This Stay-at-Home Mom's Day-off

Since my hubby works from home and I'm a SAHM (Stay-at-Home-Mom), we seldom go out, except for groceries and a little bit of shopping every now and then. So I was really excited to see my college friends and their kids yesterday! They are both working moms, so this rarely happens. 

It wasn't only me who's had real fun, by the way. My Boninay had the time of her life playing with her kinakapatid, Jaji. It's nice and sad at the same time to see them growing up so fast!

 

We went to Pepper Lunch thinking, "finally, we would know what the hype is all about!", but as usual it was packed, and there's still a long line outside so we just took pics of the kids and made a mental note to come back another day, LOL!

While the grownups were contemplating where to eat, they're busy posing for pics lol

Pepper Lunch - Megamall

 While waiting for our other friend's family, these 4-year-olds wanna have some Bubbatea!

Then we set out for our quest to find a place to eat! 

The Daddies were tasked to take care of the kids, while the Mommies catch up! Hehehe!

The highlight of our get together was meeting Maty whom we last saw when he was still a newborn! He's so big already and he's just turned 2!

Mommy Mina and Maty

 

We finally decided to eat at Shakey's 'cause these kids love chicken, pizza, pasta and mojos!

Nothing makes a mommy happy than seeing her child eating with gusto! :)

The faces of kids with satisfied tummies! LOL!

 When they're both full, they decided to rest... on these La-Z-boys!

After resting, they're back on their feet and we continued malling!

Thank God for real friends! They may be few, but they sure make our lives more fun and meaningful!

'Til next time, mga Mares! :)

Thanks for the friendship! Sisters for life!

Sonya's Garden

So after leaving Chateau Royale, we decided to stop by the famous Sonya's Garden in Tagaytay. It was a very quick stop though. 

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We first inspected their uniquely-designed restroom. There were curtains and capiz doors and windows. Nice touch. It feels like we're taken back to the Spanish era. Hehehe.

Cool!

Then, we entered their souvenir shop. They sell a variety of all-natural, organic products there. I didn't get anything, though. We just browsed a little then went out already. Next time!

Body Oils, Massage Oils etc

Pretty packaging

Organic Soaps

Room Sprays

Wind Chimes

Salad Fork, I think.

Rosaries and other religious gift items

Lovely Hand-painted decors (can you spot my little Swiper's hand?lol)

And of course,  visit to Sonya's Garden is not complete without taking a picture at this spot! :)

Cousins

Oh how I wish we could stay a little bit longer, but most of us got stuff to do 'cause it was already Monday, then.

So, we gotta get back on the road. 'Til next time!

On the way home

Bye!

It was such a short but really nice visit and I hope to be back there soon! I hear their resto is good! Can't wait!

Last Day at Chateau Royale

On our last day, we had free breakfast at their Veranda Cafe (sorry, no pictures!) then had a little spare time to spend before checking out so we roam around a bit.

We checked out this sad playground. I wish they'd taken time to fix this for the kids:

Oh, how CJ wanted to play in it! 

Sad

Well, it was alright for the bigger kids, I guess.

How cute are they?

Thank goodness, at least the swings are clean!

You could also try renting a bike for P200 an hour. Although, it's a little heavy for a kid and a tad small for an adult. Nevertheless, hubby's niece gave it a try.

One and Only

Pink!

I don't really have no idea who this is, hehehe...

Hmmm....

 There are lots of them on both sides of the road! Confucius, maybe?

Mingming says, hello! She is Boninay's kitty puppet!

That's all! It was a fun weekend with the family, especially for the kids.

All in all, the place was okay. I mean, we didn't expect that much considering the price we paid. But still, they could at least fix the obvious. Like the playground, for one.

Anyway, time does fly fast when you're having fun. Before we know it, it's time to head home.

At Chateau Royale Sports and Country Club Part 3

This is Chateau Royale at night.

 

 What's for dinner?

We had Fresh Salad, Fried Chicken, Pancit Guisado, Fish Fillet and Fried Tilapia which I didn't bother to take any picture of. We were really starving so taking pictures was the last thing on our minds.  Oh, I did bother to take a snapshot of their menu using my iPhone 3gs.

 
The appetizer and dessert also gets a shot. But that's it. LOL.

Fresh Salad

We passed by Santa at the lobby!

 

 

Food was just, well, alright. Nothing to write home about.
It was still a nice dinner, because we were with family. :)