All About Family...: Birthday

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May 23, 2011

Golden Lady & Asteroid Kid

Yesterday (Sunday), it was the celebration of Miggy's winning to ISEF and her mom's (Tta Nene) birthday. We all went to Bacoor Cavite for the lunch. My in-laws were also invited to the party. Only relatives and close friends are there.

Tami while waiting for us.

I made this post for the relatives abroad.

Kit, I took a picture of your favorite twin piggy. hehe

And the yummylicious Lumpiang Sariwa...

During this kind of parties or celebration, picture takings will not skip the celebration and also the kwentuhan. Yun nga lang ang bida sa party ay si Migs which we call him now as Asteroid.. hehe (sorry Migs)

Here are some of the photos during the party. Since family and close friends lang naman ang visitors, kaya kami lang sa picture..hehe

The oldies with Asteroid..

Silverio cousins

Hay sayang kulang tyo (Cantos kids, Unc Joey's Family and BJ).. Grabe were so big na, almost all of us are now working and mind you all are professionals... (Professional sa kalokohan!)

Kulitan moments:

And the kwentuhan starts around 2pm. The standup comedian is none other than Kuya Bing, Tta Ne also makes kwento about Miggy's trip and what happen.

All of us are laughing. Thats how happy our family is.

Miggy's Fans Club

Miggy has live interview again yesterday afternoon and we waited for it.

Serious much?

Taken at tta Ne's living room.

Tami: Mama i want this.. (referring to iPad2)

Me: You say it to Lola..

Lola: Cge bibili kita pero samin ka muna sa Laguna..

Asa na sumama yan sa laguna...

Hubby while using Damvin's iPad2.

Tuwang-tuwa si Tami...

Sorry ka anak hindi ako mahilig sa gadget, pabili ka sa papa mo yan ang mahilig sa gadget eh.. Si badz napapaisip.. ano ba talaga bibilin be mo ip4 or iPad2? :)

napakamot na lang ng ulo.. haha

Kit, sakto na yung Billabong na damit na padala mo...Some of them don't believe that Tami is only 5 yrs old, she's too tall for her age. Kala nila 7 yrs old na :)

That was the happy bonding among us...

Happy Birthday Tta Ne and Congrats again Miggy!

Expenses for a Budgeted Kid's Party

Budget is the most important thing we considered in giving our daughter her 5th birthday party. As much as we wanted to give her a bonggang party, its not possible during these times because we are still saving up for the interior of our future house. But we still give her the party that she wants, only on a budget and most of it is a do-it-yourself thing-y.

I want to share how it goes for some mommies thinking of having a kiddie party on a budget. Will put all the cost for my daughter's 5th party so you can have an idea for every detail of the party.

VENUE. With my daughter's 5th party, we chose to held it in my in-laws house. The party was supposed to be in Mcdonalds but they want it in the house for some reasons like the time, we all know that partying in some known establishment has limited time only and they dont want it, hubby also want it in the house because all his agents went there and they have drinking session after. Maybe on Tami's 7th party will be outside na.

INVITATION. Invitation will give the idea of the birthday's theme so might as well design it the way you want it. There are lots of ways on how to have a nice invitation. Of course bonggang invitation means high price. If you know someone who knows adobe photoshop (the easy way), ask them to design your invitation so you can have the theme and design you want. In my case, my cousin design the invitation and i have it printed in photoline shop in SM that cost P7.00 each.

(30pcs x 7.00 = PhP 210.00)

PARTY FAVORS. This is one of the important thing when throwing a kiddie party. There are lots of stores you need to visit in order for you to get all the needs for the party's theme. When my daughters 5th birthday, i went all day to the basement of Divisoria mall just to buy loots for the lootbags, pabitin, game prizes but this does not end then because i have to go to some place like SM and Uniwide to complete all those. I suggest before thinking of a theme for the party, visit Divisoria first to know the "in" characters. With my experience, we chose the Mickey / Minnie Mouse theme party but when i went to Divisoria, all i see was Spongebob, Ben10, Princess because it was the "in" character that time. Thanks to SM and Uniwide because they have Mickey mouse stuff...

Divisoria stuff - PhP 4,500

Uniwide stuff - PhP 958.00

SM stuff - PhP 690.00

Total of Party favors cost - PhP 6,148.00

OTHER PARTY NEEDS. This includes the Clowns, Chairs and tables rental. With all these, i got it from Lobocap Las Pinas, its the nearest party shop in our place and everytime we have an occasion, we always go there.

2 Clowns with free 20 twisting balloons- PhP 2,000

Tables and chairs (adult) 6 sets x 130.00 = PhP 780.00

Kids table and chairs 5 sets x 70.00 = PhP 350.00

Mother Balloon 3 x 40.00 = PhP 120.00

Tip to the clowns = P300.00

Total for the other party needs = PhP 3,550.00

CAKE. Its part of the party already so you have to buy one but we go to the most practical way. My daughter's party cake was the gift of my FIL. Nakakahiya naman kung bibili ako ng mahal diba? So we bought it in Goldilocks. I will not include this on the budget because its not me who pay for it. But for everyone's concern ill put it here, the price of the cake that we bought is only P830.00. Its the biggest in square size and in chocolate chiffon... Wala lang design kaya mura.

