Safari Adventure First Birthday Party

After Sophia being hospitalized and all, we deserve a break from all the bad vibes we were feeling physically and emotionally, good enough we had a celebration to attend to, my godson's first birthday party. If you've been  reading my blog for awhile now, then you would know I am crazy about parties especially children's parties.

It was such a beautiful First Safari Adventure  Birthday Party. We all had a great time, especially Sophia who was just recovering and who's only been out 2 days from the hospital.

Safari Adventure Birthday Party

Invite:

Invite

The decors were amazing. You instantly get to the Safari Mood once you get to the party place. Kudos to Peek a Boom for an amazing job. Here let me show you...

Welcome to Aleem's First Birthday

Love love love the swags

Centerpiece

The cake

The party had a lot of games that not only the children enjoyed but us adults too. I specifically liked the magician it was super cool. I had to sit front row with the kids.

If I'm not mistaken, kuya Icee won if not all, almost all the games. I had to tell him to stop joining anymore to give other kids the chance. Geez!!! 

As for Sophia, she was having fun cheering Kuya Icee. She's still a little weak from all the CBC and dextrose she had few days ago. I had to carry her from time to time and prey her to play with the other kids which she inclined to do after awhile.

Here's the birthday boy with his Mom and Dad. His mom is my Aunt from my Mom's side and she's also one of our principal sponsors when Maury and I got married, when she gave birth to Aleem she asked me to be his godmother and of course I said Yes. I don't know which goes first her being my aunt, our ninang or my Kumare hahahaha.... But I'm sure we are 100% family. :)

Here's us with the tiger prince.

The decoration was amazing. The food was yummylicious. The dessert corner was a hit. The host and the magician were very entertaining. All in all the party was a big Success.

Til the next party! 

Rwarr!!!!

PhoebeCarla 

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Sophia's 2nd Best Day Ever Birthday Party: Mommy's DIYs

Little S turned 2 last April 3. Two. Already. Can you believe it? Wasn't just I pregnant with her?

So yeah, she’s already two and we gave her a Tangled Theme for her birthday, obviously for the reason that she’s glued to “tita Rapunzel”…. She adores and loves the movie so much that she makes us watch it at least twice a day.  I can hear me speak the lines without stutter already. (bravo to mommy)

Unlike her First Birthday that was a bit grand, we threw her a simpler birthday party. We celebrated her birthday with close friends and families. So tangled alright, the only problem I had was that there weren’t enough party supplies for our theme and that I had only two weeks to prepare for the party.

I did the impossible, and made a lot of DIYs in two weeks’ time. Good thing I have few happy helpers who are inclined and happy to give a hand. I could have done so much better if I started planning early, that’s a lesson learned but then again my mind and body seems to work better on the 11^th hour. Hhehehe…

But nonetheless Sophia’s 2^nd birthday, like the first was a” Mom’s and Dad’s work of love”.

We held her party at Kaka and Mimi's ( my parent's) House. Thanks to the ever stage grandparents we've saved a lot of mulah !!! 

Let me present to you Sophia's tarpaulin. It took me a week to make the layout. It was brain wrecking, promise. But I was very happy and contented with the outcome. When Sophia saw it she jumped up and down with adoration and delight. She was so happy. I was so proud of myself. (patting myself for a job well done) 

Oh the Buntings, I made them too. I got the idea from  here.

The Invitation and the mini standees:

I made a tower invitation for Sophie, got the inspiration from here. I just inserted her picture and instead of the blond hair Rapunzel has I made her a golden brown hair out of embroidery yarn to match her natural hair color.

The mini standees were so fun to make, and it was a hit. I made 7 mini standees with different pictures of her, after the party everybody took it as a souvenir and some asked me if I can make more so they can all have one each. But hey it was part of the centrepiece not a souvenir lol.

Every princess deserves a castle. Now this one I give credits to Maury. He built it for her unica hija.

I made her standees the night before her birthday. It seems complicated to do but it's actually easy only time consuming.

DIY Cake and Cupcake Toppers, Lollipop Topiary, Pascal Blower and Sophie's Picture for more personal touch.

Sexy DressToppers 

I also made her a beautiful centerpiece but didn't get to take pics of it. I wanted to show you guys pa naman sana.

Doing a DIY home birthday party is fun but very challenging especially for working moms like me. I've learned a few lessons, first to plan ahead of time like 3 months maybe. Second is to hire or assign someone to do the photography so nothing is going to be missed out, because at the middle of the party Nikky (our DSLR) died on me because I forgot to charge it.... Arghhhh.... And lastly, ask help from your friend or family because even if we are super moms, we only got 2 hands and we can only do so much.

