Lodi at 60

February 18, 2018 we celebrated our mother's 60th birthday. We all feel blessed and grateful for having her as our mother, masasabi mong "sana lahat ng nanay kagaya niya." Just wanna say thank you for your unconditional love and for all the support, care and most especially for the genes that you gave us. haha. 

A simple celebration took place at our residence because she doesn't want to celebrate her birthday anywhere else. She just wants us, her children, and our families, to be complete on that day (unfortunately, we weren’t 100% complete since my husband and one of our sister worked abroad). We bought foods to eat and to share to our neighbors. For lunch, we had inihaw na bangus, dinuguan, and nanay’s request, lechon baboy. For merienda, we had pansit palabok, spaghetti, puto and dinuguan, softdrinks, ice cream, and of course, a cake for her to blow.

To you nanay we are wishing you more years of love, happiness, fun and laughter. May our good Lord continue to give you and tatay good health. We love you both.

Here are some of our family photos during our mother's 60th birthday celebration.

#Lodi@60

"Only a mother will believe in your best even after seeing you at your worst." -unknown

Birthday Celebration At McDonald

Last January 14, 2018 my son's 7th birthday was celebrated in McDonald's Balanga City (Plaza), Bataan, Philippines. His real birthday was on January 15 but since that date falls on Monday, so I decided to celebrate it on January 14 – Sunday, so the visitors can surely come.

For parents out there who plans on celebrating their kids birthday at the same place here are their food packages.

Package 1:

P4,590

30 McSpaghetti

30 Regular Coke

30 Regular Fries

30 Hot Fudge Sundae

30 Happy Meal Toy

Package 2:

P5,190

30 1pc. Chicken with Rice

30 Regular Coke

30 Regular Fries

30 Hot Fudge Sundae

30 Happy Meal Toy

Package 3:

P5,640

30 McSpaghetti

30 Burger Mcdo

30 Regular Coke

30 Regular Fries

30 Hot Fudge Sundae

30 Happy Meal Toy

Package 4:

P5,190

30 1pc. Chicken with Spaghetti

30 Regular Coke

30 Regular Fries

30 Hot Fudge Sundae

I chose package 3, the same food for adults and kids to avoid comparing. Tsk tsk.. An additional of P2,000 to P3,000 for the party fee. Party fee depends on the theme that you will choose. Themes available are Ronald and the gang, Adventure Time, Ben10 and Winx inclusive of balloons, giveaways, party hats, party tray mats, invitation cards, games and prizes, one character appearance (wherein you can add an additional of P600 for every Mcdonald's character's presence) and a gift for the celebrant, my son received a portable art studio.

Their function room was good for 120 persons. Party hosts were awesome, not only kids were entertained, even those who are young at heart enjoyed. Hehe.. Thank you McDonald's staffs for the kind superb service you've provided.

I was wondering what my son's thinking then, maybe he wishes that his dad was there to celebrate with us that day. (LDR guys! he's out of the country.) Anyway special thanks to his ninong Lean and ninang Jaybee for the birthday cake with Naruto design one of Rondo's favorite character, and to ate Andrea who personally baked the cake, two thumbs for it. God bless you more guys. :)

Overall, I can vouch that celebrating birthdays at mcdonald's are absolutely hassle-free.

Photo credits to Bhelam Photography for all the great photos. Thanks to all who attended Rondo's 7th Bday and for all your warm wishes, can't upload all the pictures here. hehe