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Celebration for 12 years of life and happiness Hello there everyone! I have mentioned from my past articles that this month my oldest son will turn 12 years old. And yesterday it was officially celebrated with a bang. Let me share in this article on how we celebrated it. My husband is a wanna be chef so in every celebration in our house he wanted to cook everything, while me on the other hand wanted it fast and no hassle so I prefer on delivery food application. Don't get me wrong I love cooking too but sometimes when my laziness strikes I would rather take the convenient and easy way. But yesterday it was different because I know I am not alone and the two of us can make the task and cooking more efficiently. In the morning, my husband and I went to the nearby wet and dry market to but the stuffs we needed for our simple menu. We bought pork, and liver as well as potatoes and carrots for the menudo. We also had chicken, ground pork and ground chicken which I will be using for my chicken shanghai. We make sure not to miss any single ingredients that is why I made a list before going to the market. It was already lunch time when we were done that is why we bought a take out food for our lunch. We took the tricycle going home. We ate our lunch and after that my husband and I started preparing because our visitors will come by 5 or 6 pm. I prepare lumpiang shanghai, while hubby prepared for the menudo. We only had a one burner gas stove because we're planning to buy a gas range few years ago but up until now it never happened. Well the advantage of using a one burner gas stove is that our LPG often lasts for more than two months even though I cook our food everyday. The disadvantage though is that whenever we have a celebration, the cooking time took longer, so to make our cooking time faster my husband charcoal stove so we could finish in time. Around 5 pm we were almost done cooking the foods. I asked my kids to take a bath because anytime the visitors are coming. I arranged the food in the table and took a bath too. By that time I was able to get a hold of my phone finally. That is one reason why I wasn't been active yesterday and was able to read a few articles. At 6 pm the my brother in law came along with their cousin. Well actually we only expected few visitors which we usually invite whenever there's a party in our house. Unfortunately the other family can't come because there is no one to fetch them. The other one is my sister in law's family. She has a lot of siblings which I had already known ever since they were in grade school. Now her youngest brother is already in college. Only two of her siblings didn't come because the other one is living in San Mateo and is pregnant but her two kids were present. Her other brother is the one left at home to take care of the dogs. My father in law lead the prayer and after that we all sings a happy birthday song to my Aaron. And well you know what happened next. It's eating time. It was a night full of never ending story while my boys are busy playing with their cousin and cousins at heart. ( the kids of my sister in law sister) They grew up almost together that is why they are like cousins. They went home at around 1 in the morning already. It was a very tiring day but just like our usual gathering we had fun every seconds that we together.

P.S (A letter for my son) To my Aaron, Happiest birthday little one, oops you are no longer the baby boy I used to take care of. In fact, in just a few months you'll be taller than me. I still can't that this is your last year of being a kid because by next year you are officially a teenager. Am I ready for that. Oh no I guess I am not. If only I could keep you as a baby forever but reality hits me hard that time really flies. I just wish you grew up a good boy and may all your dreams come true in the future. Meanwhile I hope you enjoy your life without being pressure. And I, along with your daddy and Athan will always be here and support you no matter what. Love you so much kuya! Lovelots, Mommy Lead image from Unsplash

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