Hello there lovelies! It's been a while since I last updated this blog and it feels like ages since I last posted about some topics on style and #ootd's. Life's been busy as a bee and with all the sooo many to-do list, I intended to set aside this page for a while. Not until today, and early this month, that I get to realize that, nah, this page has been my creative release and I wanted to write everything here. I feel like de-stressing from all the chaos of life and this is my happy place, so please, welcome me back! :D
Hello there! It's been a while, I suddenly missed this page. If you're following me on Instagram, you might notice that i hadn't posted as often as before. Sometimes, it took me a week or more before i could post updates on my social media pages although once in a while i do postings only on Instagram stories. Well, because it's the quickest way to keep my followers posted, like "Hey! I'm still alive and kicking!" Hahaha! But seriously, life's been sooooo busy talaga lately. I feel like I was chasing time day after day with all my to-do lists. It's crazy!
Some days are simply meant for playing. Being a child once in my life, i can say that I'd never live a day or week without experiencing play. I have gathered the most wonderful and happiest throwbacks in my memory bank from playtime. And even if I'm already a mom- having three wonderful kids around, i still love the idea of play. Like the saying goes, "we do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing". And i couldn't agree more! I'm always a kid at heart, specially when i have the kids in tow.
Hola! I made a promise months ago that i will be sharing some tips and tricks about pregnancy and parenting. But due to my overloaded lists of to-do's and schedules, i wasn't able to do so. As of this writing, i am actually multi-tasking. Joggling between my deadlines for blog assignment contracts due today, while reading and studying some legal documents and memorandums due for signing in a week's time. PLUS, nursing a little baby boy who's getting so active and playful. No, I am not complaining, because busyness means abundant blessings for me and this is life. I am embracing it!
It's the time of the year again when bunnies will be out to scatter Easter eggs and lets you find where the golden one is. Still, i honestly do not know what's the connection between Easter eggs, the Lent and the Bunny. (Too busy to do some research about it, hahaha!) But i am in the look out for some fun activities for my kids this year to celebrate Easter Sunday!
It's been a while since we last joined an Easter egg-hunting activity and i thought of gathering here some awesome Easter egg hunting destinations or events which i have found around the area and South of Manila. You may want to check this out and decide where to bring your family to celebrate the Easter.
VISTA MALL STA. ROSA
The summer heat is on! Can you feel it? I've been quite skeptical to go out these days due to the scorching sun. In fact, I've been staying indoors most of the time and yet i still sweat even without heavy work and it's quite uncomfortable. But that doesn't mean i hate summer! In fact, summer is one of my favorite season, not just because it's beach time, but because i get to play with summer colors, and light and comfy summer dresses. And i would love to share one here!
Good news, Southerners! Finally, the long wait is over! LANDERS SUPESTORE Alabang Branch has opened its doors last March 14, 2018. I know this superstore is going to be your new favorite shopping hub for anything nice and fancy for your home, kitchen, pantry and even your daily shopping and lifestyle needs!
Wearing so many hats all at the same time, cooking has always been a challenge for a mom like me. There are times that i really love and enjoy cooking especially for my kids and my husband. But then, there are crazy times as well, that i feel like just eating what's in the can, toss them altogether in a bowl and heat it in the oven. Well, that's me, when I'm all alone, left with too many workloads, while hubby is at work and the kids in school.
I guess the love month just slipped through the 365 pages of my 2018. I wasn't able to feel the valentines! Speaking of valentines, just like chocolates, flowers and cakes, life is still and will always be sweet specially when I'm with my kids.
Talking about sweets, just a day after Valentines, my kids and I visited the newest attraction in Manila where everything you can find are sweet sugary desserts!
One of the most exciting part of pregnancy specially on the last stretch is shopping for the baby's needs. From clothing, to feeding, changing supplies, bathing and grooming essentials and even to the smallest details, all of these needs to be prepared ahead of time. And it's always a good idea to plan early, at least a month or two before your expected date of delivery. We've done this a couple of months back and it was an overwhelming experience to be able to do it once again after 8 looong years! It's like having our very first born 10 years ago because i honestly do not know and cannot remember all of the essential things a new mom and a newborn baby should need. But ofcourse, it was fulfilling and very exciting at the same time.