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Sophia's First Candyland Birthday

Sophia is turning 2 next month, and I'm just about to do the party planning for her 2nd birthday, when I realized I haven't posted about her first birthday here in my blog. It was such a wonderful birthday party and it deserves a spot here at Party of Three.

This is going to be a very long post with pictures overload, so brace yourself and enjoy. I'm sure you guys will love it.

Sophia's Candyland Birthday Party

 Colorful and sweet party, fitting for our sweet little cupcake.

Cupcake and Lollies Invitation

I wanted a simple yet delicious invites for Sophia, so I designed the cupcakes and Lollies and just inserted sweet pics of her for more personal touch. I glued Popsicle sticks for a more effective lollipop invites. I think it did the trick and everybody loved it.

Welcome to Candyland

We held the party at Bella Vista Hotel, the place was decorated with lots and lots of balloons and the ceiling was decorated with swags. I told Giggle Waggle, owned by my highschool classmate, about the concept I want for the party, and they delivered beyond my expectation.

I did the photoshoot for Sophia's standees

Candy Buffet

What's a candyland party without a candy buffet, right? So I also set up sweet station for all the sweet tooth guests young and old alike. The cupcakes were baked by my Aunt, the candies were given by my good friend Ate Wilvette. I added Sophia's frame and ladybug picture to add cuteness.

I availed a package party from Ballooney which includes a party host, 30 pcs give aways, slide tikes, food cart (cotton candy and Softee Icecream). 

Cake. Candle Blowing.

Candy girl was shocked to see her other self  (standees) hehehehe. She had two party dress, this tutu and a beautiful red gown. She also wore this tutu dress last halloween here.

Giveaways

Aside from the package I got from Ballooney, I also gave out kiddie toothbrushes to ease my guilt of setting up such a sweet party and I also prepared adult toothbrushes as well. 

I also made  cupcake towels and towel candies and 3 lollipop topiaries. Hopefully when I have extra time, I'd show you how I did all three. They are easy and fun to do :)

Cupcake towels, Lollipop towels and candy towels

Candy Towels

DIY thank you tags

Lollipop topiaries

I have lots of photos to share but I think it's a long post already so if you want to see more click here to see more photos of the birthday preparation, on the day preparation, Party Part 1 and Party Part 2. I know I know.... I told you pictures overload. heheheh

The party turned out just the way I planned it. So happy to see happy children running, singing and dancing

during the party. And even happier to see the Moms and dads, titos and titas, lolos and lolas Partying like 

children, playing w/ the balloons, getting in line for the cotton candy and icecream. Smiles, Laugh... Happy 

faces everywhere. :)

Twas truly memorable, fun first sweet birthday for our little cupcake

Now back to party planning Sophia's 2nd Birthday party. 

 To Sophia, Please don't grow up too fast anak. mommy might not catch up...

PhoebeCarla

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Sophie's Style: Partying (CJ's Disney All Star Birthday Party)

The last children birthday party we attended to was Cj's 7th birthday and their family's despidida  party all in one, because they're going to the US for good.

Lucille, Cj's mom, is one of my high school bestfriend, I think I've written bits about our friendship in this blog and specifically here, I'm not going to expound about how close we are in this post because I don't want to be all emotional and I intend to keep this post happy and colorful. I am going to miss Lucille and her family, I'm glad we've built solid memories together. So let's just leave it at that.

Now back to the party.

Cj's All Star Birthday Party Theme was filled with colorful swags and balloons. The whole place was decorated with almost all disney characters. It was a lovely party.

The birthday boy, my Godson, CJ

I've noticed few remarkable things about Sophia, we went to the party riding a cab just me and her because hubby was working til 7 pm and we will just meet him there, anyways we are yayaless ( no nanny) since Christmas. I was a bit scared if I'll be able to handle my very active Sophia alone with two large bags and a neatly wrapped birthday gift on hand. But Surprisingly, we survived. She was very behave the whole 45 minutes trip to the party.... (clap clap)

SOPHIE'S STYLE:Skirt: Baby Gap
Shoes: Payless
Hair Accessories: Pink Princess headband

At the party, she wasn't scared of  clowns anymore, (another clap clap). She was actually having fun and she even asked me to take pictures of her with the clown. :) Oo diba? when our babies overcome their fear, we moms are always happy :)

When I was a toddler, I remember sneaking my way to the cake table and when no ones watching I'd stick my finger on the cake to steal me some icing.

