Happy 3rd Birthday, Poj

Thursday 31 May 2012

Today is a very special day, as it is our little man's third birthday. The day was all about him so we asked him what he wanted to do.

We initially wanted to take him to a nearby soft play gym but he said he wanted to go swimming, so that's what we did. If Papa E didn't have to go to an important meeting at work, we wanted to go to Alton Towers water park and stay there overnight. He loved the pools there as well as the kiddie water rides when we went there before. We decided to go to Romsey Rapids instead. My colleague always rave about the place coz he takes his boys there after work when his wife is working on the late shift. 

And since today is a weekday, we practically had the pool to ourselves. Poj had lots of fun swimming back and forth in the pool. No wonder he was already tired and sleepy after just swimming for 2 hours. We're so proud at how confident he is on the water, going from one end of the pool to the other with just his swim armbands. 

We also planned to have a little picnic at the park in the afternoon but he wanted to go home instead, to play with the new paint stuff that we gave him in the morning. I wish I am creative enough to be able to encourage him how to do it properly but he seems to be fine by simply making random strokes on a piece of paper =)

In the evening he told us that he had a great day and we are so pleased. Happy 3rd Birthday, Jace Ethan! Ama and Ina loves you so much =)

I'll be posting more photos of his day tomorrow on my KP blog. 

Movie Date, Snow White & the Huntsman

Wednesday 30 May 2012

Since we are not throwing a birthday party for Poj, we decided to bring a cake to nursery to share with his friends there. He was really excited to bring the cake that he has chosen himself, a Disney Cars cake. He was in high spirits as we drove to nursery singing the happy birthday song. Inuuto nya kami to sing it fast first then slow the next, pero ok lang magbibirthday eh, lol.

We didn't plan anything for today and decided to see a movie instead. I can't remember the last time we went to the cinema together so we were quite excited to go. 

It's Orange Wednesday today, Orange being our mobile phone provider who gives their customers 2 for 1 movie vouchers every Wednesday! We didn't even know which movie to see so we chose the one that was starting the soonest. Hence why we ended up with Snow White and the Huntsman. 

I'm not going to give too much away, but I'd say that Papa E liked it, surprisingly enough & I didn't. I don't know if it was because of K Stewart or the way the movie was made. Although I think the costumes were great as well as the music. 

After the movie we had time to grab a bite and go for another Starbucks half-priced frappuccino before we picked Poj up from nursery.

His carers said he had a lovely day and he said he was happy that he was able to celebrate with his friends. They put candles on his cake and they sang the happy birthday song to him before they served the cake to all the kids. His carers were impressed that he knows when his real birthday is. He keeps saying to them that his birthday is on the 31st of May! And he would be three! (proud Ina, palakpak ang tenga. lol) =)

Now it's time to finish this and wrap his birthday pressies! =)

Dandelion Seed Head

Tuesday 29 March 2012

Poj had a very busy day.  He always wakes up early, which is always a problem when I have difficulty sleeping at night. Lucky me, Papa E is on annual leave today so he stayed with Poj while I stayed in bed for a while longer. 

We went to town soon after we've done some house chores & Papa E finished watching the impeachment trial. We bought Poj a cake to bring to nursery tomorrow and some ingredients for the chocolate cake that he asked me to make for him. 

Papa E made me happy when he said I could have sushi for lunch, yay! Nope, Poj didn't have sushi but enjoyed his noodles very much. He asked if we could go to the park & since we are already at the City centre we went to Southampton common.

At dahil cute talaga itong si Poj, after super nangulit na magpark kami ay tinulugan naman kami when we got to the park! Diba? He was in deep sleep that he didn't even wake up when we moved him to his pram!

Good thing it's springtime which means the days are longer so we had the luxury of time. When he finally woke up he was already at the park, kaya't ang ganda ng gising! 

The sun was still too harsh so I asked him if he could play with his football under the tree, for a while before going to the playground and he said yes. And his power nap amazed me once more dahil super energetic magtatakbo at magsisisipa ng bola - ibang level kung magrecharge ng energy!

We all enjoyed a cone of soft ice cream to cool us down and after that I allowed him to play in the playground. And again I lost count on how many times he ran around the park and climb up the ladder and went down the slide. Wish ko lang meron akong kasing dami ng energy ng mga chikitings! Imagine on our drive home he asked if we're on our way to the park ( with this he meant the park 2 minutes away from our house!). Kaloka diba? I explained that it was nearly his bedtime so we need to eat, shower and go to bed!

BTW the photo of the dandelion seed head was taken from The Common. =)

Perfect Dinner

Monday 28 May 2012

It's Monday and is a little weird having Papa E in the house on a Monday. We took the week off because it's Poj's birthday week, yay!
We didn't go out today, I honestly don't know why, but at least Papa E took Poj out to go around with his bike and they also went to the park. I still don't know what we're doing the rest of the week, so watch this space. All I know is that the weather is good till Wednesday and rainy from Thursday to Saturday. (I feel I'm obsessing about the weather too much, I just find it so disappointing that every time we book days off we end up not making the most of it...). Hey ho, enough ranting...

Papa E lovingly prepared tonight's dinner though. It was sumptuous, I have to say. I love pasta whilst the boys love seafood so it was perfect. =)

Frappuccino

Sunday 27 May 2012

It was a busy day today. I worked in the morning so I missed the mass today but was able to convince the boys to hear it without me. Whilst I was at work Papa E and Poj went to the Common. The Southampton Common is a green space and is designatd a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is one of the UK's most important wildlife sites. It includes 326 acres of woodland, parkland, rough grassland, ponds, wetlands, nature trails, a paddling pool (open in the summer), a children's play area and a fishing lake. It's very popular and is visited all year round.

After picking me up from work we went out for late lunch and then went to buy Poj's birthday gifts. We then went to Starbucks to chill out and enjoy half priced frappuccinos. Papa E had the Chocolate cookie crumble frap with chocolate cream. He really wanted moccha frap but they embarrassingly ran out of coffee, duh! Nevermind, we still enjoyed our visit, coffee or no coffee. Note to self, order a small one for Poj next time coz he absolutely loved it and nearly drank all of mine, lol =)

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend, too!