mom and kiddo. I noticed that Xian became extra clingy to me as in he always wanted to be with me ALL THE TIME. Paminsan, CR break na lang meron ako. But I do not complain, because I knew that more that the gifts we gave him this year, it’s the gift of time that he love the most. Being a SAHM is something I happily look forward to. Hopefully the soonest!

Anyhoo, I’m just organizing my thoughts and I’ll be back to blogging soon.

Yes,lagay na ‘to introduction pa lang.

Seriously, I’m excited for this year and what’s in store for me and my family. So 2012, bring it on! I’m so ready for you.

Happy New Year mommy blogger friends, cheers to a blessed and amazing year for each and everyone of us. Cheers to more years of online friendship! God bless us.xoxo.