Day 20: 11 April - Mama Mary's Visit

Mama Mary arrived at our home, and she’ll be staying with us for 2 weeks.

Our Lady of Lourdes

My Ex-Boyfriend Got Married

Of course I’m kidding about the ex-boyfriend part, but yes, Nick Carter finally got hitched yesterday (April 12) in Santa Barbara, California to Lauren Kitt.

such a passionate kiss!

He's not smiling in the pictures, but I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt and figure it’s because the sun was in his eyes.

Congratulations and best wishes to the newlyweds!

*photos taken from justjared.com

Day 19: 10 April - Indian Goodies

Received a bag of goodies from India from a work colleague

fresh jackfruit, bananas, mangoes, jackfruit chips

Day 18: 9 April - A Birthday Party at McDonalds

Last Wednesday night, we attended the 5th birthday party of our friends’ son Hans at McDonalds, Al Bustan Centre in Qusais. And we all had a blast!

Since we’ve attended so many parties, Caila knows that there are usually games, and when there are games, there are prizes, and in order to get prizes, she has to do her best to win. Which is why she really gave her all in the games. First was the longest greeting where she was one of the 3 winners. The second was a group relay, but unfortunately, her team lost. Then the Bring Me game, where I supported her by searching through my bag for whatever was being asked for. She got 2 prizes for that.

Sophie, on the other hand, enjoyed the party by walking around, smiling, dancing, waving to the other guests, and eating. Whatever we gave her (fries, cake, nuggets, pieces of bun), she eagerly put in her mouth.

All of the guests enjoyed the Thumbs Up/McDonalds Happy Birthday song because the crew/host requested all of us to dance along with it, but what made the party complete was the arrival of one of their mascots, Hamburglar. Fortunately, my family was able to take a picture with him before he left…but unfortunately, it was blurred and there was no time for another one. Oh well.

It was still a good party and we all went home smiling.  And on the way home, Sophie had remembered one of the games her sister won and decided to copy her by saying “Haaaaaaaaaa! 2..3… Haaaaaaa! 2...3… Haaaaaaaaa!” It was so funny!

Day 17: 8 April - PNG Flag

Papua New Guinea is not a popular country (for work or for pleasure) so you can’t expect to come across anything related to it unless you research on it.

Which is why I was so happy when I saw its national flag while I was sitting in the bus on my way home, bringing back memories of my childhood.

PNG will always hold a special place in my heart, and I hope that one day, I’ll be able to go back again…for a short visit at least.

Day 16: 7 April - McDonalds Date with My Girls

Instant date with my girls!

While Hubby was working overtime at the office, I decided to take my daughters to the nearby McDonalds restaurant where we munched on burgers, fries and McBites.

And while we were enjoying our meal, one of the staff approached us and gave each of them a balloon that had been twisted into a dog.
Unfortunately, the green one burst before I could take a picture of Sophie holding it.

Oh well.

Day 15: 6 April - Sticker Pox

My daughters saw some calendar/date marker stickers lying around our home, and decided to decorate their faces with them. I wanted to scold them for wasting the stickers and for looking like they had measles or chicken pox, but I just couldn’t stop laughing at how adorable and silly they looked. 

That’s motherhood!