FOOD. This is the most expensive part of the party. My first budget was P 6,000 but its really not enough because i have to shell out again to complete the merienda-dinner food and we prepare it to at least 100 pax. This does not include the Spaghetti and Carbonara because it was my MIL's courtesy.

Initial Cash-out = PhP 6,000.00

Second budget = P 1,875.00 (BBQ, Patatim and fried lumpia)

Amber's food delivery = PhP 1,310 (Pancit Malabon, Pichi-Pichi + delivery charge of P150.00)

Grocery = PhP 2,157.00 (grocery for the Fruit salad ingredients, candies and chichiria)

2nd grocery = PhP 458.00 (last minute grocery like additional ribbon and some needs for the salad)

Total cost for the food = PhP 11,800.00

TOTAL COST FOR MY DAUGHTER'S 5TH BDAY PARTY ON A BUDGET:

Invitation = PhP 210.00

Party Favors = PhP 6,148.00

Other Party Needs = PhP 3,550.00

Food = PhP 11,800.00

Total = PhP 21,708.00

This does not include the cost of our birthday outfits, the liquors that hubby bought after the party and some of the little cost on the day of the party. During the party, make sure you have money on your pocket because sometimes there are some emergency needs like tip to the clowns etc.... If i will include the cost of our outfit, the liquors, it costs us almost P30,000.00.

There you have it! You will now have an idea of the expenses of having a budgeted kid's party.

Tami's 5th Birthday

Last April 16, 2011, we held the 5th birthday party of my daughter in my in-laws house. It was a 2 weeks preparation and we had the Mickey Mouse theme birthday party. And all i can say is it was such a hit to the kids and my daughter really enjoyed her party. She never get scared of the clowns, she participates in the games and even won once. She's really a grown-up now! It’s insane to me to think that it’s been 5 years since Tami was born. She is no longer a baby … she’s my little girl now.

Here are some photos from the party. Though we dont have a bonggang celebration for her. What important is she enjoyed playing with her classmates and cousins.

The celebrant with the lootbags.

Some of the kids. We took some pics before the Clowns started their games...

If blowing of the candle is not part of the program, I would not bother getting a cake. Cakes are the least touched in almost all the parties i attended to. Party ends and guests say farewell and the cake was still there beautifully placed on the now empty table. Poor cake :( Going back to party, since I do not want to waste more money, we decided to go the most practical way, buying a simple cake from Goldilocks, and oh by the way, the cake was my FIL's gift to Tami :)

Tami blowing out the candle. This is the part that she's waiting, she'd be wanting to blow a candle on her own party. After the blowing of the candle, the guests started having their merienda.

Tami's bday party food (Merienda-Dinner)

Spaghetti

Carbonara

Pancit Malabon from Amber

Barbecue

Pichi-Pichi from Amber

Cupcakes

Hotdog on stick

Lumpia

Fried Chicken

Grilled Blue Marlin

Kinilaw na Blue Marlin

Patatim

Rice

Fried Lumpia
Beef Kaldereta
Fruit Salad

The kids while listening to the Clowns.

Games

Below are the family pictures:

Me and my little girl..

With some of my officemates

With hubby's agents. Some of hubby's agents went home early. They started drinking liquor at 7PM then transferred to our apartment at around 9PM.

The kids at night. I took this pic around 8pm. The party is almost ended and my daughter is still full of energy.

I love how the DIY party turned out! The advantage of partying in the house is you can stay longer unlike doing it in some known establishment wherein you have to monitor the time because usually it has only 2hrs allowed time.

Lola's 77th Birthday

Grabe 77 years old na pla si grandmudra and still kicking! haha

Yesterday, we all went to Laguna and headed to Tta Babes resthouse to celebrate grandmother's 77th birthday. Lola's birthday is on April 5 pa, we celebrate it as early as April 3 kasi may pasok on the day of her birthday. As early as 10am, we're there already and complete. From lola dely's family, Lola Vinyang alone and our family except for the Cantos family again and Kuya Bing who has work yesterday.

Tta Babes resthouse or the kubo is located in their 1 hectare lot in Laguna. We like to stay there because its really presko, the wind coming from the farm and bukid is so fresh. No need to use electric fan or aircon because its windy lalo na sa 2nd floor ng kubo. We call it kubo because its made of the materials in making kubo but im referring to a big kubo, parang house na din sa laki.

Anyway, when we arrive we stay first on Tta Babes house because Tami and my niece CJ played there.

This pic is taken in my Tta Babes room. Si BJ yang nakahilata sa kama.

After this, we went to the kubo because all of them are busy making kwentuhan. Tta Babes house and the kubo is just a 3-minutes walk away. Konting tumbling lang andun ka na.

Hubby and Tami busy in the machine.

The new Philippine money in P500 and P1,000 bills. Parang play money lang in person.

