This ride needs no handheld gps. Hee hee. The surprise location was a kiddie salon, where the girls had their hair, nails and make-up done. They also got to play dress-up and had a mini fashion show at the end their hour-long make-over. I still feel tingly all over when I think back to that special celebration. Thank you, dear God, for all the blessings!

The little girls had the most fun…and so did the dads who literally became captains of their (rented) ship.  It’s really just a boat and not a ship! This kids had a wonderful wonderful time.  I wonder if they will find riding in a child-appropriate ATV and tinkering with ATV Accessoriesto be as much fun. Well, we parents will probably just stick to doing fun activities that we are very much familiar with.

Cheers, y’all!

The end of school coincided with the arrival of one of our dearest friends whom we haven’t seen in over 4 years.  My now-second-grader was just as eager as hubby and I to give our guest a little tour of Downtown Austin.  We took him to the Texas State Capitol, which we last visited in April 2010.

We’ve visited this landmark so many times already, yet, I still find myself in awe of this structure every single time.  One very visible change since our last visit is the security check at the building entrance.  People used to be able to freely enter and leave the building without any security checks.  I wonder if there was an incident that prompted this change.  Anyway, it isn’t really much of hassle.

I still need to fill our summer calendar with activities my daughter and we, as a family, will enjoy. I hope to find things for us to do, which will not necessarily break the bank. Wish me luck!

These are words to a song from Barney and Friends.  I was humming this song while I worked on this diaper cake for the baby shower of a friend who’s having a baby boy…

This diaper cake was one of two personalized / personal gifts for him (the soon-to-be-born prince) and for the glowing mommy.  There are 50 pieces of size 2 diapers in this cake plus a 4-piece set of baby apparel and 2 pairs of socks. What was the other gift, you might ask?  Cake of course! *wink*

It’s been so long since I made a diaper cake.  I believe it’s been almost two years!  But 3 weeks ago, I got to make not just one but 2 diaper cakes – one for a baby girl and one for a baby boy.  They’re my kind of Baby Gift Baskets.  ;)  This is the baby shower cake I made for one of my dear friends. It has 50 pieces of size 2 diapers, a 4-piece set of baby apparel and 2 pairs of socks (which were rolled to look like flowers). If I may say so myself, it looks as yummy as a real cake.  But that’s just me.

One of the highlights of our vacation in the Philippines was a short but nevertheless sweet visit to hubby’s and my alma mater…The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas (UST), which turned 400 years old this year. We took as many photos as we possibly can in the two hours that we were on campus grounds.  Two hours proved to be too short though.  Still, those two hours brought back happy memories of the years we spent in the University.  I still need acne scar treatment for all the sleepless nights during my college days! Hee hee.  Hubby and I sure are glad to have been home in the year our alma mater celebrated a milestone birthday. What great blessing!

I took the above photo two hours after the New Year festivities in Eastwood City, Quezon City’s most happening place these days.  We have a nice photo booth pic to commemorate the end of 2010 and the start of 2011 but the scanner software isn’t working so I can’t post it.

We had fun ushering in the New Year.  May God bless all of us more in 2011!  Cheers!

I made this cake for a Halloween party we attended on October 30th.  It’s an 8-inch round, 4-inch high Vanilla Chiffon Cake with Italian Meringue Buttercream filling.  A friend requested me to make it for the party to be used mainly as decoration.  But it got eaten just the same, much to my pleasure.

It was a super busy Halloween weekend for my family.  We had such a wonderful time and we partook of such yummy food in the two Halloween get-togethers we attended.  Never did I think about fat burning pills as I took bite after bite of the thrilling food feast! *happy sigh*

Gotta love that smoke comin’ out of the test tube!  Guess what’s in it.  Not ephedra diet pills, silly!  Just good ‘ol dry ice and some (hot) water.

I made this cake for the 9th birthday of a dear friend’s daughter.  It’s a Monster High-themed cake, in case you’re wondering.   I know a lot of people believe that birthday celebrations and coffins don’t mix.  Then again, some people are less superstitious than others, so I just let my friend have her way.

This was a super fun cake to make.  And I have to say, the birthday girl and her guests loved the cake as much as I loved making it.

We had a fun pajama party two weeks ago in celebration of my daughter’s birthday no. 6.  I made her birthday cake myself, of course!  It was appropriately themed for the party.   The cake was Mocha Chiffon Marble Cake, her special request, filled and frosted with Italian Meringue Buttercream.

We granted my 6-year old’s birthday wish.  It wasn’t really all that hard to grant.  She didn’t ask for anything outrageous for her age, say, loose diamonds. Hee hee.

The party was super fun, just as we had hoped it would be.  Cheers, y’all!