Saturday Birthday Parties

The family attended 2 birthday parties last Saturday.  Yup, two!  We always make an effort to attend events because they're opportunities to see and catch up with friends.  It's a good thing the times weren't in conflict so we were able to say yes to 2 Saturday parties.

Party # 1: Rylie @ Jollibee - The Fort
Rylie is Lester's son and he's 2.  Lester is our friend from Intel.  Richard was not able to attend because he had a meeting.  He just dropped us off and would picked us up afterwards.

Happy birthday, Rylie!

Balloon fencing with Lance, Paulo and Mona's son, also Neil's classmate.


Neil woke up before 6AM that day and he fell asleep before the program even started....

But woke up in time to see Jollibee.


Party # 2: Alyssa @ Chef D'Angelo - Glorietta 5
Ayssa is the daughter of Haydee and Jan and she turned 4.  Haydee is my friend from high school.  Happy birthday, Alyssa!

Getting a Lightning McQueen tattoo.

The host/magician/ventriloquist.  She's talented!

Game!

Extras:
Before going to Rylie's party, I had facial diamond peel done at Revage.  I highly recommend them.  The place is really nice and the staff were very good.

After Alyssa's birthday, we dropped by the Glorietta Dolphin Park hoping to catch the tailend of the program hosted by Marc and Rovilson, but it was done.  Marc was still there but he was already leaving.


We proceeded to Powerbooks, also hoping to catch Chico and Delamar's book signing but it was over as well.  We hung around for a while because Neil enjoys bookstores.

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