I Miss Baguio!

I miss Baguio. Since I am laptopless since monday, and I don't know if I can still recover my files huhu so I am scanning the pictures I saved in my hard drive. And looking over these pictures brings back the memories of the past years, travel years R and I had. And I realized that Baguio has been really our second home. We almost went there every year. Shall I do the throwback? Its Thursday anyway. 

Fresh couple in 2010. We decided to spend the holyweek there. And also our first official travel as couple. Oh Baguio also share our relationship milestone. Taken on a boat ride at Burnham Park. Yeah we are that cheesy and so inlove. 

Panagbenga Festival in 2011. It is my first time to witness and experience the festival of flowers.

August 2012. And we are a family of 3! This is D's first feel of the Baguio weather. And we thought he loved the cool breeze. 

This I can remember if 2013 or 2014. Oh I really lost of my pics. Moreover, this trip is one of the trip D really enjoyed. As he can already walk, jog with us and play at the diferent tourist spots in the city. Taken at chocolate de batirol. 

And this for 2014, the latest that I saved. Christmas 2014 at the Wright Park. D is suppoed to ride a horse but he backed up and poses with the dog instead lol. 

And I am excited for 2015, we will be a family of 4 then by God's grace with summer. And I am really looking forward to that, and to may years of visits to Baguio and spend more memories there. But this time I will make sure to save the pictures. Baguio, we will be back. 

G,

Our 2014 Yuletide Celebrations - Camp John Hay and Baguio Country Club Christmas Village

Sunday morning last day of the holiday break,  our little family went-up again to Baguio City to do the rest of our itinerary. We left La Union after lunch to avoid heavy traffic and tourists again. lol

First stop is in Camp John Hay Technohub, where we did our Family Photo Shoot. While waiting for our turn, we ordered some cakes, lemonade and hot chocolates at the Vizco's Cafe. 

Someone loved the Red Velvet Cake. Yums. 

While the kiddo was busy eating, the parentals took selfie again. 

The entire photo session was blogged on a separate post. You may want to check it. It was so fun!

While waiting for the CD and printed copies for 30 minutes, we roamed around the area and someone enjoyed the space! 

D: Wag mo ako buhatin mommy! maglalakad ako! 

We run... and run... and run... 

We got tired, so we sat down and allowed D to run with the trees alone. 

And suddenly he stopped at a tree. We don't know if he's praying or imitating peeing. lol

After getting our pictures, we went to Baguio Country Club Christmas Village. Yes, sa bahay ni Olaf as D said. Because the the theme is Frozen. 

Entrance is P80 per adult, and children below 3yrs is free. 

D is not yet 3, until Jan18, so he's still free. Yay!

Good thing we decided to go there as early as 5pm and just wait for the lights to open by then. We got good pictures with natural lightning and also few people pa lang. 

Upon entering, D got super hyper and excited! as in he's screaming over Olaf! He's so happy!

D: Mommy picture mo kami ni Olaf! (As in andami niyang pictures!)

This windmill emits snow (bubbles)

Someone is not into looking at the camera when pictured. Ewan saan niya natutunan. 

The giant tree. 

D: "In Summmmeeerrrr!"

We waited for the lights in the benches, and eat Oden Soup. Yum!

And the snow! D couldn't contain his happiness with the snow! He's running everywhere! Happy!

With the Frozen Gang. See? he's not looking at the camera again. 

Happy!. . . 

That concludes our vacation/celebrations. We promised to make it better next year. We may be back with the usual programing this week, but the pictures and memories made me smile randomly. 

I love my life and my family. 

#iamsoblessed

G, 

Our 2014 Yuletide Celebrations - Baguio and La Union Stay

The next day, we prepared for our trip to Baguio, stay a couple of days and from there we will travel down to La Union to spend the New Year. 

After waiting for more than 8 hours, we boarded the Victory Bus and arrived at Baguio after 5 hours. Yes, I know! we didn't reserved early, so we braved the looonngggggessst line of chance passengers. We will never do it again! haha as in September pa lang magpapabook na ako this year!

The Christmas Tree at Victory Bus terminal. D asked me take his picture, ganda daw kasi. 

Brrrrr... Off we go to Session Road to take our breakfast and visit daddy R office. 

That weekend was the happiest and craziest in Baguio. With millions of tourist, heavy traffic and longs lines at restaurants we just decided to stay at daddy R's place. Hayaan na muna mga tourists. hehe

Thank goodness for Ipad Apps, coloring books and TV that entertained D the whole saturday. 

The next morning, we went to Wright Park to see the horse. D insisted on riding the like "Sophia" and "Chief Calie", but when he's about to climb the horse "Later" nalang daw. haha natakot bigla. 

So he just enjoyed strawberry taho (Actually everymorning!) while watching the horses. 

He also don't want to take pictures with the horse, so we posed with the dog instead. 

The next day, we travelled down to La Union.... 

And the father and son, spend quality time through playing Ps3. 

This is Cute. Upon seeing the star parol, someone prayed for a "toy" Again! haha

Also, New Year was spend with a Mass, eating, sleeping and bumming around. yes! we are a lazy family! haha We sleep those stress away form 2014, to get ready for 2015. 

The next day, we brought our water baby to the nearest resort. Since, we are the early birds and the staffs are still cleaning the pools, we roamed around and took pictures. 

D, explored the resort and enjoyed the Ship. D: "I am Captain Yoyon!" 

Played the ball inside the square daw. 

D: Daddy ikaw whale! ako shark! 

Jump. 

Ride daw sa shark. 

Olah! we are so happy to spend the morning there. Ayaw pa umuwi ni D. 

The rest of the vacation was spend in a lot of simple things that our busy lives do not permit us to do. Like sewing D's clothes, savoring an orange at the veranda, blogging (at last), jotting down my 2015 plans and a lot of contemplating. And I actually finished an e-book yay!

And while doing the things I mentioned above, the two monkeys are also busy pretend playing and playing. lol

I thank God for a colorful life. The best as I always imagined. 

Last day of the holiday break was spent again at Baguio (yes, we let the tourist go home muna!) and visited Camp John Hay and the Christmas Village. 

G, 

Choco-Late de Batirol - Baguio City

Baguio City, being our one and only to go destination during long weekends has a lot of nice restaurants that matches the cold weather. R has a lot of nice restaurants finds and one of them is the Choco-Late de Batirol in Camp John hay. Who wouldn't love sipping authentic hot chocolate during a cold rainy weather in August? 

So the familia E, after jogging around wright park and playing in the kiddie park in Burnham decided to fill our tummies with the Kapampangan delicacies and chocolates of  Choco-Late de Batirol. 

Our cams died out of battery so I don't have photos of the cozy place. Instead I grabbed this photo in their website. 

The place is surrounded with different plants and flowers that allows the guest have the "close to nature" feel. The interiors are also carefully and uniquely chosen for maximum relaxation ambiance. 

And its accessible via Cab or your can walk/jog going there.

They serve authentic chocolates made from premium cacao's and also sells some so you can make your own at anytime you want. 

Sharing choco-late with my love, R. 

They also serve breakfast. 

 Mine is Longanisa Vigan breakfast set

R got this Daing na Bangus meal

and Boneless Chicken Arroz Caldo for our Baby D. (taste nice!)

When you visit Baguio, try also going to Choco-Late de Batirol also during dinner, they have acoustic bands to entertain you while sipping hot choco-late!

Chocolate de Batirol - Baguio Branch

Igorot Park

Camp John HayBaguio City 2600