During our lunch.

First Batch - our family

Second batch - Lola Dely's family

Third Batch - Uncle Joey's family

Menu for Lunch:

Kare-Kare with Bagoong

Inihaw na Tilapia

Lechon Kawali

Crispy Pata

Tahong

Kit, ang favorite mong Crispy Pata and Kuko!

That was the only picture of the food na nakunan ko, im busy eating with my food. Super sarap ng Kare-Kare to the highest level... Even hubby said it.

Sarap talaga ng food sa probinsya!

After having lunch, the boys went upstairs to play Pusoy (card game) while drinking liquor.

My hubby, cousins and siblings

(L-R) Cousin BJ, my Hubby, Brother Drew, Cousin EJ, Brother Mac and my sis-in-law Lovelyn

The kids went to 1 of the rooms of the kubo to play.

The oldies stay on the ground to make kwentuhan. Since Kuya Bing is not present, Ate judy was the substitute for Kuya Bing as the bangka of the day. She's also funny when its comes to kwentuhan. Walang ginawa ang mga Kapamilya kundi tumawa ng tumawa.

During our merienda:

Menu:

2 cakes from Red Ribbon

Salad

Ice Cream

One of the cakes, Tami was looking for the candle because she wants to blow it. So sad that Red Ribbon forgot to include the birthday candle.

Will end this post with me and Tami on the photo.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!!!

Planning of a kid's party..

My 4 year old daughter is now requesting for a birthday party. She told me last week when i arrived from work that she wants to have a Barbie birthday with her classmates. I dont have reaction at first because its normal for kids who goes to school to experience birthday party with her classmates but Tami's birthday is April and its vacation.

When hubby learned about the request of our daughter, he just told Tami that she'll be having birthday party. I dont have reaction again because i was thinking of our upcoming expenses for our house and lot. Kaya nga tipid kami dba?

Anyway, wala naman kaming choice but to give her the party. The savvy mommy here needs to look for a kiddie party package. During the weekend, we canvass and look for the possible place and it was short-listed to three options:

OPTION 1: KFC

KFC offers Spongebob theme party package. Tami love Spongebob thats why its one of our option. We also love the food and KFC in Las Pinas is the new branch kaya for sure maganda pa yung amenities nila. What i dont like here is they don't have playground for the kids.

Cost:

Party fee: P3,900 (includes cake)

Kids menu (Package 1): P134 x 30 kids = P4,020

Adult menu (Package 4): P145 x 40 adults = P5,800

Total cost for the KFC party : Php 13,720.00

OPTION 2: McDonalds

McDonalds has 3 themes namely Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Disney Princess and Toy Story. When i asked Tami about the theme, she prefers the Mickey Mouse clubhouse over Disney Princess. What i like in Mcdo is they have playground for kids and i know that tami and her classmates will surely enjoy the party here.

Cost:

Party fee: P3,000 (cake is not included)

Food for the kids (Package 1): P135 x 30 kids = P4,050

Adult menu (Package 4): P159 x 40 adults = P6,360.00

Total cost for the Mcdonalds party : Php 13,410.00

OPTION 3: HOUSE

This is my last option. If this will be the choice, the party will be held in our in-laws house, kasi naman hindi kasya d2 sa apartment. When we inform our in-laws about the plan, Mama agreed to celebrate the party in the house for some reasons like mas enjoy kung sa house kasi hindi ka nagmamadali unlike in Mcdo and Kfc na 2 hrs lang ang allowed sa party.

The downside of the party if it will be held in the house is its very tiring for Mama and the helpers to prepare the food and aside from that i need to attend to every details of the party because its a do-it-yourself party and nakakapagod talaga yun.

Cost depends, it maybe lower or higher from the fast-food chain because sometimes visitors tend to bring their whole family at the party.. Kaya hindi nman pwedeng per head and preparation ng food... You'll never know dba?

Hay, dont know what to choose, i still have one week to think and my reservation in Mcdo and KFC is until April 4 so i need to make decision fast. What about you? Which do you prefer?

Basti's 1st Bday at Pixie Forest..

Last Sunday, we attended Basti's (hubby's nephew) 1st birthday in Pixie Forest at Festival Mall. Wow! tagal na ng pixie forest ah.. I remember Mika's first birthday in pixie forest 19 years ago.. And still maganda pa rin syang venue for kiddie parties...

At first, i was worried that Tami will be afraid of the mascots but i was wrong, when Skip (pixie forest mascot) aside from Ronald Mcdonald mascot came and dance, i was shocked because Tami is not afraid anymore, she even go in the front, dance and pose with the mascot..

My baby is now a big girl na.. Hindi na sya takot..

Tami and her ate Jules

One of the loots in the party is the ride-all-you-can tag in all the rides in the pixie forest.. And kami nman walang ginawa kundi habulin at sundan si tami kung san pupunta.. Hay kapagod..

One of the rides that tami really enjoyed and binabalik-balikan nya talaga is the mini jungle logged jam, just like the ride in EK.