The Holidays are coming!

We were at Rockwell Powerplant Mall this weekend to support friends who joined the Global Pinoy Bazaar. I was excited to bring little moon there because I heard the mall had an amazing Christmas display. We weren't disappointed.

There were huge white reindeers and a sleigh by the fountain. My precious daughter was ecstatic. Even more so her mom and dad - seeing those oriental eyes sparkle and that tiny face crinkle up in a smile is the sweetest thing. Her daddy and I wished we had a better camera to capture these magical moments. I took these with my crappy camera phone. Missed a lot of big toothy smiles, but I'm glad I captured these shots, however grainy they may be.

There were pandas, tigers, polar bears, and penguins on the other side of the mall too. Ally was scared of the tigers and bears. I couldn't blame her - the polar bears were humongous. It looked like they were going to eat you, what with their moving heads and all. I was creeped out too. Teehee.

But she adored those reindeers and baby pandas. We're definitely going back there soon. I want to hear her babble and squeal excitedly again! I love being a mom!

Should we go to the beach?

My cousins are planning to go to the beach on Friday. They asked us if we wanted to go, so I'm trying to decide if Ally and I should go with them or not. It'll be fun. I'm dying to get another seaside full-body massage. I want to go! But I have lots of things to consider:

1. My husband has work on Friday, so I have no one to help me with Ally. But I can probably bring Grace, our house help, with us. Still, it won't be the same.


2. My favorite cousin Kristine has work too, so she's not going. Boo.


3. The drive to the beach is at least two hours. I'm not sure if Ally can handle that. We won't bring our own car, so I don't think we can do stopovers when Ally gets cranky.


4. What if it rains at the beach? Will Ally be ok in the cottage if it does?


5. My uncle and brother will be out in a boat in the middle of the ocean, fishing the whole day. There's no telling how long they'll be, so we'll pretty much be stuck at the resort till they get back. No problem with me, I'd rather be stuck at the beach than at home. But what if Ally gets bored?

Ok, I think I've talked myself out of it.

But, but, but... how badly do I want that massage? Haha.

Ally's 1st beach trip at 6 months, March 2012

Flowers and frisbee

Our Trick or Treat plans for the weekend got scrapped. When Ally got sick last week, I didn't get her a costume anymore. But I'm not the least bit disappointed because this weekend, instead of going to a Halloween party, we visited family instead.

On Saturday, we went to Ally's mamalola's garden supplies shop in Calamba, Laguna to visit her lola and cousins. Ally had a great time - she loves the outdoors. Too bad the cousins weren't there. So after slices of pizza and Coke in a small bahay kubo in the garden, we headed to San Pedro to see her cousins.

On Sunday, we visited my cousins to celebrate their lola's 75th birthday. Happy birthday Lola Zeny! There was so much food!

After stuffing ourselves till our tummies hurt, we played frisbee in the park. Yay, physical activity! I've been sedentary for so long, I can't remember when I last broke a sweat from real exercise. (Unfortunately, carrying my big baby around doesn't count as a workout.) I am so out of shape that throwing the disc a few times gave me sore muscles all over! What a loser! I need to start swimming again soon.

I don't have photos of the party, but here's what my stylish one year old wore:

Before heading home, I got her to wear her bunny ears and we got to collect donations for Unicef in her tiny orange Trick or Treat box. More about that in a future post.

And speaking of Halloween, I finally caught up with the new season of Walking Dead and Once Upon a Time. Do you watch those shows? I can't get over WD episode 2!

So that's what we did the past couple of days. Weekends should be longer! How did yours go?