Yesterday evening, my little girl and I found ourselves on another date night. It was “Eat Out Night” at her school.  It is a fund raising event where  families are encouraged to patronize a specific dining establishment and part of the sales from diners who mention the school’s name are donated to the school.

Camera Phone Pic

We had a simple dinner.  Just cheese quesadilla for Abby and veggie flatbread for me…so no need to bring out the adipex diet pills…yet.  Then again, it’s Thanksgiving next week, which is when holiday food bingeing officially starts.  Good luck to me.

It’s been a while since my little girl and I were on a proper mother-daughter date.  Perhaps it’s because we’re constantly together.  Well, tonight, we went on our first evening date.

Camera phone pic

We’ll have to remember to do this more often…and not on a chilly night like tonight.  Hee hee.  It’s getting chillier where we are now.  I can handle the cold as long as it doesn’t come with too much wind…wind that triggers home alarm systems to go off.

Thanks for a lovely evening, sweetie.

My love for taking photos has rubbed off on my little girl.  When she sees a camera lying around, or any gadget with a camera for that matter, she’ll pick up that camera and start taking photos…of anything and of anybody!  Hubby and I still haven’t got a clue how our little girl figured out how to take photos with our mobile phones.  Smart girl, I tell you!

Here’s a photo she took of the Dallas skyline while inside the car using her DSi…

Come Sunday, when Black Friday ads will finally be released, you can be I’ll be on the look out for the best deals on digital cameras. My little girl is ready for an upgrade. I hope Santa’s reading this.

What exactly?  Christmas, of course!  You can’t really blame me because it is a cultural thing.  Seriously!  In the Philippines, one can hear Christmas carols being played practically everywhere as early as September 1st, September being the start of the “ber” months.  Don’t worry, I am not about to start lecturing you on Philippine Christmas. Hee hee.

As we come closer to the holiday season, I always find myself cramming, be in buying presents and sending cards. Well not this year, at least, as far as christmas cards are concerned.  My cards have been ordered, delivered and completed last month.  *pats self on the back*  One word…Shutterfly!  I got my cards for free!  Hee hee. I only paid for the shipping and handling. *pats self on the back some more*

Actually, the first wave of cards were delivered as early as late September.  But after a weekend in Dallas where we took this family picture…

… I went ahead and ordered some more.    Now, all I need to do is write on those cards and mail them.  Hopefully, I will not wait until the very last minute to get it all done. *cross fingers*

…in the pink outfit would be no other than my little girl…

She conquered this wall two times just recently.  And I have to say, Hubby and I were very proud.  I don’t know how she did it, but she did!  That was some display of upper body strength!  I won’t be surprised if my little girl is able to move around office furniture with the mere push of her pointer finger.  Hee hee!  It looks like we’ll be frequenting this rock climbing venue.  Anything to burn the little princess’ abundant supply of energy.

Bulaga is like the English “boo”!  In the Philippines, that’s what’s often said when trying to sneak up to someone with the purpose of scaring or startling them.  I thought I’d combine the two words and come up with a new one…”Boo-laga!”  Hee hee.  It’s been a while since this blog has been updated…so boolaga comes as a fitting greeting as well.  Haha!

Speaking of boo and bulaga, let me show off Hubby’s and my handy halloween works of pumpkin art…

Not bad for first timers, ei?  The mini pumpkins are mine and the huge ones are hubby’s.  We’ve been living in the US for over two years now and it’s about time we conquered our fear of pumpkin carving!

The truth of the matter is, I volunteered hubby to participate in the “Pumpkin Carving with Daddy” activity in our little girl’s school.  To get ready for his public pumpkin carving debut, which fell on the Friday before Halloween, hubby “practiced” on Thursday night.  The result is that pumpkin with the skull.  What seemed like a daunting task turned out to be not so daunting after all.  This is easier than replacing Mopar parts…I think…well, maybe depending on who one is talking to. Hee hee.

It looks like carving pumpkins will now be a family tradition. Like I said…it’s about time.

Didn’t I say it was supersized?  Hee hee.  This McDonald’s outlet can be found in Dallas, TX and is called the World’s Biggest Happy Meal Box. In a special show on the Travel Channel about unique McDonald’s around the world, this outlet earned a spot in the top 10.  It is unique all right!

The giant happy meal box is two storeys high and houses the playscape.  On either side of the building are supersized food items: fries, soda, Big Mac! Can you imagine if these were real?  One will need supersized slim pills to follow the meal. Hee hee!

You can read more about the world’s biggest Happy Meal box in my food blog:  HERE.

We drive to Dallas, at the very least, three times a year. (I should probably already start looking into destin florida vacations as an alternative option.) And when we do go to Dallas, we always stay at our favorite hotel located in Irving, Texas, which is just a few minutes away from a popular attraction, The Mustangs of Las Colinas.  We’ve seen these beautiful sculptures at least 4 times, the last being a week ago.  Every visit feels like it were the first so much so that I’ve already amassed a good number of photos of these horses.  Hee hee.  Believe it or not, I’m already looking forward to our next rendezvous with the mustangs…whenever that is.

Have a great week ahead, y’all!  Cheers!

Gone are the days when my little girl will smile and pose for me at the drop of a hat.  These days, I have a much better chance at getting better shots if they are candid.  It’s less stressful for me, too.  Little girl can do her thing…and I can do mine.

See what I mean?  These photos were taken at the beach two months ago. I took lots of photos this past summer and a lot of them were taken at the beach.  I will need some heavy duty wall mounts to display my favorite pics…if and when I finally get around to printing to printing and framing them.  *sigh*