With so many kids we had to balance the family dynamics. So hubby and I decided to create daddy dates…this is usually done once a month per kid.

So on daddy dates Marcus will take whoever is in line ( from oldest to youngest )and  that child gets dressed up and ready for a date with their daddy alone.

Our son get boys day out with daddy and he absolutely loves that so much,  it has become a great motivating factor for some homeschool work.

Well so today was Aasha’s date night (Aasha is our 12yr old girl).

Here are some fun memories she and her daddy created today….

They look so much alike….

Not sure what this two are up to…

Ok not sure what she is afraid of….maybe she will tell me when they get home.

I think she is going to get her voice heard….sing on baby girl….

I love you two…

My little girl is growing….

Phillippines exploration continues. ….

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So today being our only son’s 6th birthday we thought we will do something a little different like a visit to the world’s 3rd largest mall…Mall Of Asia..

Before I tell you about our day let me just give you what it takes for a mall to be the 3rd largest in the world..just some facts

1. Almost 4 hectares of floor area
2. 8,000 parking slots
3. 5,000 square meters alloted for public utility vehicles.
4. 100 slots  for tourist buses
5. Almost 1 kilometer in length and a perimeter of 2 kilometres.
6. 2 million bags of cement and 44, 000 gallons of paint use.
7. 407,000 square meter

Now that is a Mall….wow!!!! Am out of breath just typing…

Ok now let’s get back to the real deal…all about the birthday boy…

If you have been following our blog then you know that one of our objective in our travels is to make life long friends in each country.

And as we arrived in Phillippines we have already made a life long friend and today she came by and picked us up so we can go to Mall of Asia.

Now for our 6yr boy it’s all about buying toys…for his birthday we suprised him with a remote control car and he was so excited and was just ready to get out and start playing.

So after opening his first gift…he had another gift from his grandparents( Papa and Mema). So we presented that to him…see him show it off in the picture below

Time to go shopping for him…

So we took the bus…which I was so impressed by since it had aircondition and also had a TV with a resent movie playing The Antman. …

The trip from our apartment was about 30min. With a movie and an AC it felt short for us. LOL! !!

When we got to the Mall we all looked stunned since its the largest mall we have been too. Actually it can get overwhelming.

Over all we had an amazing moments at the mall. And here are some pictures to show how our day went and what our boy spent his money on…

Boy was having fun through the malls

It’s awesome doing this things but what make it even amazing is when you are doing it with your soul mate. …

And we had lunch at a fish and chips place..

So since his gift from his grandparents is in dollars…Marcus had to change the cash into Pesos…and there you see marcus kneeling to present the cash to our prince….

Going for a ride

Time to spend his money on exactly what he will love….

Too many choice to choose from….

I think this will be the one…am taking you home with me spongebob scooter…

Thank you papa and Mema I love my new gift..

Ready for take off

Families for LIFE….thank you Lyneth for an awesome experience today at Mall of Asia…

Phillippines exploration continues. ….

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So here we go…
Phillippines speaks good English…. 2 thumbs up…

Now our first day we decided to just walk around and kind of get lost and hope we find our way back….and we did we walked and walked.

We also had a pre-birthday celebration for our son Mj who will turn 6yrs tomorrow. Today Marcus gave instruction that since tomorrow is our son’s birthday everyone must serve him…so we must address him as “prince Marcus how may I serve you” LOL!!!!

Well here are a few pictures of our adventures today of going into a country we knew no one in….

Our apartment  Greenbelt  Excelsior

Hubby was upstairs so he was not in this picture

At a pizza place in Ayala triangle park…at Amici

Pre birthday cake cutting for our boy

And he was making a wish so loud if you are sleep you will be awake…he wants a remote control toy….

Destiny and I sneaked out to shop for mj birthday toy

And we found the right place for a boys toy

Yeap he got a fararre remote control car…he will be so excited about that one for a long time.

All wrapped up and in the bag it goes…

More toys to choose from….

American stores around here…

Wow….it’s like being in america but we are so far….

Phillippines seem to be very much ready for the Manns clan

Phillippines  Explorations Continues

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So wow…ok after 4 countries and 7 months into our 5yr travels we have arrived in Phillippines.

Ok now from the airport everything was smooth until the luggage porters came by to help….which I thought was very nice and that’s the job they do anyways.

Then they started counting our luggage and I thought it’s so we don’t miss any they where actually counting so we can go to their counter and pay $1 per luggage….lol!! At first I was furious and marcus was also furious. Then we relize it’s better this way for us no stress from tipping too much or too little.

Now it’s sunday so from the aiport to our apartment was about 20min driver. That was awesome for us.

Ok before I post pictures of our arrival and apartment….I need to share something that I think will help you when exiting Bangkok and you intend to claim tax refund…

When we got through immigration and walked to our gate which was closer to the tax refund desk…they told us they cannot refund until we get a stamp on the piece of paper before we checked in our bags….oh my was I disappointed….so just to let you know always get a stamp around the check in area before proceeding to the tax refund counter around your gate.

Ok now that’s done…where was I about phillippines…

So we are staying on the 26th floor of this beautiful apartment  in the center of town. Lovely area and has so many malls I don’t even want to start counting.

Pictures below

That’s the guest lounge in our apartment

That’s the name of our apartment

And that’s the entrance of our apartment

Our first grocerie….got to stock up the fridge…prices here are a bit high for food…Bangkok was cheaper.

But am assuming tomorrow I can find out where the locals shop for fruits and veggies.

So Phillippines is on and we are ready to rock this neighbourhood by the time we exit they will know The Manns clan….

Phillippines exploration continues….

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