FALL FESTIVAL (October 1, 2016)

So this post is 10 days late, but that's okay right? ^^;

Fall Festivals in the U.S. are usually held on the 1st day of October (or at least that's how I understand it to be). Maybe some people hold it the first weekend of October so that the family can all be present for it. I do not remember going to one last year. Although we went to a Pumpkin Patch with a lot of activities, it was not the first weekend of October, I believe, nor was it called "Fall Festival". I rest my case.

For the Love of Food!

WARNING!
This post will make you hungry!

I have been to a PERYA in the Philippines:

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Florida 2016: The Last Installment of the Walker Family Vacation Blog

Blog Part 3

Day 4, Day 5, End of Vacation (for sure!)

Here's to hoping I can fit 3 days in 1 blog post, for all our sakes. Haha. This is going to be a long post. Afterall, we crammed so much in a week of vacation. xD

Day 4: Cacao Beach

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I wasn't really able to take a lot of pictures at the Cacao Beach. It was really pretty outside, and it was a little windy but still warm -- but the water... the water was ice cold!!! Nonetheless, I was really excited about swimming, I thought everyone would swim, but only Cortney, Travis, Kyle, and I braved the waters! Well, Zach jumped into the water too, and Llyr did play a bit. But no one actually swam. I'm a little disappointed. I really thought since it was Florida -- it'd be warm water? Haha. The pictures above are the three photos I stole from my mother-in-law, because those were my favorite shots. Also, be it known, I was the one who made my husband dig a hole -- so we can be the same height, haha. I just imagine, we're not the sweet-sweet couple, we're the funny-weird-sweet couple. :D

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That evening, after the beach, we went to a nice restaurant to eat at. It was had a lakeside view, which was so nice. We met with Dad-o (my husband's grandfather), his brother Ted, and Carol. We all sat down to have a nice dinner. It was funny that on the way there though we kept getting lost. Not on purpose, might I point out. We had to pay for 2 tolls that we didn't need, because the GPS was acting so awful it kept jumping and freezing, so yes, we got lost, and we were a bit late for the dinner. But all in all, I think it was good.

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We thought we were ordering something light, and we ended up with MASSIVE food in front of us! Haha. It's safe to say, NO ONE finished whatever they ordered. That's Mom-o Judy in the picture, I'm sure I'll get pinched when she sees this post. Haha.

This was also the day we found out Llyr likes girl with Strawberry-blonde hair! xD

Day 5: Old Town, Fun Spot and Putt Putt Golf

Old town, I was told it was made to look like an old western town.

I loved this place! It was a really fun place to just walk around. I love the buildings, the signs, the colors, and the food! Of course, because we are in Florida a.k.a Disney World, the souvenir shops are still all Disney, and well some old 80s-90s stuff. It was pretty cool being there. 

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In the middle of the town was this clock. I loved it! I couldn't make up my mind which direction to capture, so I just stood from one side, took a photo, and moved to the other side, and took another one. It was so much to stare at and take photos of! I wish we could have strolled there longer really. Also there were other neat stuff in the area.

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If you click the photo above, and look at the first photo on the left, you'd notice the sign on the right window it says "free smells" haha, I thought that was hilarious. The 2nd photo, is a bench! A chevy bench! I thought that was neat. The bottom left photo is a mining thing. You buy a bag of what seems like dirt, wash in the flowing water thing, and then you might just find gems! It's like a fukobukuro (lucky bag in Japan). The last photo -- well, you know I like taking photos of people walking.

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My baby who LOVES cars actually got scared of this Monster Truck! Haha

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But Llyr LOVES these cars!

Fun Spot, it was like a funfair. It had games, rides, candied apples, cotton candy, and the all american corn dog! Haha.

This is the website of the Fun Spot. I didn't ride roller coasters because I'm scared. But I did ride a sky coaster. I thought it was going to be like zipline but no, it was insane!

