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Tinkerbell Themed Birthday Party at Jollibee

I just recovered some of my files.. ah not.. recovered not the right time.. more like, saw it again. My netbook‘s been sleeping for almost a year and finally had the chance to buy a charger for it. Most of Sati‘s first few moths documentation was stored on the netbook. So I had the chance to reminisce the first time to a baby girl feeling (and be really thankful for that.. separate post) and discovered that I am luckier than I think for having the best mom in the world (more to that later)..

and to mark our first year of overwhelming happiness, her first birthday party was celebrated with friend, online friends and family at Jollibee. It was my first time to have a birthday part at Jollibee. I am actually a bit lost when planning her Jollibee Birthday Party. Good thing about Jollibee is they have a party planner website. You will have an idea how much a Jollibee Kids Party will cost you. And birthday planning is all about 6 easy steps:

Step 1 Choose your food package
Step 2 Additional Food Items
Step 3 Choose Party Theme
Step 4 Add Theme Favors and Loot Bags
Step 5 Party Add Ons
Step 6 Finalize Important Details

Tinkerbell Themed Birthday Party at Jollibee? Is that possible? yes it was and here’s how I was able to do it, taking it step by step:

Step 1. I chose two kinds of food, one for the adults and the other one for the kids. I did not order a dessert, thinking the mini cupcakes I ordered will do, only to find out that you cannot serve a cake or cupcake if it was not from Jollibee‘s cake supplier which is Red Ribbon and of course it has to be included on the party package. I still had the tinkerbell cake displayed and the cupcakes was given as a take home. I created my own meal (food package 5 at the website).

Adults: chicken, spaghetti, coke and yum burger, with a total cost of P175.. this is 2010

Kids: chicken with spaghetti meal, juice and jolly hotdog for P140 (2010 price)

The party fee during that time was 1200 PhP.

Step 2. I added a few more since each package is only for 30 persons, if I am not mistaken we had 70 for adults and 30+ kids meal.

Step 3. With the party theme, as I wanted a Tinkerbell themed party, I decided to choose a Jollibee theme.

Step 4. Add theme favors.. since Sati’s first birthday is all about Tink, I did not add party theme favors.

Step 5. Party Add ons. I added some balloons, which I regret after, I thought the function room will be bare, didn’t realized that the function room has a fixed balloons decoration.

Step 6. Finalize. Jollibee Part Planner is not an official booking, so I still had to visit the Jollibee branch where Sati‘s Tinkerbell Themed Party will be celebrated.

Her party was celebrated at Jollibee Ortigas Roosevelt (Along Ortigas Ave. cor. Roosevelt Road, San Juan, Metro Manila). The place has one big function room (located on the 2nd floor)which can accommodate 100+ guests but can be also transformed into a smaller room for smaller party. This branch does not have a playground.

That was just the venue.. mind you, planning for her first birthday party was stressful! There’s the costume, party favors, giveaway for the adults, Tinkerbell cake, birthday party games, game prizes and a lot more. Good thing that during that time, my husband allowed me to attend events after events.. mind you it helped me a lot. I have the tendency to be calm when I am very busy..

Let’s start with the Tinkerbell costume, unfortunate events happened and here supposed to be Tinkerbell costume did not arrived on time:

And we had to look for alternatives, her ninang in the US sent funds to look for another costume. Divisoria is the answer. I bought three kinds of garments. Green Celadon Satin, Pink tule and purple tule made into a flower… the result:

As for the wings, I just bought a ready made wings at Divisoria, her head piece was made from the same material as the one on her waist.

I was very lucky to have guests who willingly played with us. Attire for kids should be Tinkerbell or fairy for the girsl and peter pan or pirate for the boys. As for the adults, it should be pink, violet or brown and everyone obliged to our simple request!

The party favors (all bought in Divisoria) for the kids was personalized, it was different for girls and boys. Also, the name of the kid was written in front along with a Tinkerbell sticker if it is a girl and a Peterpan sticker if it is a boy. For the giveaway for adults, I came up with the most usable and practical giveaway, Sati ecobag..you can read about it the bag HERE. The prizes for games I also bought in Divisoria.

The cake, I ordered from PH Bakehouse. I bought the toppers from Greenhills and PH Bakehouse made a cute Tinkerbell inspired cake for me:

All in all, I think I spend around 40K PhP for Sati’s Tinkerbell Themed Birthday Party. And it was so much fun! I think I will do this again on her 7th birthday party!

POTW: Moon Dough Snack Shop

I just realized that my kids are now ready for dough playing, my boys are, but with my youngest I thought she would chew on every dough she can. I think I underestimate her, she’s a big girl already (in fact she can put clothes all by herself). I was really thankful that I was asked to review a dough product, mommies and kids, I introduce you to Moon Dough:

Moon Dough is hypo allergenic no wheat dough and it never dries up!

