in-law bonding day

yesterday was a lot of fun . we went to sta lucia east grand mall for a day of in-law bonding. my husband's family came back to the country last month for their annual vacation. they invited us (my kids and me) to the mall to entertain the kids.

my mom woke me up at exactly 8am as i told her. but as usual, deprived of a good night's sleep i asked for my sleep extension- 'ma, 30 minutes pa'... if i only knew what's going to happen i should've stayed in bed longer. anyways, i have to get up coz my mom will start yelling at me if i won't. i heated a pail of water. my sister woke up too and she's preparing to bathe as well. and since we haven't got the chance to talk about what happened to her interview last night, we talked while i waited for the water to heat up. after 15 minutes my youngest daughter woke up- perhaps she felt that i'm not beside her anymore. i carried her all the way down the stairs and gave her a cool morning bath. after a few more minutes i woke my eldest daughter who is very similar to my attitude. she asked for a sleep extension too, but i refused to give her. we're getting late and we have to hurry. at exactly 10am we're through. i just have to do some finishing touches then i'm done. unfortunately, my in-laws haven't texted me whether the appointment is off or not. we've been waiting for 1 hour already and still there's no sign. my mom grew impatient and she started talking about what she's like. she's a woman of words and i admire her for that. when she says something, she does it on time. if there's an appointment, she's never late. when there are debts to pay, and she would say tomorrow, she will pay for it tomorrow. she told us to change because an hour of waiting seems to mean that the appointment is off. on the contrary, my in-laws have texted and told us to go! waah!

i met some of my husband's relatives that i haven't met before. i tried to be as personable as i can be. although at times i felt out-of-place, i tried to fit in. besides, i don't want to make a lousy impression!

we had lunch over at the bacolod chicken inasal and have chicken barbecue, pork barbecue and pork sisig (yum yum!). after eating we headed over to world's of fun. too bad i didn't take snaps of the gig; if i did i had to let go of my daughters' hand and they will start to run around! but i will share some pics that i took.











my kids had a great time playing at the arcade and collecting tickets while my feet sore from wedge espadrilles. i kept up with their energy- running around, riding horses and all the other rides, buying tokens... it was fun though inspite of my aching feet... and i admit i had fun with them as well. before when they used to ask me to come over at their house or come with them when they go out of town i'm always reluctant. i don't want to go when my husband is not with us. but yesterday was different. i went with them and enjoyed really.

our last stop was at planet toys- a haven of toys overwhelming my kids. their lola had them choose which toy they would want for themselves. and they started running around, grabbing any toy that caught their attention. those toys were so expensive so they had too choose another. and so after a series of walking and choosing they ended up having a big red truck for my youngest, a doodle pad for my eldest, and a singing, sliding duck for me. haha no! i received a lovely beaded necklace and earrings from my mother-in-law, while my daughters had a pair of blouse aside from the toys.









my kids and i had great time. it was raining when we got out of the mall, but it was fine. at least we're going home sweet home.