Iñigo's 3rd Birthday

The day started early as I had to hand-mix the cupcake batter and this:

Hand-mixed cream cheese frosting

We had the usual chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for the birthday boy's cupcake tower. It turns out that after more than a year of baking at home, I still have a lot of baking skills to improve on. Some noteworthy points for myself 1) The cupcakes were too big for my box because i used the foil baking cups instead of the paper ones 2) some had "fallen" centers probably because i did not set the temperature right 3) i did not use a tip to frost the cupcakes,hence, the lousy outcome. I was not satisfied with my cupcakes and was a tad disappointed that these mistakes had to happen on little one's birthday. I was already thinking of buying a cake but by noon time, I was more relaxed and decided on bringing them. After all, they were baked with love. :)

We dropped by the mall first to have lunch at Italianni's. We had the farmer's bunch and we didn't expect it to be such a feast! There were chicken, ribs, and pasta. And bread! Don't you just love the complimentary bread dipped in vinaigrette in Italianni's? After lunch and a few errands, we head off to Bellevue Hotel in Alabang. We chose this hotel because 1) we rarely visit the south area; and 2) at less than 4k per night (promo on dealgrocer.com) who wouldn't be tempted to spend a staycation there? The hotel has the complete amenities we were looking for: 1) a king sized bed, 2) a tub in the room, 3) a kiddie pool, and 4) gym. A playground would have been nice but our room served this purpose anyway. A big plus for me were the toiletries though. They were imported from Australia and smelled divine.

Kudos Spa toiletries

One of the first things we did upon checking-in was, of course, get in the tub. I let the little one enjoy it until his hands got wrinkly and his lips turn purplish. After the bath, I proceeded with decorating our room. With the little time in my hands, this is what my husband and I came up with:

Birthday decorations  and cupcake tower in the room

For dinner, we ordered fast food. We slept beside the decorations and cupcakes as his actual birthday was the next morning. TBC...