There are so much many things to do before the summer ends. And there are more bonding moments to experience with the family just before the school starts. Now that rainy season is coming, going to the mall is one of the best way to spend quality time with your loved ones.
It was great that SM City Fairview have their so-called Q Art Exhibit that their patrons will enjoy and experience a whole fun of scanning those QR codes. It is just as simple as 1 2 3. All you have to do is connect to SM Free Wifi and then downloaded the QR Code Reader via Google Play. Then start scanning some of the QR Codes scattered all over the exhibit area then viola you got yourself some discounts for the store inside the mall. There are some QR Codes once scanned will give you a surprise gift and there are some that will give you discounts and as for me I was able to scanned one QR Code that says "Congratulations you win a surprise gift". Then another scan that I did gave me a free Classicos Jr. from La Lola Churreria. It was really a fun experience and you'll really love scanning those codes to get more discounts and surprises.

The idea of this engaging activity is from SM Supermalls Group Marketing Manager Mr. Jay M. Aranas who hopes to involve not just their customer but the tenants of their mall as well through scanning those QR Codes. According to SM Marketing Officer Ms. Kat Dionisio the particular code saying "Congratulations you win a surprise gift", can claim such as Kitkat chocolates or movie passes depending on the time of the claim. The exhibit have a special booth for claiming those surprise gift items.

It was really engaging. From the time that I posted the news about this through my social media, there were already some of my friends who sent their inquiry about those QR Codes. I was happy that I could disseminate this kind of information fast and what's great was that it gives excitement to those who read my announcement.

So, Mommies after you enroll your kids at their school, give some time to visit SM City Fairview and try to scan those QR Codes. You can let your kids experience the fun together with you. For sure and definitely I will let my hubby and my kids get to try this kind of activity this coming week.

Hurry! The Q Art Exhibit is located at The Atrium of SM City Fairview and will last until June 2, 2017 only. For more details just log on to www.facebook.com/smcityfairview

Summer time is activity time and for parents, like us, are involved in thinking different ways on how our kids will enjoy their summer vacation. Though there are plenty of things to do under the sun, still, I would prefer the indoors for my kids. That is for now. These indoor activities will definitely enhance their social skills and the best thing is make more friends.
I was glad that one of the known food chain in the country, McDonald's invited me and my family for the media launch of their McDonald's Kiddie Crew Workshop. It is their annual summer activity and kids love having this kind of activity.

Aside from the launch of their summer workshop they also introduce their newest brand ambassador for the workshop, the Sotto Brothers. It was fun and full activities. Our kids were able to experience the activities of the workshop. It was a week long activity that was squeezed into a few hours.








The activity is mainly becoming the crew of McDonald's in Kiddie format where they does what the actual crew does, like being a door greeter, a lobby person, a cashier and also the crew handling the drive thru. Aside from that experiences they also did the best part how to make their own cheeseburger and sundae mixes.

Here's a glimpse of what they did.











So Mommies and Daddies let your kids be part of McDonald's Kiddie Crew in this a week long workshop. They will learn a lot and develop their social skills. 

For more details HERE

Crafting is one activity that doesn’t only spell fun and enjoyment. It also makes you realize the wonderful things you can create with your own hands if you put your heart into it. FUJIFILM Philippines, Inc. takes the art of craftsmaking to another level as it presents another afternoon of crafting magic via “Instax and Crafts” at the Ayala Malls Market! Market! Activity Center on April 9, 2016 from 1PM to 5PM.

Touted to be the biggest DIY event this summer, “Instax and Crafts” will have special workshops on Greeting Card Making and Paper Die-Cut Mobile with Mikko Sumulong of I Try DIY and Marielle Nadal-Reyes of Craft MNL. Musical interludes will be provided by The Ransom Collective.

