Happy Holidays to Everyone!

Feliz Navidad! I believe that of all the Christmases we have ever prepared for, this year was the most tiring of all because of the following 'firsts':

1. First time kong pumunta ng Divi na isang week na lang Pasko na.
2. First time kong nagbalot ng lahat ng regalo in one sitting.
3. First time na di kami maka-decide kung punta ba ng Bulacan o hindi.

Pero may katapat naman na magandang first ang Christmas ngayon: first time ni Matthew na ma-enjoy talaga ang Christmas: from Santa's stocking na puno ng toys to christmas reunion sa #8 hanggang sa pag-open ng xmas gifts ng mga ninong at ninang nya. I caught it all on video!

Well here's to more interesting Christmases ahead of us... Pero siyempre how can we forget our gift to those who have accessed our website? Here's one and presenting, Willie as Santa and Ella as Elfina!

Lucky Boy

Our Matthew is indeed a lucky boy. Recently he won in two consecutive contests by Cartoon Network! One was last November 14 for 12 Nuts of Christmas and December 15 for Fosters Imaginary Christmas. Check out the premium items he won: Bloo and Eduardo stockings, cartoonnetwork foldable bag, pencil case set and Bloo notebook. It was just sad that we weren't able to see the live shows of all the cartoonnetwork characters held in ATC and in the Fort.

An Orange Christmas

I have always wanted something unique every christmas season. Whether its my color motiff for decorations or how I would wrap presents to festive activities our family can do together, I give extra effort and thought into these things. For this year, I have chosen the color theme of orange and gold. This was a challenge since my existing christmas balls are all blue and silver (the theme I had two years ago). Nevertheless, I still managed to infuse these conflicting colors. With a big help from a simple orange satin ribbon, everything was unified.
That was the simplest task of all. It was with the gift wrapping that I was stumped. Last year, I used a personalized badge with Matthew's picture on it wearing a Santa Claus hat greeting the receivers a Merry Christmas. I got a lot of compliments for it. So I'm thinking its kinda hard to outdo this one for this year. I couldn't even find a wrapping paper that was more into the golds and the oranges. So I improvised. To all of our gift receivers, just see my final product.

An "Orangey" Christmas to All!