Jobo's 9th birthday

My one and only baby boy, MYGZ JOBO JOSE, turned nine years old a week ago (October 7) which fell on a Sunday. A few days before and up to the day before his birthday, it was raining like mad in Baguio so we agreed to postpone whatever it was that we were planning to do in celebration of his birthday. He did not have any choice because i explained that his playmates will not be able to come anyway with the rain and all.

But surprise...On the day of his birthday, he woke up realizing it was actually a beautiful day, with the sun out, without any trace of impending rain. And so, everybody got as excited as he was! The poor me, busy catching up with the laudry, had to make calls to his "regular" playmates to please save the afternoon for an instant celebration of Jobo's birthday. And so, right after doing the laundry that morning, church service from 10:30 to 12:00, rushing to the grocery for the "instant handa", we did have a small party with his closest playmates. We had spaghetti, chicken and cheese fillet, hotdog, popcorn, juice and cake (a gift from Tita Cherie). No loot bags, no ice-cream (the kids just recovered from bronchitis), no party games (no time for planning all these), no balloons and so no pictures to upload and share!

I ended up really exhausted from all the rush. My sister Cita was just as tired. We were a two-man team as Bong had to service his korean students to Church. We did it really well we would joke one another saying we could put up a "rush catering service", for "rush birthday parties" for kids whose parents are too busy to plan parties for their kids.

Tired as I was, at the end of the day (it was actually almost midnight when the last guests left), Jobo made it all worthwhile when he said in his "remarks-that-could-floor-you" kind of way..."Mommy, this was the BESTEST birthday party i ever had!"