Unlimited Fun at Fun Ranch

I always beg off whenever my friend Joy invites us at Fun Ranch. I always thought that my children wouldn't be interested anymore because they're now grown-ups and  just  sit and  wait for  hours with nothing to do.    Yesterday, she insisted and  I was convinced though when she said to  give the last HURRAH for holidays,  so we went.  We agreed to meet  by  2pm at Tiendesitas and planned to go to Megamall afterwards for our Flawless time and catch the clearance sale at the mall.

What we thought would be a long day for us became shorter because the children had so much fun and we stayed there till the last minute of closing time.

Fun Ranch is the place where my friend Joy celebrated her 40th birthday.  I've been here for quite sometime for events and  birthday parties.

Here are the photos of our last holidays hurrah!

The Bump Car Rides

Should I put another caption here? 

The Carousel Rides with Ninangs

 

The Pirate Ship

Now, tell me why they're screaming with this very safe Pirate Ship.  I conclude that they really enjoyed  with not so thrilling  ride.



The Tea Cup Rides


They didn't spare even the tea cup rides!?


The Hanging Bridge

And these two young ladies were trying to figure out what made them took this ride which I think is suitable only for young children. 

Are you serious?

But what's more  fun is this ride,  (see below) which  I thought  would only be for photo op.   I was surprised when they started to drive the horse pedal and wandered  with no path to follow around Fun Ranch.

More photo ops with my two lovelies. I wish my older daughter knows at least how to fix her hair during session. Cool!  She said she doesn't need to and just  love the way when her hair messed up with her face. 

With my two kumares waiting for our children till they finish and get tired of all the rides. We had our best unlimited pose including our usual look-up photo but it was such a failure so  I didn't include it  here anymore. 

 

 

 

 The caption says it all.  I wish you were here too..  at Fun Ranch!

Fun Ranch is located at  Frontera Verde, E. Rodriguez Avenue cor. C5, Pasig City.   It's a one stop fun for children and adults too,  and perfect venue for birthday party.  Food, rides,  and everything, all under one venue  for  fun.  The place is safe for children, equipped with CCTVs and the staff were all visible to assist the kids.  The place is perfect indoor active treat for children and moms too.  Thank you Ms. Joy of occasionsofjoy.com for this unlimited fun!

  Check the website for  more details:
http://www.funranch.com.ph

A visit to Fort Santiago

After too many plans that we weren't able to push through, we finally visited Fort Santiago on Rizal Day. It wasn't crowded as I thought it would be considering it was December 30, holiday and commemoration of death of Jose Rizal. For a very minimal entrance fee, P50 each for student with ID and 75 for regular pass, one will surely enjoy the historical place. Most of the tourists that I saw inside the park were foreigners.






We took the opportunity to take more photos while inside the park. So I thought that DSLRs and other cameras are not allowed. No. Tourists could freely take photos inside. There are just some areas where flashes of the cameras are required to turn off.



Fort Santiago is open daily from 8:00am to 5:00pm. Rizal Shrine is open on Monday from 1 to 5pm and on Tuesday - Sunday from 9:00am to 6:o0pm as posted at the entrance gate.

Merry Christmas 2011!

I should say this is a Biggie Meal like post. I go extra large this time. I can't afford to miss a single photo of the party we had last night. It was a big blast. I'm afraid I'll tire you out with too many photos and words. I warned you, this isn't an Ala Carte. Not only the mommies enjoyed the party but our children as well.

The party was held at Legend Villas. Joy called it their second home. They usually hold their parties, anniversaries and other occasions there. Thank you Mendiolables especially Rafael Mendiola Jr., Joy's better half for sponsoring the venue. I've been here many times as well covering event and I feel at home too. We earlier planned to have our party at Dad's Megamall but then changed the venue to Honey's home but few days before the party, Joy settled at the The Legend Villas. Hooray for this! Almost a perfect attendance. We came with our family and the venue was just perfect to accommodate us.

The early bird and the late comer.. :)

Jingke always comes early even at the many events we have attended together. She's my early bird buddy. Before we were complete we had already picture taking minus Jen who came late so we had to repeat the shooting process when she arrived. I love you Jen. Haha. Repeat the process. "picture taking."

Now you know, what binds us all? Half kidding.


For the Award.
Drum roll please..

The Best Costume Award goes to Jing! And the prize you will get is a big exposure and compliments here in my blog. Haha.
Have you ever seen a lovely Santa Claus in your life? My first time actually. She totally amazed me with her charm and how gamely she played in her Santa outfit!

While the moms were away, (just downstairs actually) the children play..

They're not playing actually. They're having their own game, playing hide and seek and a dance exhibition. What else could you expect when all the mommies were busy at the moment.

and here's more..
Warning: The photos above need PG. Only professionals can do that!
Playing and enjoying and picture all the way. Are they playing hide and seek? Where's Juan? I can't see him.. My little daughter who took this picture is always quick in getting picture such as this.

This is supposed to be for kids only. I wonder why the pretty lady in white stole the scene. Peace! haha

Kids have their exchange gift too. I cannot put the names into a detailed story, let my photos speak for my post. Just imagine the toddlers, tweens and teens exchanging gift.


The Swapping moment..

Part of the party was actually swapping of our old items like bags, shoes, accessories, etc. I forgot to bring mine so I just took photos of them. I wanted to swap my camera with Joy's new DSLR. :)


Chow time..

Children comfortably seated in bed while dining.

I ate a big chunks of Jingke's dessert and later had sumptuous plate of Bicol Express from Lyn. I thought it's a perfect meal as dessert always comes first for me.



And now for mommies' exchange gift..

Grabbed this from Jenny's album. Thank you so much Jen for this photo.

Jing started the exchange gift. I featured her again because her gift caught me as she matched it with her outfit :)

I received a bag from Honey. I so love it! Thank you so much Honey!

Now to start again, during the picking names few weeks ago for exchange gift, I actually picked Joy's name three times. Because I knew I will have a hard time to shop for this fashionista mommy, I returned her name in a bowl and picked another but no matter how I raffled off, I still picked her name three times. Do you believe in destiny? Now I do! Disclaimer: I am not teaching nor encouraging my readers to do the same. It was just for fun. Haha.

I captured the moment.. all the time spent with Lyn's help looking for the red cardigan paid off..

Now, we're complete in red outfit..

I grabbed this photo above from Jen's album. Joy, Honey, Jing, Jen, Jingke, Lyn and Beds minus the one in Arkansas, Momi Jes. Still looking for her photo with Santa hat to photoshop picture before even Google crawlers find this post. :)

We just couldn't get over with the fun we had. Too bad we had to leave the place early second after the early bird Jingke left the place. Early birds catched worm. Late comer washed the dishes.. *lol*

Thanks for the gifts that I received, a bag from Honey, and other gifts that are still wrapped waiting for Christmas day surprise to come. Ah wait, the brownies that Jing gave me didn't actually last long. We consumed it the moment we arrived home. Oh so sweet of you Mrs. Santa.

I am thankful for the friendship that we have. May we all be blessed this Christmas and the coming year 2012. Merry Christmas to all!