This post is late already due to very busy schedule and the holidays….
What started from my short Christmas party invite last October 26 to fellow South n@wies, whom I have only met twice or thrice because of playdates, became somewhat a big event for us. There were 3 choices of venue: Jollibee, McDonald’s or Shakey’s. They’re all kid-friendly and very affordable. We opted for a November party since December for all of us is quite a busy month with all the parties here and there. Considering the availability of the majority and the availability of venue on our desired time, we got the 10am to 1pm slot for November 26 in Jollibee Magallanes. Reservation was done by Denise.
Then, the planning started. We decided to open the invitation to other n@wies who are not from the South. The function room can only accommodate 70 pax so I announced a deadline for those who wanted to join. But when I was able to talk to the party host, I was informed that we can use the 2nd floor exclusively which can accommodate a total of 150 pax.. That’s great ‘coz that means we can invite more n@wies. I was in-charge to coordinate with n@wies who wanted to join. There were 36 moms, together with the families, who confirmed. There were a lot of exchange of emails to discuss the party. That includes food, kris kringle for kids and yayas, raffle for the moms, games and the rest of the program.
The food expense was very minimal. That’s either P160 or P175 for the adults while P88, P103 or none for the kids. Plus miscellaneous fee of P64.29 per mommy for the party fee (P1,250) and 1hr-extension (P500). I emailed the attendees of the total amount to paid so they can deposit the payment to Sunshine who volunteered to be our Treasurer. The advance payment is to ensure that the confirmed attendees will really attend.
One week before the party, the committee set a meeting to finalize each other’s roles and assignments. That was the second time I met Nadia and first time to meet Elaine who are both wedding coordinators. We decided to create a “welcome kit” for each n@wie which includes the name tags of each family member, food stubs, raffle stubs and flyers from raffle sponsors.
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| Raffle stub by Elaine |
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| Food stub by Erl |
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| Human Bingo by Rachel |
The party started late. Good thing we extended for an hour. We had 5 games in our program list but our host “She” added few more games for added fun. All n@wies were very cooperative in the games which made the event very enjoyable. Thanks to She for being such a “bibo” host.
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| “She” the host |
Instead of having an exchange gift for the kids, we decided to buy our own child/children their wishes, wrap the gifts and hide it from them. They were collected during registration and was distributed by Jollibee as a gift from Santa. Then for the yayas, their kris kringle (sponsored by their loving employers), was done using the Christmas with the Right Family concept.
Here are some of our pics:
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| Mark and Kelsea (ayaw magpababa sa daddy) |
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| Our family pic with Jollibee (Kelsea still afraid of the smiling bee) |
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| The organizers |
And lastly, our group pic (incomplete because some left already)….
Nobody went home empty handed because there were raffle prizes for all. Sponsors were Maqui (Polkatots GC and Labski Fotografi GC), Lacto Photo our official event photographer, Rachel (staff envelopes and books), Joanne (Human Nature gift packs), JLo (wooden kiddie stools), Leslie (Christmas cards and chocolates), Kitkat (cupcakes by Kalea’s Confections), Benz (cake from Alex Franco), and yours truly (Glamma Momma shirt and Shopping Spells coin purse). There were also lootbags from W@W and URC c/o Imee.
Thanks to my co-organizers Naj, Elaine, Faye, Maqui, Sunshine, Denise, and Pia. Too bad some sister weren’t able to attend but hopefully next year we’ll have a bigger Christmas party with more n@wies sisters 🙂
Photo credit: Lacto Photo
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