Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

Travel Essentials For Big Family

Sometimes I wonder where I got my packing skills. Traveling with 5 kids is not an easy task as I always say, but I will never give up the joy of being with my kids on the road.

Also must read: Fun Time with Kinder Joy

We have amazing stories while traveling. We have good laughs while on the road and really really have fun memories to places we have been. I am listing down 5 travel essentials for a big family like us.

5 Travel Essentials of a big family

Travel Essentials #1 Extra change of clothes. Aside from the usual number of clothes that we bring (must read: Travel tips and planning your OOTD), I always ask my kids to pack an extra. You’ll never what can happen, an extra night perhaps? Or a sudden side trip to La Union on the way to Baguio? Or biglang uwi muna ng Nueva Ecija before heading back to Pasig.

impromptu check in at Harvest Hotel Cabanatuan

Travel Essentials #2 First Aide Kit. This one I cannot leave home without. A must on our kit is thermometer, pain reliever for me and the kids, a menthol (vicks and tigerbalm), petroleum jelly, alcohol, and of course vitamins for the kids.

Travel Essentials #3 Snacks while on the road. Because kids gets are always hungry, I made sure to pack a box of biscuits (one box per kids!haha). Sometimes, I bake cookies in advance or cupcakes that we can baon. We’re planning on bringing cooked food and stopping in a park or something and eat there. You know, tita travel diaries, letting the kids expereince that. Maiba naman.

this pic is 9 years old already!

La Union 2009 (one day pregnant with Sofi!)

swimming at Widus Hotel, Pampanga

swimming at Acropolis North, Cabanatuan (paki notice ang face na namumuti sa sunscreen haha)

swimming at Kimberly Hotel, Tagaytay

Travel Essentials #4 Sunscreen Lotion. Because we love going to La Union and the kids love to swim, a sunscreen lotion is a must. Sa sobrang a must niya, hindi ko na inaalis ang sunscreen lotion sa maleta ko.

Travel Essentials #5 A really good camera or a mobile camera to capture your travel.

HP DeskJet Ink Advantage Review

I am so happy that HP partnered with me and asked me to post an HP DeskJet Ink Advantage Review. It is such an honor to be reviewing a product that I really need and from HP pa! I am so thankful because printing is really my weakest link! You know I have 5 kids and 4 are already going to school tapos my pamangkin is also here! So that’s 5 students, yung isa high school pa. I really need a printer na all in one and also something na would take up a lot of my space. Ang laki na ng imac ko no. I am very satisfied with my new printer so far. Here’s my HP DeskJet Ink Advantage Review via youtube:

HP DeskJet Ink Advantage Review

5 Things I like about HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3775:

WIRELESS PRINTING.
It’s so small, it can even hide on a shoebox!
It’s an all in one printer. I can scan, print and photocopy! Paano? watch my video!
It cheap (ranges 4200-4500) and available to electronics shop. Meron sa Abensons, sa Lazada and even small gadget shops at Robinsons Galleria (nakita ko at natanong ko)
Ink is cheap! It’s only 420 pesos for black and same for colored.

I could not express how happy I am with the wireless printing part! Kita nyo naman sa video di ba? I can print their assignments even while breastfeeding Marius. Ang eksena sa bahay ganito. Matatapos ang weekend at kung kailan paalis na sila, saka maalala na may kailangan pala i print. And during that time, Marius duty na ako, tapos ko na sila igayak eh. Hassle! Ang ending, madalas hindi na lang magpapasa ng assignment kase hindi ko na maasikaso.

The wireless printing feature of HP DeskJet Ink Advantage Review is the bomb! SUPER AWESOME! This is what we all need mommies!! Ay kagrabe. Sobrang saya ko dito. Now, wala na mamiss na assignment ang mga bagets ko with this printer. And the best thing about this, you don’t even need a PC to set up and start printing. Paano? Watch my video!

See how small it is?

Here’s a copy of the photos I printed for Sati from my bed.

How to print photos on a regular sized photo paper without excess space? I use photogrid with ratio of 2:3.

Can’t wait to buy HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3775 All in One Printer? Check out HP Philippines Facebook Page for list of stores where it is available (aside from Abensons and Robinsons Galleria and Lazada)

You still have the last grading period para makabawi sa mga bata!

Holiday Gift Set From Dove

Be Your Own Kind Of Beautiful. I recently received a Holiday Gift Set From Dove with that message. My own kind of beautiful! A very encouraging campaign I must say. It doesn’t judge and does not set a standard of what beauty is. Be your own, be unique. Embrace yourself.

Holiday Gift Set From Dove

That is really what being beautiful is all about. The beauty radiates from within, from the love that you give to yourself. Dove is committed to help all women know their own kind of beautiful by creating products that deliver care.

The Holiday Gift Set From Dove comes in a box with my name on it! Super awesome receiving packages with my name on it and not to mention that it is written on a lovely font! And the inside was even lovelier! It includes Dove products and personalized items for me.

Dove products included are:

Dove Deeply Nourishing Body Wash
Dove Hair Therapy Shampoo
Dove Hair Therapy COnditioner
Dove Whitening Deo
Dove Whitening Roll On
Dove Beauty Bar

You know how much I adore personalized stuff. So this tumbler and the notebook really hits home. It’s a notepad! Anything stationary and my name on it melts my heart. The Dove necklace is wonderful. It’s not everyday that I got to receive a necklace and from a brand who advocates women empowerment nonetheless.

Thank you so much Dove!