Mother's Day Presents

Mother's Day in Thailand is actually in August (in time for the Queen's birthday).  But we're not Thai, so we celebrate it just like everyone else back home.  Besides, I can't wait until August for my mom's day gift.  May is a lot quicker.  Heehee!

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Richard and Aly surprised me with these cards when I woke up.

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This is why I love being a mommy.  I have the best daughter ever!

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Gifts from the hubby.

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Yipee!

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He took a look at my wishlist and chose the Cuisinart hand blender.

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Thank you, sweetie!  I love it!

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He threw in a new cookbook too!  I chose this myself at Kinokuniya.

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He also bought me a white chocolate cake.  But now that I have a blender with a whisk attachment, I think I'm going to say goodbye to store-bought cakes soon.

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The spoiling doesn't end there.  He didn't want me to cook so we ordered pizza instead.

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He also got me a tub of ice cream because he knows I've been craving for more than a week already.

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That's only because I was on a diet!  I've been deprived so mother's day was the perfect excuse for a cheat day.

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Swensen's ice cream, I love you!

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Oh yeah, I had more cake too!  Cheat day kung cheat day!

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It truly was a great day!  Thank you, Richard and Aly for making me feel extra special.  The hubby missed the Pacquiao fight for our mother's day thing.  I feel bad about that, but he said it's ok.  And that's why I love him more! :)

Mother's Day Lunch

Yesterday was a great day!  I woke up to the wonderful smell of pancakes, which the hubby prepared.  Richard whips up some wicked pancakes, I tell ya!  My pancakes look and taste blah next to his.  Then, we went to church and had lunch at the Garage Burger and Grill at All Season's Place.

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They had a sports bar-ish theme going on.

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The knick knacks and decor kinda reminded me of TGIFridays.

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Car seats.

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"WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what happened to you bra and panties."

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Starter platter

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Aly's cheeseburger

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Richard and I shared the Juicy Lucy, a burger patty with a cheese filling.  It was a bit undercooked.  Tsk..tsk..

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Thank you, Richard and Aly for the wonderful lunch!

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My next post will be about my Mother's Day loot.  Yipee!  Stay tuned :)

Mother's Day

Aly was really excited about Mother's Day.  I would sometimes catch her whispering something to her dad, and when I'd ask her what that was about, she'd say it's for Mother's Day.

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The night before, Aly warned me not to go inside her room because she has a surprise for me.  When she woke up the next day, she told me to go back to bed so she and her dad can give me their surprise.  Saying that you have a surprise doesn't exactly make it a surprise anymore, does it?  But Aly's cute like that and I really appreciate her effort.  So what was the surprise?

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Mother's Day cards 

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In this day and age of computers and electronic everything, we still make it a point to give each other cards on special occasions.  I like to look at them when I'm feeling sentimental.  Aly and I both have a keepsake box for the cards/notes/letters that we have received.

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After the wonderful breakfast made by the hubby, we heard mass, then had lunch at the steak place near the church.

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Neil's Tavern

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Richard had the pepper steak.

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 Aly and I had the char-grilled tenderloin steak.

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It was soo yum!  Aly said that according to her taste level, her steak was excellent.  I was impressed!  She really loved her steak.  She told me and her daddy that she wants to eat there again.  Heehee!

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Thank you for the wonderful lunch, sweetie + babe!

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From Neil's Tavern, we made a quick stop at Central Rama3 to buy my gift.  Then I went to the salon for an afternoon of beauty treatments -- hair cut, color, mani+pedi.

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Don't be deceived, my hair's not straight.  This is just from the blow dry.  I wanted to get a Brazilian blowout, but my salon didn't have it.

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My new FitFlop Electra with OPI nail polish in St. Petersburgundy.  I love!

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It was a great day!  Thank you, Richard + Aly for making me feel special.  I love you both!

Mother's Day Lunch

More Mother's day kwento!
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We had lunch at Crepes and Co. I love the place so much, I'm seriously craving for a crepe right now!
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Our friends, the Abuegs, were having lunch there as well. Here's Aly with tito JM and Jianna.
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aWhile I was making chika with Jenn, Aly chatted up a storm with her tito JM! I wonder what they were talking about. Richard happily clicked away to document Aly's kadaldalan.
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aThe mommies and the kiddies.
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aThe Abuegs: JM, Jianna and Jenn.
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aAly's classmate, Lisa was there for lunch too!
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aSisters Amy and Lisa -- so cute in their matching outfits! With Aly.
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Aly and mommy.
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aThe Valdezes at Crepes and Co.

Gifts

Last week was full of surprises -- and I'm talking about the kind that's wrapped in colorful paper with a small tag :)
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aFirst up, the one for Richard and Aly.
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I was having lunch at the mall the other day when I spotted -- correction, I hunted for this. I had to ransack the toy section for my gift. Good thing I didn't break anything or else I would have been forced to pay for and bring home an entire shelf of toys. Heehee!
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Snakes and Ladders! Our Friday movie nights will now be replaced with board game nights! More than the game, Richard and I also want to teach Aly about winning and losing. Si Aly kasi, pag nananalo, magaling mang-asar pero pag natalo naman siya, iiyak. We'd like to correct that hopefully with the board game. I mean, it's not like we can have a foot race or something. Kasi sigurado ako yung matatalo dun. Haha!
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Now it's my turn.
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Richard and Aly's surprise for me on Mother's Day.
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aWait, there's more!
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aBefore I open, picture muna. Mother's day loot for the Domestic Goddess :)
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aMy first Jamie Oliver cookbook! Yey!
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aThis baby will start a collection, and I will proudly display them in my dream kitchen.
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But more than the cook book, this was the best gift of all...
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Awww...It made my heart melt. I mean, these are the words of a six-year-old! How can you not turn into putty after reading that?
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Thank you, sweetie and babe for the lovely presents -- and for the wonderful Mother's day :) I love you both!