You can skip ahead to 2:50minutes to see how the ride went.

We were 300feet above the ground! And just went woosh!!
This is the craziest ride of my life, yet.

So that was Fun Spot, and now we can go to the Mini Golf part of the day!

Florida is actually known as the putt putt golf capital of the world! So, we definitely had to play it while we were there! I was HORRIBLE at it, but it was fun because I could play with people who are fun! 

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As you can see, if you click the photo, the Mini Golf park also had a Flamingo ride for those family or friends who wanted to not play golf, haha. On the right hand picture there is a wheel that tells you what to do or how to play the game, it was pretty fun. Sometime you have to putt with your eyes closed, or doing it backwards.

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My father-in-law said I did really well for my first time, meh. xD I thought I was just awful, but it was a lot of fun! I would like to try it again, especially if there would be a roulette again. 

The vacation is coming to a quick end, was what I felt when we went for dinner. So, I told them we definitely had to eat at that grill pit restaurant we saw the first day. (Remember the restaurant owner pointed us to a still open Ale House, he was nice, he gave us discount coupons!) So, we went there and ate steak and ribs, and just awesome food.

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Here my baby's acting really sweet and just plain silly in a few frame shots :) Love my boy! And the perfect way to end this trip was to eat what Florida is known for! 

keylime pie!

I have always wanted to try one! It was so tart! Just it would WOW your mouth! I loved every bit of it!

Here's a last photo of my baby as he eats strawberries! ^_^

I had so much fun in this vacation! We were up and going everywhere everyday, which was why it was hard for Llyr to become accustomed to being inside the house again, when we came back to Kentucky. I feel so blessed to be able to even have a vacation like this, never in my dreams have I thought of being in Florida or Disney, or the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, or playing mini golf, or falling to my doom! Haha!

Thank you to you who is reading this. Thank you for taking this journey of my vacation with me! Thank you for not being tired of hearing what's new and up about. I know this blog does not have a GREAT amount of readers, but YOU who's reading right now, you count. You make my blogging experience worth it.

The plane ride home was calm, my baby and father-in-law slept so my mother-in-law and I just relaxed, the flight seemed so long though, because it was quiet. And so, we had to go back to Winter in Kentucky.

Here's a photo of a flower bouquet vending machine for you! This was at the airport xD 

I have never seen one before this.

Do you have this sort of thing near you?

Lastly, I leave you with this:

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The happy smiles of the Walker Family

during the Florida 2016 vacation!

It's late but... My First Thanksgiving Day

Yes, it is a late post. Sorry, I've been swamped by so many things! I didn't know November can be a busy month! >< I've not experienced a November such as this before. In the Philippines, Nov. 1 and 2 are called All Saints Day and All Souls Day respectively. But only 1 things happening really. October is my Christmas shopping time, so by November, I'm pretty much, relaxed. In the US though, they have Thanksgiving Day. Turkey Day as other people call it. Well, it's my first time to experience it and oh my.. it's busy busy. Many people are busy to have their after-Halloween stuff.

It's funny because some people have asked me, "How do you celebrate Thanksgiving in the Philippines?" I cannot answer, really, and just smile. Thanksgiving Day is a holiday ONLY in the US. It is a part of their History, which I only know very little about. Only that the pilgrims ate dinner with the land's natives. (I gotta learn about this)

Here, normally people have dinner with the family, but in our case, we had brunch!

Anyway, here are some pictures!

OH there's also Black Friday!

But that's for next time! xD

Today's the DAY!

OMG. I have been waiting for so long to have a snack like this!
The only thing not ideal is me being at the park, under a tree.
(I can do that .. but I didn't know it'd be so cold for me during Autumn)

Yes, it's my first Autumn! The tree outside my house is FINALLY turning red!

