Family Fun Day at Las Pinas Montessori School

Today, I was supposed to be in a wedding for Kiss The Girl Events. However, because of mommy duties (and no one to take my place), I had to accompany Nukh to Las Pinas Montessori School's Family Fun Day celebration at Citadella Clubhouse at Casimiro, Las Pinas City.

To be honest, I was not that excited because at the back of my mind, I was worried about our wedding, with the main reason that Abby's sister passed away early this morning and Arbee is understaffed. Plus, I had babysitting duties with Audrey this morning so I was quite tired already when I went to accompany Nukh around lunchtime.

But things changed when we stepped in the clubhouse. The four teams were already together, practicing their cheer. We had to group ourselves with the Magenta/Pink team to know our cheer. And I never realized that the Family Fun Day at LPMS is so hyped. Everyone - from the teachers, students, and parents - were very competitive and excited. So my spirit woke up a bit and just enjoyed the company of other parents and my little boy.

I saw a familiar face - Cyrus Guevarra. He was a college batchmate and he was together with his wife and 3 kids. It was nice to catch up with him for a while. His eldest was part of the preschool dance group who participated in the last LAPRISA dance contest. :)

The event started with the cheering competition and we did our best. While we didn't win, our team did quite good. :) My mind was already filled with thoughts that next year, wherever my Nukie will be included, I will make sure to participate and give ideas to win more prizes haha.

Of course, after all that cheering, it made us hungry so we opted to buy some snacks. But for some reason, the prices for the snacks didn't feel right. I had to pay P45 for the quality and quantity, it was not worth it. :( The quantity was lesser than the P25 Mcdonalds regular fries. I was disappointed and I said to myself that on the next big event, I'd like to be a vendor and sell it for a cheaper price but still get a good margin. Haha.

Then came the games. We didn't emerge the champion, but we won in several games. I participated in the Tug-of-War, mommy edition. Because of teamwork and mommy power, we won! :) And soon after, our team also won the daddy edition. Then we won in the trip to Jerusalem when a surprising little girl beat the hell out of 3 big boys and raced to the lone chair to bag the prize. We were so proud of the girlie :) And lastly, we won in the Karaoke Showdown of couples. Not bad. We could have done better, but not bad. The competitive spirit in me wanted to unleash but I feel it was not the right time. YET. Haha.

Nukh joined in two games - the caterpillar race and the trip to Jerusalem. He didn't win. But he did surprisingly well. For the caterpillar race, it was the fault of the parents who were helping out that time that's why they lost. No coordination. But for the trip to Jerusalem, I was surprised to see Nukh beating other big kids as he swarmed his way to find a seat when the music stops. He was eliminated when the changed the rules and there was a racing involved. As his coordinator teachers were proud of him, I was the proudest of all. From 15 students, he remained at the top 5. :)

We felt we were lucky as we were informed before the break that there were pieces of paper stuck under the chairs. And if we got a paper and brought the condition, we get a prize. We luckily had a paper on our chair and the condition was to bring a glass of iced tea. As the excited mommy, I bought iced tea so Nukh can claim his prize.

And as champions of the tug of war, we got this as a prize. While one mommy said "After all the hirap, ito lang?" I jokingly commented, "Ok lang yan, Louis Vuitton naman e." :)

After their finale presentation number "Moves Like Jagger", we hurriedly left the venue because we were sooo hungry. No part two of the uber expensive french fries. But I did treat Nukh to a one-piece chicken with rice at McDonalds for doing a job well done. :)

Even if I was distracted while we were there at the Family Fun Day, the look in Nukh's eyes having his mommy with him at the Family Fun Day was just priceless. I will never trade it for anything in the world. :)

Note: I wanted to post pictures but my camera isn't being recognized by my PC for some reason. So I will post pics soon. Thanks for reading! :)