Family: Reunion with Uncle Bebot Tadeo and family

April 21, 2013

One of the best things about Facebook is that it's easy to reconnect with long lost family members.  Thanks to Facebook we were able to reconnect with JR, Patrick's cousin from his Dad's side of the family.  They used to be close when they were kids but time and distance eventually diminished their communication.  When they got to talking, they made plans to meet up and luckily enough, Patrick had an Isuzu DMax pickup truck to test drive so we all went to Gerona, Tarlac for a reunion!

Our first stop was breakfast at Jollibee.

Then, we went on our way.  The ride was smooth and comfortable (for a pickup).  I remember I used to hitch a ride with my boss who drove a Toyota Hilux and that was a bumpy ride.  The kids and I were pretty content which is good for a long drive :)

On the way we saw the Tollgate to TPLEX being built.

We arrived at Uncle Bebot's place in about 3 hours.  Dylan immediately refreshed himself at the pool hahaha Too bad we didn't bring swimsuits :)

Catching up by the pool.. So refreshing.. With Uncle Bebot and JR!

The kids having fun outdoors.  We all had such a good time that we were invited to come back and we sure will! :)

Kids: Dylan's Graduation Celebration

March 21, 2013

After the Graduation Ceremony at San Beda College, we all trooped to Mall of Asia for Dylan's celebration. We first had lunch at Masuki, one of our favorite noodle houses.  We had our usual orders of Chicken Mami, Beef Wanton Mami and Siopao.  They have hefty servings so you end up really full! Just look at the size of the siopao and it's not just air :)

After a very filling lunch, we had to burn off all that energy and those calories :)  We went to TimeZone!

Though it may seem a simple celebration, what's important is that we were together and the kids were happy :)

Kids: Dylan's Graduation 2013

March 21, 2013

Today is the culmination of Dylan's 3-year stint in preschool.  It's such a milestone in our lives since he has a learing disability and I'm so proud of him for finishing school despite it.  The ceremony started at 9AM at the San Beda College.  The event was pretty organized except for the parents who kept crowding the stage to take pictures :) But the kids were enthusiastic and excited so there was a very high energy that day!




Take a look at Dylan! I'm so proud of him! We're all so proud of him!! :)

Here are his teachers and Administrators at the Little Sofie Learing and Development Center.

Ma'am Shiela (L)

Teacher Cath

Teacher She

Principal Lu

Teacher Karen

The Handsome Graduate

Kids: Dylan's 7th birthday

March 18, 2013

The weeks after the photo shoot were pretty hectic with Dana's and Dylan's exams, Patrick's trip to Batanes (I was envious) and Dylan's rehearsals for their Moving Up Ceremony/Graduation.  Dylan's 7th birthday was buried under all these activities but wasn't forgotten.  We decided that we'll celebrate his birthday at the same time with his Graduation which were only days apart.

It was very nice of Den to come and visit on Dylan's birthday and brought with her such a great assortment of J. Co donuts for Dylan.  We hadn't tried any of the donuts from J. Co as we were Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme fans so it was a learning experience as well.  :)

Dylan didn't know which one to eat first hahaha Thank you Den!

2nd Photo Shoot

March 07, 2013

Today was the schedule for the 2nd photo shoot for Smart Parenting magazine.  They were cutting it too close for their April deadline so everything was kind of in a rush.  Apparently, the photos from the first shoot wasn't cohesive with the rest of the photos of the other interviewees so they decided to re-shoot at Mom and Tina's cafe in Makati.  It was fine with me although it was too bad that the first one didn't make the cut.  I kind of liked how I looked there hahaha (vain!)

Anyway, these photos were taken by Den at the photo shoot.  She had a crappy mobile camera so the pictures are a little blurry hahha  It was a bit awkward that they had to do the makeup there at the cafe in front of other people but I guess there was no other extra private space and besides who was I to complain? ;)

This time our photographer was Dax Angeles who also happened to know Patrick since he also freelances for Top Gear Philippines.  Unfortunately, I can't remember the makeup artist's name because when we got there, there was no time for introductions and small talk. Just straight to the makeup and shoot.  After, we were treated to the delicious cakes and pastries they have on hand! :)  Then, it was all  a matter of waiting for the issue to hit the stands!

Before going home, we all trooped to Hainanese Delights in Robinsons Otis and we took this opportunity to take pictures.  hahaha.  It's rare that I look this good and with professional makeup at that! So "Ready, Aim, Shoot!" haaha We were so noisy we woke up Tracy hahaha

Update:  Here's a scanned pic of the article in the Smart Parenting Magazine