December Delights

Posted by: alpha on Friday, December 29th, 2006

December 19th
My birthday. We had lunch at Gourmet’s Cafe in Silang, Cavite.

{salad, pasta, pizza, cheesecake}
We were supposed to eat at Antonio’s but cancelled the last minute. Too expensive. Estong ate a little and spent most of the time at the play area.

{estong was grinning from ear to ear because he thought his daddy was playing with him everytime he ran towards us after setting the camera timer}
After lunch, decided to go to Paradizoo, but we missed a turn so we ended up at Sonya’s. We just bought their salad dressing, popped beans and their chocolate cake. Then went to Our Lady of Manaoag in Tagaytay. Dropped by Ilog Maria before heading home to buy soaps and shampoo. Estong got colds. ;(

December 20th
Home. Estong has colds and cough.

December 21st
J took a leave and we brought Estong to his pedia.

December 22nd
Since Estong was not doing well the previous night, J decided to stay home with us. Then we had dinner at Don Henrico’s to celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary.

{pizza, pasta, cheesecake… again}
Estong was doing fine already, although he still has colds and cough. He was eating on his own. He fed himself cheesecake using the small spoon. And ate strands and strands of pasta, with his hands, this time.

{cheesecake}

{pasta}

{pizza}
J told me later that night that I was supposed to get roses from Island Rose that morning but for some reason the delivery didn’t arrive.

December 23rd
The roses arrived.

But I didn’t receive it personally. We were at the grocery when the flowers were delivered.

December 24th
Heard mass in the morning. Prepared the food for noche buena in the afternoon. Gave away the CD calendars to relatives living close by in the evening. Had noche buena, with Estong in bed, sleeping.

{my angel hair pomodoro, hotdogs, ham & bacon, salad, fried chicken, sonya’s garden chocolate cake, syempre coke at tinapay}
I tried to wake him up, but he didn’t want to. I changed his pajamas, but still he didn’t wake up. So we had noche buena without him.

{zzzzzzz}

December 25th
Christmas! Estong opened his gifts when he woke up. He’s good in tearing those wrappers away. And he played with each toy after opening them.

Had our picture taken (by our househelp) before leaving.

Went to Monasterio De Sta. Clara before proceeding to Marikina.

December 26th
Had lunch at Sonya’s Garden (Grabe, ginagawa namin Jollibee ang Sonya’s. Next year, tipid mode na ulit. :D) with some friends. N, who is working in Singapore, came home for Christmas and treated us to lunch.

There were unbelievably lots of people in Sonya’s that day. At may free “show” pa. The shower rooms and cr’s in Sonya’s are all wide open, meaning, there are no curtains, just screens. We were walking around and taking pictures when something or somebody grabbed our attention. We saw someone took her towel off to take a shower. I think it’s the shower room in their massage area. And we weren’t the first to spot her. According to another friend, she heard from the group who was there before us something like “kasama yan sa binayaran natin.” The shower room is actually far from the garden area, but not far enough for people not to see those taking their showers, though you would hardly recognize them. The food was refillable (parang drinks hehe) pala. The last time we ate there, I wasn’t given another slice when I asked if I could have another serving of the cake. Pero this time, eat-all-you-can talaga kami.

{estong with daddy}

{estong with ate jam}
We then had coffee at Gourmet’s Cafe before calling it a day.

{hmm.. ano kaya ang ma-order?}

{estong with mommy}

{playtime}