Celebrating Father's Day

We were totally unprepared for Father's day. There are a lot going on at the moment (mostly with work) hence the absence... at isama na rin dyan ang mga gawaing-nanay/bahay, lol =)

But we had a little celebration pa rin dahil nakisama si Mr Sun sa amin.

We've been trying to be good by not eating out so much but we decided to break that for this special day. We went to Nandos Chicken for lunch, where we ordered Lemon & herb grilled chicken for thr 3 of us, plus bread & butter and Sweet potato mash for Poj. It was yummy not to mention hassle free, medyo nagsawa na ata kami sa luto namin, lol. On top of that we were given 20% when I showed my work ID. =) Not bad, right?

We went to our fave park at the mo, The Common, here in Southampton. We remembered to bring Poj's bike and we let him ride it until he got tired. Eksaktong andito na kami sa lake nung abutin sya ng pagod kaya ibang scenery naman (normally hanggang playground lang kami nakakapunta and he wants to stay there to play). Nainggit sya mega sa mga taong nagfifishing doon. We promised to do that  sometime this summer.

We stayed here for a while, simply enjoying the sun and the view. We wished we were more prepared and have brought bbq or picnic man lang....  (insert parinig kay Papa E to be more organized next time, lol).

 Ornamental Lake

On the way back to the car syempre nadaanan namin ang playground at hindi pwedeng hindi magstop-over! We let Poj play there for an hour. Thank heavens for long days of summer, kahit late na mataas pa rin ang araw =)

Papa E said he had a lovely time, to follow po ang gift ah? 

Although I wish we were home to be able to greet my daddy in person. But for now Skype had to do.

Happy Father's day to my Daddy, to Papa E and to all amazing Father's out there! 

Mother's Day 2012

Today is Mothering Sunday. We are lucky that the weather changed in the afternoon and we were able to celebrate.

It started with a lovely bouquet of flowers & lots of hugs from my mag-Ama. Then after hearing mass we travelled 63 miles (1 hour & 35minutes) to Brighton. 

Brighton is one of the popular places in the South. I've only been there twice and have only seen very little of it. We usually stay at the beach whenever we visit. I guess it reminds us of the Philippines. Just the smell of the sea made me really homesick.

I'll share some of my Brighton pics on my next post. =)

It was a pretty relaxed day. Nothing was planned & there was no schedule to follow. All I know is that we're going to the beach. 
At eto na, the boys had fun playing by throwing pebbles & running around the beach. I don't think they even noticed how cold it was. I had to literally drag them away!

We then went for a walk to find this cake shop, the Choccywoccydoodah. They are well known here in the UK for their bespoke Belgian chocolate cakes. I always watch their show on Sky tv. 

They also have a coffee shop where they sell hot chocolates, milkshakes, coffee and cakes. I had a chocolate cake and believe me, it felt like tasting a piece of chocolate heaven. 

And Papa E saw how happy I was with their cake that he even ordered another slice (this time its lemon cake, drizzled with chocolate, of course) for me to take home.  I'll also write a separate blog post  about the shop.

When we got home, we had a lovely dinner prepared, it was baked Salmon with ginger, coriander & garlic served with steamed veggies and mash potatoes.

It was a special day made perfect by my two loving boys. Thank you so much for showering me with so much love, Papa E & Poj. I love you too very much.

Happy Mother's day to all the moms, mommies, mothers, mga nanay, inay at ina out there, cheers! 

They also gave me a Mother's Day pressie, here .

Disneyland Paris Treat

  Yes, you read it right =)  Sky TV is treating their customers to 2 free tickets to join in the 2oth anniversary party of a lifetime! 

   All you need to do is log on to Sky.com, click on the link to get your unique voucher code,  pick a date  ( between 1 April to 31 October 2012) and fill in the form. It couldn't be easier. And if there are more than two of you going, they'll even let you buy additional tickets with a whopping 25% discount! 


   We didn't really plan to go there this year but this treat is much to good to miss. So even though we've been there before we know that it'll be more fun this time coz we have Poj =) And it's perfect too coz Papa E is celebrating his birthday in April & we wanted to do something fun for the whole family. We've not decided yet if we want to tour Paris for the rest of our stay there or to buy more tickets and spend the rest of our break in Disneyland. 
But since it's his birthday, I'll leave him to make that decision =) 


#ilovefreebies =)