The Creamery: Booked

Finally after weeks of thinking it over, we were able to finally decide on where to celebrate Bela’s 5th birthday.

We actually did not plan for Bela to have a party on her 5th birthday but she kept on telling us that she already told her classmates that she will be having a Princess Tea party on her birthday. LOL. And the grand parents and the aunties are all getting mad at me for not planning a party for Bela because they know that she has been very sensitive and very jealous lately because she is still adjusting to the coming of her baby brother.

And so I gave in and started planning for Bela’s party. I only like to have the party at Shakey’s because I am working on a limited budget but Howell asked me to look for another venue where it will be suitable to have a Princess themed party. I have searched everywhere but I can’t find a nice place that will go with our theme and that will fit our budget. Thanks to my sister who suggested, The Creamery, a restaurant and ice cream bar located at Kids Universe in SM Mall of Asia.

I inquired last week and checked out the place with my sister. I find the place small for our number of guest and the price expensive but Howell is really not into celebrating the party at Shakey’s so I have him checked out the place last Saturday. He loves it and he promised that he will give me additional budget so we can afford to have the party at the Creamery.

We paid the reservations last Saturday so the venue for Bela’s 5th birthday party is finally booked. This will be a small party only with Bela's classmates and close friends and relatives as her guest but I am sure Bela will still have the grandest time of her life.

HK Study Tour of the SSC Ballet Club

The SSC Ballet Club will have a study tour in Hong Kong this coming October. Everybody is invited to join this tour and to give more details about the tour, they invited the parents of the students for a meeting which was held last July 31.

We were in Bicol that time but since hubby and I are interested for Bela to join the tour, I asked my ever reliable sister to attend the meeting for us. As per the information gathered by my sister:

• This study tour will be a five day trip which is tentatively scheduled at the end of October.
• The activities for the participants will be from 8 AM to 7 PM where they will visit Ballet schools, the behind the scene of the shows in Disneyland and a meet and greet with the dancers of Disneyland.
• While the participants are on tour, the parents will not be allowed to be with their kids during the entire length of the activity which last the whole day. The parents will just give their kids money to spend for food while they are on tour so basically the participants will be on their own.
• At the end of the tour, they will select the best participant for a scholarship in one of the Ballet schools in Hong Kong.

Even after getting this information, hubby still like Bela to join the tour as Howell thinks that this will be a good experience and exposure for Bela. I on the other hand is having second thoughts as I know that Bela still can’t be on her own and as a mom, even a single minute away from Bela on a foreign land won’t give me a peace of mind even if the teachers are assuring that they will take care of Bela.

Our verdict: We will not be joining the tour and I told Howell that maybe I will allow Bela to join this tour when she is in Grade 5 already. LOL. Anyways, they have it ever year so who knows, maybe next year, I will be able to let go of Bela and let her try to be on her own.

Her Future

I posted a picture of my daughter here during one of their programs in school where she is dressed as a Muslim princess. She loves dressing up at an early age and in fact she is the one who chooses the clothes that she wants to wear. That is why I can feel that she might have a good future in the fashion and beauty industry someday. I know it is still early for now but I have been reading about beauty school in Wichita because I have heard good feedbacks about them from friends who enrolled there.

Beauty school in Wichita is one of the campuses of Regency Beauty Institute. They started only with two campuses in 2002 and now they already have thirty campuses across nine states. This growth just shows that they are really a very trusted beauty school.

Their students are all raving about the training that they got from Regency Beauty Institute as they had the best hands-on training because of the upscale salon setup that they have in school. They were also even able to help their students after the training to get a job either in a salon, cruise ships or runway shows.

At least if ever Bela decided to have a career in the fashion and beauty industry, I already have a school in mind on where to enroll her.

Bela on the Internet

And who would have thought that this recycled costume would land on the Internet.

As I posted in my previous post, we just asked our seamstress neighbor to repair the costume that my sister wore when she was in Grade 4 so it will fit Bela. We only had a week to prepare for this so I didn’t even find the time to buy matching shoes for the costume and I just used Bela’s old sandals that she wore during her graduation last March.

So I was really surprised to find the picture of Bela in the home page of St. Scholastica. I was checking the Calendar from the St. Scholastica’s website since Cebu Pacific is having a promo again and I was really surprised when I was greeted with Bela’s picture together with the other chosen Prep students. I think they selected students for the picture so they have something to post on the Internet for their “Buwan ng Wika” theme.

I showed Bela her picture and this is what she told me:

Bela: “Oh, Ms. Malana was right. She said that mom and dad can see my picture on the Internet.”

I was one proud stage mommy and I texted all my relatives so they can have a peek of Bela’s picture on the SSC website. LOL.

Bela in Muslim Costume

I know I should be looking for landscape lighting as I promised my husband that I will present him with something later so we can order it this weekend but I have to stop first my search as I can’t wait to post Bela’s picture here:

Last August 2 was the opening ceremony of their Buwan ng Wika program in school and all Prep students were asked to wear Mindanao costume. We actually received the letter one week before August 2 so my mom was in panic as we don’t know if we ca find a ready made costume for Bela’s size as it is really difficult to find one for her as she is a little small. And I am not sure also if Prim will still accept to make a costume for Bela as it is just less than a week for her to make the costume.

So what my mom did is look for the Muslim costume that my sister wore when she was in Grade 4 and have it repaired and this is the finished product. Who would have thought that the costume Bela was wearing was just recycled from an old costume. LOL.

They will have a program on the 19th and parents will be invited to come to school to watch and Howell and I are already looking forward to it (stage parents. LOL.)