Guess what? my little Sophia did that at the party and I was hysterically laughing at what I saw, it felt weird. lol . Maybe it's a stage we all go through as a kid. Whatever it is, I think it's cute. I'm glad I was able to capture this moment and I'm sharing it to all of you.

I was talking to my friend when I noticed, Sophia wasn't in her kiddie chair. I looked for her and found her here:

See the sticking out of the finger and the stealing for some icing love? So like mommy.... hahahaha....

 

Finger licking good. Nobody would have notice what she did except there were traces of icing on her shirt.

When she spotted me looking at her, she ran off laughing....

Ahhh.... Mommy Moments like this is worth remembering....

Hope you have a wonderful and colorful weekend everyone...

PhoebeCarla

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Halloween: Trick or Treat

Yep... We went Trick or Treating too...

I got two kids ( Kuya Icee and Little S) all prep up with costumes and uberly excited Daddy and Mommy.So we headed to Parkmall to join the other kids to have some halloween fun only to find out, registration ended yesterday. :( Oh Noooooooo....

I can't let that ruin the spirit of halloween , so i told hubby not to tell the two kiddos and we'll just do our own trick or treating... After all, who could resist these two adorable cuty pies...

VAMPIRE

He left his "scream mask" the night before at school after their halloween party so I revised his costume and did some make up. He was so against it, because he don't want to be called "gay". He was in a bad mood at the car and wouldn't accept any explanation from me. When we got there, couple of parents came to him and asked if they could let their babies have pictures with him. O diba? it then changed his mood and thinks his costume is cool... hahay... Kids.

CANDY GIRL

I reused Sophia's dress from her Candyland's first birthday party. I wanted a different costume for her but didn't have enough time to make it, I got caught up with our Singapore trip. But never the less my prettypie is still cute as ever with her tutu. I promise to be more prepared next year.

We hopped from one store to the other with our sweet smile "TRICK OR TREAT".... and received lots and lots of candies... We had so much fun....

You think the day is done? Nope. Not with this uber hyper kids. They begged like Puss in Boots to go play arcade. And because this day was all about them and all about fun, we obliged.

Kuya I, won Sophia a bear... the one in the pic my little girl keeps holding. And as usual, the day ended in the restaurant, feeding two very very happy but hungry kids...

PhoebeCarla

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Icee's 9th Super Mario Birthday Party

Icee's 9th Birthday party last saturday, July 16 was a blast!!!!...  Our parent's garage were filled with classroom full of kids from Icee's class. Thankfully the kid's parents allowed their children to come and celebrate with us, we picked them up at school around 2 pm and brought them back 5:30 pm at the same place.

Given the conditions he set for the party, I'd say it was a success, Moreover because I made him one Super happy celebrant, everybody had fun and won't stop talking about the great party we throw for my nephew Icee. :)








The invite, thank you stickers and tarpaulin:
The invites were given 3 days before the party, to his classmates. I had fun making the layouts for both the invite and tarp. For a week, Mario and the cast gave me constant nightmares... lol



added Icee's pics for a more personal touch



Candy Buffet and favor buffet

These are mostly DIYs, (party hats, cupcake toppers, star nametags, favor boxes and layouts for the thank you stickers) due to lack of Super Mario party supplies in our place or maybe due to lack of time, to look for supplies. What a girl to do? be resourceful and be creative. :)

50 Favor Boxes (here) were filled with candies and goodies.

Mustache and Lollies

Cupcakes

Nope I didn't bake the cupcakes, baking and cooking, that I still need to learn. But I made the cupcake toppers though, heheheh :)

The Games/ Activities

I printed out Mario Character, poster size for the "pin the mustache" and Yoshi for the egghunt. I forgot to take photos of the plastic eggs before we hid it for the kids to find, but it was a hit and now Icee wants to play egghunt this weekend.

Here are few pics of the Pin the Mustache Game:

this is how Mario looked after the game (poor Mario) hahahahah

the all time classic game, Pabitin and Pinata:

Since there were no costumes available, I had Mario, Luigi printed on my Kuya (Icee's dad) and Icee's shirt and made a matching "mario-luigi" party hat.

And lets not forget, "princess peach" aka Princess "S" with her matching crown

Few more pics:

Best Cousins: Super I and Little S

Happy Birthday Super Kuya Icee

PhoebeCarla

P.S.

Found a lot of inspiration  from other mommies in the net. I would like to thank all of them, how I wish I could remember each, but I will be updating this from time to time so I can give credit where credit is due. I will be posting individual posts on the DIYs soon :)

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CRAFTS