Find the many ways with which you can turn your Instax photos into attractive and interesting stuff. Cute and compact, Instax cameras come in two types --- the Instax mini series that are ideal for daily use and Instax WIDE series which are perfect for shooting group pictures. Instax is designed to produce pictures of high quality on the spot. “Instax and Crafts” at Market! Market! also marks the launch of the new exciting colors --- red and white --- of the Instax Hello Kitty camera --- and the new Hello Kitty film.

Open to the public, anyone who is an Instax fan, creative, and believes that practice makes perfect can take advantage of the Instax Summer Packages. With FUJIFILM Keep the Summer Fun Alive with Instax, you can enjoy great savings when you buy any of the trendy and reliable Instax models like Instax Mini 7s, Mini 8, Hello Kitty Mini 8, Mini 70, Instax Wide 300 and Instax Share printer.

This summer activity also abounds with raffle prizes from Instax. The maker of each workshop’s most creative entry will win one-year supply of Instax film while all participants stand a chance to one Mini 7s Summer Package, one Mini 8 Summer Package, and one WIDE 300 Summer Package.

With FUJIFILM’s 80-year history and expertise in photographic film manufacturing, making great memories, printing those Instax moments and then transforming them into works of art becomes even more pleasurable.

The “Instax and Crafts” event is supported by Paper Blush, Maped, Elmer’s Glue, Artline, and Kettle Corn. Interested participants can also register online via http://instax.ph/instax-and-crafts/

If you are looking for a fun but inexpensive activity for you and your family before the summer officially kicks in? Gear up and get your kids' bicycles ready for Kids On Bikes 2016, the first bike carnival competition in the country.

Kids On Bikes is a national fun race to promote good health and wellness for the kids, aiming to foster camaraderie, bonding, and fun for the whole family.

Supported by Unilab’s Growee, this event promotes good health and wellness for kids, because it is important for our kids to have strong bones and muscles. Most importantly, this event also aims to cultivate a fun bonding experience for the whole family.  It's not enough for kids to just be tall, they have to be tough as well! Growee not only has CGF for maximum height, it also has Vitamin D for strong bones and strong muscles! With Vitamin D found in Growee, kids are not just tall, they're tough too! 

Mission

Kids On Bikes is a sports biking competition for kids. As a race to good health and wellness, this sports activity aims to promote discipline, good health, and sportsmanship for the kids. Kids On Bikes also fosters bonding, camaraderie, and fun for the whole family.

Vision

Kids on Bikes to be an annual race competition, declaring the biker kid of the year. Kids On Bikes will be massively promoted in schools and will have regional legs nationwide. This will be legitimized in to a national event campaign to be supported by the national and local governments.

Advocacy

Kids On Bikes aims to raise benefactions for the less fortunate children in our communities by endowing the kids with bikes. Together with our partners and supporters, we are able to expand our campaign of health and wellness for the kids.

Activity

Kids On Bikes is a national fun race to promote good health and wellness for the kids, aiming to foster camaraderie, bonding, and fun for the whole family.

Race Categories
Fun Ride – kids ages 3-5 years old : This is a no-competition fun race for the kids. A family activity where participants are joined by parents or guardians to play in a stress free and fun mini playground.
Bike Relay – kids ages 6-8 years old : This is a team mini bike race competition where the kid and up to two family members compete with the other teams in a relay type of race.
Main Race – kids ages 9-13 years old : This is the major bike competition. The kids will have a friendly competition where kids will race each other to be hailed as the “The Biker Kid Of The Year”.

The Legs/Venues

March 06, 2016 at the SM Mall Of Asia Grounds (Opening)
March 19, 2016 at the Ayala Alabang Country Club
March 27, 2016 at the UP Diliman Grounds
April 09, 2016 at the SM Mall of Asia Grounds (Finale)

How To Join

It’s free and easy to join! Register online at the Kids On Bikes PH Facebook page. Like and Click the ‘Sign Up’ button. http://www.facebook.com/KidsOnBikesPH

Just present a carton box of Growee 250ml (or 2 carton of Growee 120ml) in exchange for the Race Kit which consists of the following:

Singlet  jersey race shirt
Race map
First aid kit
Race number sticker
Water provision
Kids On Bikes water jugs
Snack provision
Certificate of participation

Bring your own bikes and gears. A limited number of bikes & gears will be available for those without bikes. Race to fun!

