Wild Wadi

As promised, Abdul brought Rania to Wild Wadi. A waterpark situated in Jumeirah Beach just right next to the famous seven star hotel, Burj Al Arab.

The birthday girl really enjoyed her treat and I have to admit I did, too. The wave pool is so fun plus the Juha's Dhow & Lagoon. There were also numerous slides for the kids to enjoy. Lifeguards are very visible in every station.

Bringing of food and drinks are not allowed (baby foods and water for their milk are okay) They have restaurants (food stalls/kiosks) inside the park where you can buy your foods. But let this be a reminder (warning), the foods were so expensive and tasteless! Price for a regular burger meal (with fries and drinks) costs AED 39.00 (roughly $11) Honestly, the price of this outside the park is only AED18.00.
This part should improve! Calling the attention of the Wild Wadi Management. You should do something about this.

Oops, before I forgot, make sure to load enough credits to your electronic waterproof wristband during admission. You can use this to buy food, souvenirs etc. Remaining credit/amount can be refunded.

Juha's Dhow and Lagoon

Juha's Dhow and Lagoon has 5 slides, built -in water guns, squirk refill stations and a huge dumping bucket

This area was specially designed for children

Breaker's Bay ~ Wave Pool

Me and my kids

 Life Jackets Are Available Free of Charge

 Moi and Leila

The Birthday Girl!!!

Summer Fun

Thank you Wild Wadi for Making Rania's 4th Birthday A Very Memorable One!!!

Regular Rate:

Adult:  AED 215 

Child: AED 175 (below 1.1 meter in height) 

*Children under 2 years of age is free of charge*

We Are Back From UAE

We spent Rania's 4th Birthday in UAE (United Arab Emirates). This is also a surprised vacation from Abdul since we are ban to travel this year hehehe.
It is my 3rd time to visit the country. The last time we were here was 2007, and I was really surprised how the country has changed tremendously ~ In a very positive way.
They have a well constructed roads and highways, beautiful infrastructures, nice landscapes and a well designed metro within the city of Dubai. I didn't see all of these the last time we were there, that is why it is really impressive to see how the country has bloomed and progress over a little less than 4 years or so.
The main purpose of the trip is to treat Rania for her birthday. Abdul wanted to bring her to "Wild Wadi" (A water park) so she would enjoy and have fun because she loves being in the water. The second reason for this trip is to visit the Chatime (A shop offering Flavored Teas originally from Taiwan but has branches all over the world including the Philippines) I got addicted to their Pearl Milk Tea when I was in the Philippines. And so, when I found out that they have opened in UAE I didn't miss the opportunity to visit them and have my all time fave Pearl Milk Tea *smile*
We stayed in Sharjah for me to have an easy access to Chatime hehehe (sweet hubby)  but during the day (after having milk tea) we drive to Dubai. It isn't too far from Sharjah, about 30 mins drive or less without traffic.
For now, here is the photo of the (current) tallest building in world...THE BURJ KHALIFA in DUBAI.

Outfit Post: Uneven Hemline

It was my birthday yesterday  and that means I am a year older :-) Yikes! tumatanda na!

Abdul took me to a very nice buffet dinner ( will write a seperate post for this) And this is what I wore.

I am inlove with Cobalt Blue color. So, when I saw this at H&M few weeks ago I grabbed one.

The material is so light and flowy! Love! Love!

Uneven hemline is so hot nowadays. It is like a mini-long dress. Does that make sense???LOL

It is actually a dress but I decided to put on sheer leggings afterwards

Dress and Clutch & Necklace: H&M

Belt: Lacoste

Sandals: YSL Tribute

Watch: Rolex Datejust - Midsize

Bangle: Hermes

Leila's Birthday Dinner

We had a nice dinner at Applebee's on the exact date of Leila's birthday (April18)
I believe that every birthday has to be celebrated whether lavish or simple because it is a celebration of life and thanksgiving as well.

APPLEBEE'S

Different faces of Leila

 

   

yummy !

Leila's 1st Birthday Party

Dress and Shoes: Zara

 She had a ladybug hand paint

 Happy Birthday Sweetie! Love you

Birthday Girl

 

Rania's Top, Skirt and Shoes: Zara

Beautiful Face Paintings!!

My Outfit

Vest: Stefanel

Sheer Top: River Island

Leggings: Zara

Belt: Lacoste

Shoes: YSL Tribute

Leila's Ladybug Party ~ Part II

LABOR OF LOVE..This is how I want to describe my DIY dessert buffet. It was tiring and physically draining to prepare and bake all these but when I saw the finished product and the inspiring comments from our guests, I can say it was really all worth it! They all loved the desserts!!! 

Dessert Buffet

 Toffee Bars

 Banana Almond Muffin

 Cream Cheese Brownies

 French Macaron

 Banana & Strawberry Trifle

 Tartlets

 Cream Puffs

 Mini New York Cheesecake

 Coconut Macaroons

Cake Pops

 We got Pizzas from Pizza Hut

 and Jollibee! yipeeeeeeee!

Leila's "Lady Bug" Birthday Party Details

 To date, I am done with Leila's party invitation, favors, birthday banner, food label, water bottle label and personalized chocolate wrapper/cover. These are all DIY made by yours truly :-)
I have also tried making sugar cookies for the dessert buffet. Tomorrow, I have yet to try for the very first time making ROYAL ICING. I hope it will turn out good! (fingers crossed)
I have the Japanese lanterns and the tissue pompoms for the decorations but have to come up with new balloon design for this party (kina career ko na talaga) hahaha.

Simple Invitation

 I Got this Mini Popcorn Box Template from Lavander's Blue Website

 Birthday Banner

Water Bottle Label

 Water Bottle Label

Party Favor filled with Goodies