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Happy Halloween!!

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Hello everyone!! I'm just coming up to say hi amidst the craziness that is my day job to let you know two things: 1) I have not forgotten about the Mums and Tubs Club x Manilamommy giveaway! The winner of the Big and Small Company GC worth 3k will be announced next week!! Thanks for bearing with me :D 2) Happy Halloween! It's the long weekend and I know that most will be going out of town so I wish you all a safe trip :D And to those who've bought our shop's Life Savers bag, I do hope the … [Continue reading]

Real Party Feature: Matty’s Indoor Garden Party

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Planning parties nowadays takes a lot of effort and is a far cry from the days when all we needed was a cake, spaghetti, some balloons plus the requisite hotdog on a stick with marshmallow na nakatusok sa pinya haha :D I remember that McDo kiddie parties were so new then that the first person in my school to have one was considered so bongga haha :D I'm starting a new thing on this blog which would feature real kiddie parties that hopefully would give all of us some ideas on how to plan our … [Continue reading]

Name a Star After Your Kid at the Mind Museum!!

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I know your  kid is already a star so how about naming a star after him/her? I named one for DW at the Mind Museum's virtual exhibit. Lighting up a star is equivalent to a donation of Php1,000 which will help towards the building of the country's First World-Class Science Museum! I was so happy to hear about this on Anton's and Mom-Friday's blog. Our city just has too many malls and not enough museums and parks!! I don't want my kid to grow up to be a mall rat (like his parents hahaha!)  … [Continue reading]

The Easiest Rainbow Cake

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Two Saturdays ago,we skipped DW's Kindermusik class because DW seemed tired and was ready to take his morning nap. On top of that he hasn't taken a shower yet and we didn't want to rush! So 30 minutes before Kindermusik, we played hooky. Of course as soon as DW finished his bottle of milk, he jumped up and started playing with BDW! (Antok? anong antok?!)  BDW and DW were playing upstairs and I was in the kitchen milling about prepping for the big challenge ahead. Fresh from my Devil's Food Cake … [Continue reading]

DW! Smile!!

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When I'm taking pics of DW, I'd always ask him to smile. Usually he'd just stare at me but now whenver I'd ask him to smile he'll do this... or sometimes he'd tilt his head to the side. i'm not sure where he got this or maybe the kid is learning how to emote!! ganon??? haha :D the weekend was just really busy folks, thus the lack of updates. the recipe and how-tos for the rainbow cake is coming really soon PLUS! i'll be starting a new feature here in the blog about real parties. i have … [Continue reading]