See you there!

For more info:
Kids On Bikes PH Facebook.com/KidsOnBikesPH
www.kidsonbikesph.com
info@kidsonbikesph.com
0917-9042459
#kidsonbikes

Bonding with our kids are very important and I'll make sure that even when they are already grown ups, there will be time to be with them because those are moments that we will treasure a lifetime.  With this, Mommies play the important role when it comes to children's first experiences, and in our part as moms we are their first teacher.

Me as a mommy, I am a very protective mom with my kids.  More especially when it comes to mess, dirts, bacterias and their safety whenever they are playing.  Thus, Breeze, one of the country's leading detergent brands, would want moms to change that.

Since Breeze strongly believes that life's lessons are best learned through experience, the brand strongly encourages moms to adopt the #SigeSaMantsa philosophy which is all about allowing their kids to be kids and explore and learn positive values even at the expense of getting dirty and stained.

Saturdays are for the Family, Yes, it should be. I just remembered when I was still a working mom, I make sure that my office schedule should be from Mondays to Fridays only so that I will have Saturdays and Sundays for my Family, which is very important, right mommies?
Breeze launched the #SigeSabado Movement which calls on moms to dedicate Saturdays to their kids. #SigeSabado hopes to encourage moms to spend their Saturdays creating lasting memories with their children by doing fun bonding activities together. Even if this means often getting dirty and stained, it's okay since #SigeMoms know what matters most are the values learned, memories created and fun enjoyed in the process. Because of its strong stain removal power, Breeze is mom's number one partner in encouraging active play and experiential learning since mom doesn't need to worry about the mess this often brings.
“Kids learn best when they're having fun with their moms”, said Unilever Home Care Marketing Director Mr. Jay Go, during the #SigeSabado Movement launched held at Arts in the City in Bonifacio Global City. “Through the #SigeSabado Movement, we hope to cultivate a stronger more loving relationship between moms and their kids. After all, no matter how busy life gets, we should always make time for the ones who matter most. If this also leads to stains, it's okay. Dirt and stains are temporary, memories and lessons are permanent. Sige sa Mantsa! Sige sa Learning!

Circle of #SigeMoms consist of celebrity moms Barbie Almalbis-Honasan, Christine Bersola-Babao, Dimples Romana, Gladys Reyes, Nikki Valdez and Carmina Villaroel-Legaspi were introduced, a group of empowered moms united their commitment to take charge of their kids' learning and memories.

“Sharing in our vision of spending weekend time with their kids, our #SigeMom Circle will encourage other moms to participate in their children's learning and spread the advocacy by actively sharing their everyday experiences with other moms,” said Go.

In line with this, here is the video during the event as the #SigeMoms Celebrities shared their bonding moments with their children.

Breeze also introduced the #SigeSabadoPlaybox to the Circle of Sige Moms, media moms, guest moms and their kids. The playbox is filled with materials and instructions for making harlequin masks, dinosaur egg bath soaps, choco art, raise a monggo plant, animal balloon paper mache, popsicle stick pen holder and DIY slime.

Oh my the kids got excited and widened their eyes when they saw me carrying the #SigeSabadoPlaybox.  They were so happy to see that they got plenty of things to do and that's because we will have more bonding moment through this different activities inside the Playbox. We do have lots of time especially now that they are on summer vacation.

In a recent survey conducted by Breeze, they found out that Moms want to do activities with their kids but often run out of ideas. One hundred percent said that they wish they had activity ideas they can do with their kids. Through the playbox, Breeze aims to help moms by providing them with weekly fun activities. #SigeSabado How To Sheets will be available on Facebook and Breeze websites for moms and kids to download and create their own DIY projects. So watch out for that here in my blog that I will feature our bonding moment through the #SigeSabado Playbox.