Anyway, this blog is about ---

Finally, I can have my matcha latte and taiyaki <3

I know, it seems so childish, but I have not eaten Taiyaki until today! So I'm super excited! I love it! Every bit of it! And I also made the matcha latte by myself! :)

See you again for the next blog!
I promise I will write more!

My heart is exploding!

I WANT TO WRITE!

I feel like my heart is really about to explode, and no, it's not because of caffeine. Maybe it's the sugar. 

No really I want to write.

I don't have a lot of time to write -- and that sucks. I make do with what I have. I really want to be able to regularly blog. I do -- so much, and I want to have time to sit down and write on my journal, and my newly unearthed notebook without having to worry about my baby. My husband is a good husband. I have told him that. He needs to work on his daddy skills though. (I've told him that too. Bluntly, I might add.) He's been a house husband for a while now, I know he's been getting itchy to work again, and well, not be a home stay dad. I know he LOVES to play games, and he wants time alone with that too. So it's really a give and take situation.

Little Tokyo 2014

I've been wanting to eat Japanese food from Little Tokyo's grocery places from when I was 5 months pregnant with my son. The thing is my friends didn't have the time, and well -- I don't want to go by myself.

So now, Llyr's out ^^;, and I have gone there last time with my cousin Jona, my husband, and my baby. I do not have pictures though because I had the baby the entire time, and he didn't want me to not hold him (he has a bag carrier thing, but he didn't wanna be there at that time). It was a lot of fun and we went to a cafe a bit far from there too -- but like I said; no photos. So I didn't blog about it. My cousin has some pictures on her facebook though.

Llyr has this tendency to know when I'm eating or planning to eat, also it's the same when he knows I will use my phone to surf the net or play games at night -- and he will, with all of his might, resist the urge to sleep and just cry until I stop whatever it is I am doing and instead hold him with both of my hands. ; 3; If he's already asleep, and I try to have one hand free and play or use the net or eat -- oh yes! He will wake up and complain that I don't have my full attention on him. I love my son ♡♡♡ he's a smart boy.

So this time, I MADE sure that I would have all the pictures I want.

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The Two Faces of My Weekend

 

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Friday the 13th! Yay!

Today is an awesome day!
Friday the 13th is as awesome as you make it to be~
I've always thought that this day is awesome and today I have this to talk about. Okay, I know that yesterday I said that I will already properly stick to me exercising -- I didn't say anything about staying away from sweets did I? (^ム^)
I understand that it should go hand and hand.. but.. today is just so awesome~
Today I got free passes for the Book Fair! Its salaryday even though it's delayed so I have to get it tomorrow. It's the International Chocolate Day! Bailey met a white cat!w And I got free newspaper from my neighbor!!! I need them for Bailey's poopy tray.
So that's why Friday the 13th is completely amazing~

Family Mart ikimashou!

FamilyMart (ファミリーマート)is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain first opened in Japan on September 1, 1981. It is Japan's third largest convenience store chain, behind 7-Eleven and Lawson. (wikipedia)

FamilyMart was launched in the Philippines on April 7, 2013 under the ownership of Ayala Corporation, Rustan's Group and Itochu. Its first Philippine branch, opened on April 22, 2013, is located at the Glorietta 3 mall in Makati.

Last May 31, 2013 it opened a branch at the Ground floor or Alco Building, 391 Sen. Gil Puyat, Makati City! The best part is ---- ITS JUST BESIDE MY OFFICE!!!

I'm a happy girl~ It's so much nearer than 7-11 and you know who has a bias on anything Japanese! XP

Uuuu~

 
Chocolates cure everything (for me). I had really bad heartburn. I ate half a chocolate bar and it's already going away --- the heartburn, and well the chocolate too.. XD

Muffin~

Would you believe that I've never had muffins before? I'm serious. It's so weird, I know.

The verdict:

It's soft and moist and it was not as bitter as I thought it would be. I think bluberry is bitter so yeah. I don't think I can eat the whole thing though. Hehehe.

Thanks papa.