Whoa!! It's Little Miss Z's 4th birthday!!! I know we have just had a big celebration the last weekend but this is a very important day for us and no one's to stop us from celebrating again :) So off we went to the place where she wants to have fun -- Kidzoona! :)
This is really a spur of the moment thing and since we have help at home (borrowed our Ate A from my parents'), we had a mommy-daughter bonding time where I imagined we'd play to our hearts' content. That was the vision. But oh my, SM San Lazaro's Kidzoona is so vast! Gaaaahh...a little too much to handle for a middle-aged (hehe) mom like me. When you have to run after a toddler in a very big play area, trust me, you'd feel old too! :)
Nevertheless, the most important thing is that she had fun. We were part of the mall-openers so we had Kidzoona all to ourselves for the first hour that it opened. I almost cried as I thought back to a couple of years ago when we first brought her there to have a last play date with her first caretaker, "Yaya J". So much has changed, indeed. We've always had to hold her hand and assist her in every nook she wanted to play in, or she might fall over. Now, she just basically runs through the whole area in a very confident manner. Pretty soon, she'll be conquering a bigger play area and I hope we do our jobs well to prepare her for that.
Dearest Z....this early we already have mommy-daughter ups and downs, but always remember that you always make us proud no matter what and that you'll always be our baby even when you're fifty! Mommy & Daddy love you so very much...And I know, little E adores you as his big sister, too! :)
Where we spend the continuation to our bonding -- the newly opened Cafe Mary Grace at SM San Lazaro. We loved the Perfect Plate (indeed, because it has salad, pasta, cake), Carbonara, Squash Soup. She loved the Tiramisu! :)
Of course by almost 3 PM I realized we've been gone for longer than originally planned. So we got some balls and other necessities at the grocery so we can prepare for our dinner :)
Our Dinner Menu
Hotpot with Balls
Inihaw na Liempo (trying out our Saladmaster smokeless grill...thanks to my parents for this!)
Sauteed Shrimp in Crab Paste (Aligue)
Whoooooppssss.....Dearest E, yes...I promise to make you a photobook too!! Wahahahaha :)
How to wind down after a slice of cake and lots of dinner? An impromptu bubble party! We finally got to use this bubble machine we've had since May! Too bad we weren't able to use it during the kids' party...anyhoo, great for home parties naman hahaha :D
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