In addition, mommies can also capture and share their bonding and activity moments through the #SigeSabado Facebook App where weekly winners will receive a Breeze giftpack and the #SigeSabadoPlaybox while the grand prize winners will win a trip to Legoland Malaysia Resort, isn't it exciting?

Breeze also seeks to help educate moms on why developing the #SigeSabado habit is so important for their child's over all well being. Teacher Nurai, a Doctor of Family Life and Child Development from Guru Firm shared important insights and tips on raising smart and active kids, as well as the benefits of the Sige Style of parenting.

During the event, resident teacher and Ateneo de Manila University professor Wittam Bautista also spearheaded an activity where the moms and their kids designed aprons for their #SigeSabado activities. The kids were also treated to creative activities like cupcake decorating and canvas painting. Oh well, my kids love the activities during the launched, and guess what, they did a bonding moment with the host/emcee of the event Ms. Suzi who is a celebrity mom also.

Join the Sige Mom Circle and take charge of your kids' important learning and memories. Be a part of the #SigeSabado Movement now and visit www.breeze.com.ph for more Sige Guru Tips.

I am very thankful for this kind of advocacy, it will really help Parents to have more time to bond and strengthen the Parents and children relationship. Breeze really helps mommies like me to clean all the mess (dirty) clothes as well as to have a smooth relationship with our children. Keep up the good work!

Most of the time, my bonding moments with my kids are either indoor or outdoor. This summer, we did travel to the south but no further outside of the metro just to let my kids experience some socialization with other kids.  This is to let them give an opportunity to mingle and go out of their comfort zone (our house).

Timely that Nido Fortified and Science Discovery launched NFSDC's High Tech Facilities and their new advocacy.  My teammate for this specific event was Maki (my eldest son) We went to SM Mall of Asia to witness the said event.

First they did a program and some few games for the kids.  Mommies are so happy seeing their kids enjoy playing with other kids.  They informed us, mommies, in the event about the importance of  having quality time indoor or outdoor.  There are lots of activities to do, simple yet enjoyable, I guess mommies have lots of idea to express quality time with the kids .

For Maki and Me, this is an outdoor activity that we really enjoyed.  This visit at NFSDC was our second time so Maki is familiar with the venue, his favorite part of the tour was inside the Planetarium. He enjoyed watching and listening on the explanation particularly on the life cycle of stars. 


NFSDC was launched in 2008, it is the country's first technology based, highly interactive Science Center in the Philippines. Nido Fortified and the Science Discovery center merged to reach the common path of helping kids reach their maximum potentials through the Nido Fortified Science Discovery Center.

But this year, they are set to take the journey to greater heights following a renewed partnership to launch a new advocacy campaign and unveil its new state-of-the-art planetarium with the most advanced and sophisticated theater system in the country.


Dubbed Yes You Can! Gallery & Mommy Caravan, the latest advocay of NFSDC revolves around the thought of promoting child development via effective and trusted collaborations. The very idea-it takes a TEAM to raise good and intelligent children. According to Mr. Arturo Carballo, Jr. Senior Operations Manager of the NFSDC says, "This team is composed of the mommies and the kids themselves.  For teams to do well, they need good teammates. We want to be the teammates you can rely on through the Yes You Can! Gallery & Mommy Caravan."

Through this Gallery & Caravan, NFSDC aims to offer mothers a venue to learn tips and techniques on how to raise a kid who is smart, intuitive and healthy which are the main qualities of a Yes You Can! child.


The gallery and caravan also lined up a list of family bonding activities ranging from interactive games, workshops, and kiddie attractions where kids can channel their creative energies.

So hurry mommies, try to visit the Nido Fortified and Science Discovery Center to experience their high tech facilities and to have a bonding moment with your little ones. NFSDC is a two-level facility at the SM Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City, and is open from Monday to Sunday, 10am to 10pm.