The box that was given to us for review is Moon Dough Snack Shop. The box contain 3 blocks of moon dough (yellow, white and brown), a snack maker (ice cream and pop corn maker) and a pretzel maker. It also comes with ice cream cones and popcorn tumblers and a popcorn scoop.

From a mom’s point of view, anything that can keep the kids busy and happy, I am all for it. Seeing them play with the Moon Dough, making popcorn and ice cream, for hours is the reason why this is our product of the week. I just have to add that the popcorn maker is really cute, makes popcorn that looks so real!

Now let’s hear it from the kids:

My first born, being the most vocal has a say on Moon dough, it does not dries up according to him and not sticky to the hands. My second born who hates anything that has a strong smell, approves the mild smelling dough. All of them agreed that this is one of the best toy mom brought home. And all of them wants to make popcorn everyday!

As it is with any other dough, some parts tend to fall out, if you have noticed our rubber mat full of small whiteys, that’s Moon Dough, but since the dough never dries out, it’s easy to pick the fall outs and put it back to the bigger dough.

Moon Dough is exclusively distributed by Richwell Trading Corporation. Available in leading toy stores and department stores nationwide. For more information about other Richwell products, visit www.richwell.net or call Richwell Trading Corporation at telephone numbers 732-5141 to 47 loc 211.

Every Wednesday I post about products that I have tried and loved.. If you want your products here, contact us and we’ll take a look on it.

Stress Free Parenting Tips On Weaning

While Chico was feeding on his bottle and Sati on my breast, I asked Sati if she’s ready to move to bottle.. and a violent AYAW says it all. Chico on the other hand asked her if she wants to drink GATAS (milk) on the bottle. Sati answered, “Ayaw ko ng Gatas!” huh? ayaw daw ng gaats eh panay ang dede.. turns out, my milk is DEDE.. and it’s not Gatas!

That reminds me about weaning.. so for our Tuesday Parenting Tip, let’s talk about weaning.

Scientifically, weaning is the process where the baby stops nursing and also the time where in adult diet is introduced to the baby and all his nutrient sources is no longer the breast.

When is the right time to wean?

Reading would suggest that moms need to continue breastfeeding until the baby is 6 months. Our pediatrician also mentioned that and we should breastfeed exclusively for 6 months. After that, it is our choice if we want to continue or wean the baby and start feeding them with formula. I choose to feed them as long as I can.. but with my first born, pregnancy comes in the way and I had to wean him when he turns one. With my second boy, he was breastfed for 1 year and 8 months. My third son’s case was the same with my first born, pregnancy came in the way. As with my youngest, you know I’m still breastfeeding her until now.. she is 2 years old and 4 months.

My experiences weaning my kids led me to a conclusion that the right time to wean a baby is before they turn a year old. Anything later than that is not advisable. Why? As the kid turns one, they were old enough to understand but young enough not to argue. Just like what happened to my first born.. when I told him he can no longer have mommy’s milk as soon as he turns one, he never asked for it after his birthday party. It was quite sad for me.. I was expecting commotions.. The same thing happened with my third son, when I started weaning him, it took him only a week to get used to it.

The story of my second born was different.. in fact telling I have a hard time weaning him is an understatement. It was riot and the whole household can attest to that. Husband complains of lack of sleep… good thing he had to leave for US for 3 weeks and that’s how I finally won in weaning. What went wrong? He is old enough to know what he wants and knows how to get it through tantrums.

Stress Free Parenting Tips On Weaning

Start early. As I have mentioned, the age is very important as it can make or break the weaning process.
Start gradually. Cold turkey maybe effective to some but to me, gradually reducing the feeding is more effective. If you’re baby use to feed 3 times on day and 2 times at night, start reducing it one feeding at a time.
Increase the break time. If you’re baby love feeding every 3 hours, try increasing it to 3 hours and 30 minutes and so on.
Simultaneously, reduce the time that they spent on your breast.
Do not introduce bottle feeding yet, delay it for a few more weeks or until the baby is almost ready to give up your milk.

When should you delay Weaning? When the baby is sick or is experiencing a milestone such as teething or starting to walk, delay it for a few more weeks.

When a baby is old enough, like with my second born, the most effective way to wean them is to decrease their supply gradually. It takes time, sleep and a lot of effort. And it will take a lot of tears too, just remember that if you are determined to wean the baby, do not give up.

I’ll let you in to my little secret.. with Sati, it’s me that would needs weaning.. yes, I just can’tlet go of this little girl.. it’s a little bit selfish, what can I do? she’s my only girl *wink