Valentine's Day 2011 Celebration

It's Valentine's day once again and just like any other years, hubby and I celebrate this day together with the kids.  So in our family, valentine's day becomes a special family day.  

This year we had a pre-valentine's day celebration since Valentine's day falls on a Monday.  After hearing the Sunday mass, we went straight to the mall and had our lunch at our favorite restaurant.  We were supposed to watch the movie "Tangled" because it's what my daughter's been asking since the movie was shown a few weeks ago but the movie was shown in a 3D cinema that costs twice than the ordinary cinema so I persuaded her to just buy the VCD once it will be released.  Good thing she agreed.

Aside from dining out, hubby also gives us presents on this special day.  This time he gave me flowers and a set of earrings and necklace.  Of course there's also a little something for the kids.  In return, I gave him a box of chocolates.

A bouquet of roses for me

A cute pillow for my little boy

Teddy bear for my little girl

Chocolates for hubby

My daughter asked us what she can give us on this special day and we told her to be good and behave just like a responsible sister should and she just gave us a big grin ... hmmm, little girl, are we really asking for too much?

Anyway, Valentine's day or not, we should always show and make our loved ones feel that we love them and we treasure them more than anything or anyone else in this world.  Happy Valentine's Day everyone.

It's My Mother-in-law's Birthday

It's my mother-in-law's 79th birthday today.  Happy Birthday mamu, we love you and we wish you more birthdays to come. 

My husband and I planned to treat mamu (my mother-in-law's popular name among relatives and friends) on Saturday but decided to have a little celebration today as well.  I took an early quit at the office and went to the mall to buy a cake and lechon manok (roasted chicken) while my husband bought ice cream.  At home I asked our house helper to cook some noodles, a.k.a pancit.  Voila, we have something to feast on.

Mamu with hubby and the kids 

A birthday won't be complete without pancit (Filipino style).

Rocky Road Cake from Red Ribbon ... hmmmmmmmm....yummy!

Nestle Rocky Road ice cream ... husband and I didn't have an arrangement but ended picking-up the same flavor for the ice cream and cake.

After two attempts, the children prompted to help their lola blew the candle out.  "You're taking too long lola, we're anxious to take a big bite out of that cake."

Celebrating Father's Day 2010

It's the 3rd Sunday of June, a special day dedicated for all fathers, the head of our family.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all fathers especially to the three special men in my life, my father, my brother who is a father to two energetic boys and of course to my husband who is the father of our two adorable kids.

My father already joined our creator a long time ago and I don't have that much memories with him but one thing I'm sure is that.......he loved me and my little brother.

To celebrate this special day, we started the day by attending the morning mass and because it's father's day, the priest's homily is of course related to all fathers.  The priest reiterated the importance of the special gift fathers can give their children, and that is, their TIME.  Time is so precious nowadays that fathers are so occupied with their jobs that time for the family had been sacrificed, so it is a very big challenge for fathers to find time to be with their kids, play with them, talk to them or just listen to them. The homily was really enlightening not only to the fathers but to the whole family as well.

After hearing the mass, we decided to just spend the day at home, watched Wall-E for the nth time on Disney channel, prepared items needed for our kids' school tomorrow and my hubby and children had their nap while I'm working on this post.

For our lunch, we called for a food delivery from North Park.  We enjoyed their chow mien, yang chow, soft tofu vegetable stir fry and lechon Macao....yummy. 

Chow Mien

Fan Chow

Soft Tofu Vegetable Stir Fy

Lechon Macao

It's just a simple way of celebrating father's day but for the kids, it's already a treat for them.  It's really that simple to please children and make them happy. Hearing a lot of  "I love you" and getting a lot of hugs from them already brightens up our day.