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| Cake by G-licious (see here) |
So here are takes from my son T's (advanced) 2nd birthday/E's Thanksgiving (for passing her exams) pool party. And yes, faces will be revealed.
Here's T showing some excitement to swim...
Gasp, ok I fainted a bit. But its not so bad after all, my posting a pic of someone I'm most protective of... hmm...feels alright I guess. You see, even in Facebook I have very specific security settings. Step 1 accomplished.
Back to story, I had less than a week to prepare for his...well, because I was lazy (as anyone is on her vacation). But in between Khloe beating up Scott on KUWTK reruns, I figured that I gotta do something special for T. I was away on training during his first birthday,so we just had a quiet celebration at home. Quite unconventional for our family, as we love celebrating first birthdays in a bongga way. Actually, the place was booked a month before. We live within a few minutes ride to the beach, so we found this resort one lazy sunday.
It was May, it was starting to rain, and my sisters will soon leave for Manila for school. So we figured that a "last summer hurrah" was befitting. And T loves anything about the sea.
Here are the invites I hand (& scissor-) made, hehe (without the details of course!) using one of his recent pics.
I like it old school yes.
We thought of an overall look for the party (I stray away from the word theme).
Yep, I made all of those. And these...
from whatevers at home, some styro (bad for the enviro) cups, crepe paper, ...brown paper packages tied up with string...yes these are a few of my favorite things.....(pasok Madame Julie)
...some dugong (sea cow) cutouts....see! I do my part, heres raising awareness for their species! Cute!
...some beach pails, candy and googly eyes...
which translated to this...
The perfect beach picnic basket! I've repacked old school chips (Rinbee, Peewee, Snacku and Cheese-it) for us oldies just because we outnumber the real kids...hehe...but they enjoyed this Candy Bar more...
Mik-Mik (R) , remember this? This actually came from the Dada's stash and not originally included in the mix.
Not pictured are the fruit and cola-flavored ice candies which saved us from the sweltering heat (not for T though).
While I was busy shouting at the party planners (M & F, sorry)...T was busy having the pool to himself while waiting for his guests...
Another with his Ninong, while the Boss (T's Nana) blew bubbles like there was no tomorrow.
Tied some kites and wind catchers (not pictured) to the poles to make it more summery.
This was at Tokyo Private Beach Resort (San Fabian, Pangasinan) by the way, just along the resorts strip. Despite the shady name, they were kind enough to accommodate us in such short notice and also lent us the use of the whole place! Except that two-floored bldg.pictured on the right (below). They provided us with 3 family bedrooms, their restaurant space including the bar, 2 bahay kubos or Pinoy cabanas, even their chafing dishes to utensils, a big lot of a parking space, and wi-fi! Yea!
Come 9a.m. T was forced out of the pool for his nap, so when he woke up and saw all his titos and titas in the pool....
Good thing the cupcakes arrived! Some yummy Smores cupcakes and special "blue" velvet ones made by Dada's cousin.
Details of his cake, which bore his name of course. Fish look like Pepperidge Farm Goldfish cookies right?
My sweet in-laws provided the seafood. I wasn't able to take pics of the whole spread as they all got grabbed so fast.
Here we are getting ready to blow the candles...
Yey, we now have a toddler!
As a little thank you to the kids...they had lotsa bubbles (sunblock too! got to be responsible hosts)
Had a little raffle for the kids to get their floaters...
And earrings which the adult
I tried to squeeze in some pool time while the oldie oldies were having merienda, and the boys having some oysters and beers...
And as I was just about to grab a dry towel, look who I caught gobbling on some ice candy....
Ok sweetie, just one (or perhaps two) its your party anyway.
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