Apart from the usual checklist which i will be sharing on another post, i'd thought of putting here together some of the brands that i use and had been using for ages while some of these are new to my experience.
When i got pregnant with my two older kids years back, i really didn't care much about trying different products which are deemed safe for pregnant women. In fact, never in my mind did i thought of changing the usual skin care products i use before i conceived. I really don't know why, but maybe because i was not that meticulous yet with product ingredients for the skin that might harm me and my baby. Plus the fact that i really didn't have much problems with hormones, except for pimples! I guess they are the most common either pregnant or not.
Thanks goodness! Summer school break was extended up to the last week of June and it means more time with the kids and the family. We welcomed the month with a short getaway to the islands of Boracay and it has been a relief seeing a new place, having some dose of vitamin sea, while enjoying it with a group of happy people. Talking about summer and my pregnancy journey, one of the perks of having a baby bump over this season is dressing up and flaunting that belly without any hesitation. I love it more that i can show off my big belly rather than flaunting a flat tummy or bikini body.
One of my resolutions for the year is to read more and surf less. I've been putting this thing on my yearly resolution but i always fail. I'd like to believe that it's normal for the kind of work i have right now- taking reading out of the equation. However, reading has always been my favorite thing to do. I read because i love reading and i love books apart from the knowledgeable take aways i get from it. And when i don't read, it makes me feel dull and empty. While e-books are much more convenient nowadays, still, nothing beats the feeling of holding a real book, turning pages, and the smell of it. Bookworms can relate to this, yeah?
Being a true blue Southerner, i could say that the thriving Filinvest City in Alabang is probably one of our favorite go-to escape when we needed to shop, eat fancy or perhaps stay the night away to spoil ourselves with the most needed rest and relaxation. Weeks before my birthday my husband's asking what's my plan. And i said, all i ever wanted for my birthday was to REST and to shop (a little) for the holidays for the kids and our family as well. I was looking at my bucket list and was contemplating if we should to go back to Crimson Hotel which is my favorite, or perhaps try other hotels on the list, until i came across Somerset which was the newest in the area. So, there we agreed to book a room for my birthday.
Being confined with routines and all the same things can be boring & so, i'm always in the look out for new experiences that can lead me to new hobbies and enthusiasm. I have always wanted to try archery, apart from the very truth that i am an avid fan of Oliver Queen, the fictional hero on the TV series Green Arrow played by Stephen Amell plus i'm an inborn Sagittarian by zodiac. While my kids admire Katniss Everdeen too, from the movie Hunger Games, i thought that maybe, it's about time to unleash our potential in the archery department yesterday after a disappointing itinerary.
Hello there lovelies!
Today, allow me to introduce the newest category in this blogosphere of mine (drum roll, please)! Fashion and Style by Mommy Queenelizabeth is a page which will feature my occasional "Outfit of the Day" in the intent to encourage other women, specially MOMS, to dress up and look fabulous regardless of age and size. Take note: Style and being fashion-ate doesn't have to be expensive at all!
Balay Dako is the latest Filipino restaurant in Tagaytay owned by the famous Chef Tony Boy Escalante, . If you have tried its sibling restaurants like Breakfast at Antonio's and Antonio's Fine Dining in Tagaytay, you'll probably get a hint of what food is like, heavenly!
It's been a lovely day at Tagaytay weeks ago, despite the typhoon forecast that was expected to hit Luzon area in the afternoon of that Wednesday. I was able to brave the 1-hour drive via Talisay Road from Batangas, with views of the Taal Lake from the zigzag road going up.
Together with amazing bloggers, media personnel and the organizers of Avida X Make It Blissful event, our day had been blissful indeed.
Months ago I've been dreaming of having my very own private sanctuary in the chilly atmosphere of Tagaytay. In fact, I've been property hopping for the last three months, checking out different residential and condo living communities in this area. Why not? It's the perfect go-to destination that is just a quick drive away from my place and i love spending weekends at Tagaytay ever since i was young. I know dreams do come true and i'm praying earnestly about it. Until a week ago, i was once again invited by Martine De Luna of Make It Blissful for another Avida Land event at this dreamy place. I was lucky to have a peek inside Serin East Tagaytay, the newest condominium project of Avida Land in the heart of Tagaytay City and i was like thinking, is this a sign?
