last week was like a career shift for me.. from Mommy blogger to an events organizer! hahahaha

Wednesday was Scout investiture… Thursday was UN Parade and school Halloween Party… and first born’s school party for his 9th birthday (yes, he do celebrate his birthdays not just once.. this year, we had 4 celebrations! one was when we went to Tagaytay and a Marites Crab treat at Claw Daddy.. second was his real birthday.. where he blew a small cake.. third was the school celebration and the fourth one was the Halloween party here at home)

The party turned out so good.. the kids had so much fun and enjoyed their loot bags (ay shucks I forgot to take a photo of the loot bags.. but it was a simple bag made out of black cartolina for the boys and orange for the girls).. I declared a candy war prior to his party.. so no candies on the loot bag.. just toys, stickers and some biscuits. We had Beyblade (not original no) and books and stickers as prizes for the games (trip to Jerusalem, Pinoy Henyo, Stop dance, disjointed hands eating contest and longest greetings)…

For our food, I prepared a few scary and “it’s so gross, I can’t eat it” kind of goodies:

The bloody glass, the used cotton buds and the mouth piece came from The Peach Kitchen… ah no.. she did not delivered those goodies or creepies here.. I got it from her blog.. from her collection of Halloween Recipe 🙂

The fingers and the worms and the mouse.. got it from the web (but gosh I can’t remember where!) Basically the chopped fingers were done using a wheat bread and some almonds.

The rats were done using cherries, kissed, almonds, melted chocolate and Nerds (for the eyes). Just dip the cherries to a melted chocolate (I use an ordinary milk chocolate, Goya, to be exact and the fact that it hardens easily adds character to the rat’s body). The kissed were used as the head, the almonds as ears and the red Nerds as eyes.. nobody ate it but me.. they were so grossed out by the idea of eating rat.. wahahahaha

The kids liked the used cotton buds the most.. they enjoyed it so much! The fingers, since no one wants it (yes even I couldn’t take it) were used in one of the games.. finger eating contest! The first one to finish a finger wins! hahahaha Tita Sam brought sinful cupcakes!

The decors? Monique’s back turned into a funky jack o lantern vampire! I also made a few rosettes (inspired by Ava’s party styling).. it’s so haaaard to do pala! amateur na amateur ang drama ng mga rositas ko! parang kinulang sa dilig na rosas wahaha.. a few DIY decors.. a black curtain with orange papers hanging on it.. and a few cobwebs.. and there goes our Halloween Party!

more photos!

Stop Dance with Psy

My two creations.. an Egyptian and a Fairy

Our Garfield visitor.. who thought the paper was lasagna! hahaha

and of course.. friends…

till next year ladies! 

err till next Saturday I mean! hahahaha

a long overdue post.. not naman that long.. pero this was supposed to be for last Friday.. you know TGIF! but 4 events last week and I was drained.. ubos na ubos ang lahat sa akin! in fact it was only now that I’m starting to recover.. and yet another party is coming! Sometimes I wish I have the energy of a horse and tentacles of an octopus.. ano kaya itsura noon no? Horse na Octopus pa haha

So let me start this TGIF post by saying hello to November! I don’t have to claim you because since I was born, you are already mine.. you see, my mom was born on this month.. and I am more than lucky to have her.. so yes, from the very first day that I was with my mom, November is already my month.. but the greatness of November was doubled 3 years ago.. when a little princess made her way to our home.. or is she an angel? whatever, she’s the best thing that ever happened to us.. she made us complete (argh teary eyed again! I guess my eyes will never stop shedding tears for being so thankful to your arrival my little girl)…

October went by and left us with so many blessings… too much that my energy was not able to keep up hahaha

I am so thankful for having the best siblings in the world..who are always there whenever I need them.. my parties would never be successful if not for them.. for late nights preparations and never ending jokes.. I am so blessed to have them.

Thankful for a mother that never got tired of me.. and to her magic that works.. always.. iba ang powers mo mudra! ibang iba!

Thankful for the ever understanding husband.. and of course to my kids.. and thankful for the 9 challenging and yet fulfilling years of being a mom haha

This month, I know there is more that I would be thankful of… so Hello there November.. let’s celebrate your arrival with a blast!

Milk tea is getting more popular and more milk tea houses are sprouting like mushrooms. Of course nothing beats the traditional milk tea, just like what we had at Waiying Restaurant.

If you remember pearl shakes in the 90’s, milk tea seems to be the new drink in town. I guess the same element of pearl or having to chew on something while drinking is what made both drinks popular. With milk tea though, more and more sinkers (as it was called) are offered. You can choose from pearl, nata de coco, pudding or even red beans.

I discovered milk tea rather really late, just a few months ago and back then, I was lost and overwhelmed with the many offerings on each store. Basically there are 4 steps in choosing your milk tea: type of milk tea, size, sugar level and sinkers. There are many different kinds of milk tea, some are caramel based or flavored. As for size, there’s the usual small, medium and large. When it comes to sugar level, 100% is the sweetest (gives me headache). I always go for 25% but 50% seems to be the safe option. Sinkers can vary from pearl to nata de coco, pudding etc.

As what’s the best milk tea in town, Serenitea has come up with their top 10:

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