Valentine's day 2014 and Valentine's party

I didn't expect i have little something from Claudebiko on valentine's day. Last year valentine's day, i've got a card and heart- shaped egg ring ( silicon ). This time i have got a heart-shaped chocolate and red color warmer socks. We loved the chocolate he gave me ( black chocolate, our fav! ) of course, of course i shared hehehe and in fact, it's all gone. But, before it's gone, i took photos, photos to be shared with yah all.

 i love the packaging

 see it's personalized " mahal na mahal kita" means i love you very much

 chocolate from Jeff de Bruges

 special dinner i prepared lol heart-shaped pizza with chorizo
On valentine's day, i also baked cookies, les sablés with valentine's theme. I brought them to the valentine's party for a friend of a friend's association in Paris.

 what a shame! the eiffel tower doesn't appeared well when the sablé cooks

 practice makes perfect so i better luck next time

 some of my valentine's cookies

 cooling down.. i made them fix with royal icing and some sugared candies but i forgot to take photos

 now, the valentine's party saturday night

  a souvenir photo with friends

the magic 7 hehehe

some of our friends dance but me and my kumare, " nagbutas ng upuan" --- we made hole on our sits
We didn't dance, my reason masakit ang paa ko bago yung boots mura lang kasi kaya masakit sa paa hehehe ang my kumare's reason " mamaya nalang " medyo shy type. I had fun kahit na isang empanada at coke in can lang ang nilaman ng tiyan ko that night. Diet, diet pa me time hehehe

Musée du Chocolat/ Chocolate Museum

Christmas is around the corner! Pasko na naman! and here, you will see in all grocery store that there are chocolates everywhere. I can't resist! We are chocolate lover in any form. Milk chocolate for Bibingclara, flavored chocolate for me and only Black chocolate for Claudebiko. We tend to visit a chocolate museum before summer starts, and here are some photos of our "cacao adventures" :)

my little girl posing in front of cacaotier 

it was also nice to see playmobil display here in each corner of the museum ( the start of discovering playmobil coz before we didn't knew it )

ang dyosa ng cacao

some recipes of chocolate drink --- i like it! TABASCO PEPPER CHOCOLATE hmm.. mukhang me anghang ito hehehe

akala ko upuan hehehe gilingan para crazy to imagine how they prepared choco drinks before in a traditional way, kapagod!

with some spices with..

another playmobil display in the kitchen ...

different chocolate molds on the wall

ang mga batang matakaw crack!

at ang figurine ng batang me ebidensyang lumalafang ng tsokolate

the best part - chocolate making demonstration

picture, picture while waiting

we tasted different flavor - black, white and milk chocolate

picture before going home
It was a nice visit. Our chocolate story ends here. Up next, our visit to chocolate exposition at Porte de Versailles.

Musée du Chocolat
28 Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle, 75010 Paris, France
+33 1 42 29 68 60

Pang-regalo sa Pasko : Chocolate with Pistachio

Nag-iisip ka ba kung ano ang pwedeng ipamigay ngayong nalalapit na kapaskuhan? Makikita sa super-market na bumabaha ng mga sari-saring tsokolateng binebenta. Bakit hindi subukan ang home-made sweet treats with your personal touch? paniguradong ang pagbibigyan mo nito ay matata-touch! I would like to share what we had given away last year as christmas present sa mga nalalapit nameng kaibigan. Ito ang ginawa namin last year katulong ang anak kong masipag hehehe :)

ang taga-balat ng pistachio

making this not includes baking hindi mo kailangan buksan ang oven mo
- crushed pistachio
- dried cranberries
-chocolate bar ( just melt in the micro-wave )
when the chocolate melts, just add crushed pictachio and dried cranberries. Put in the flat baking dish or plate and wait till the chocolate gets cool and harden. Then when its completely cool, crack it into pieces. And stored in the fridge.

you can also wrap in a colored paper sheet like this ( i used recycled one )

you can double it wrapping with a transparent plastic... wrap it like a candy
Voila! you have your pang-give away sa pasko. In the photo you see just two finish product but in real we made 4 pcs of it. I am planning to make it again for this year as i do still have packages of dried cranberries i bought when we were in London. I do still have dozens of black chocolate tablets in the pantry. What i will be needing is just the pistachio to make them complete.

this is a picture of the little girl who's gourmande on chocolates
After baking yan ang usual scenario : Padila-dila lang ng spatula hahahaha :)

Wednesday : Mother and daughter's day

Yesterday i had friends who came over with their chikiting. As usual, mega chikahan, daldalan and blah blah blah till 3pm. And the kids? super laro and super bonding din sila ;)

the mommies with their daughters

Aleksandra with Nathalie = 3+ years old

Mama Maruh with Bibingclara = 4+years old

my new comer filipina friend Maricar with Gabriella = 5 years old

 i called them 3, 4 and 5 group hahahaha they're so Cute! like mommies Agree???

 they had lunch at home ashamed to say i just made pizza (assembled the toppings ), chicken ( i cooked it ), fries and cordon blue grocery bought i hadn't had the time to cook "Pansit" la na kasi ako oras im épuissée hihihi looks like they were eating in a fast food chain hahaha how i wish there's Jollibee here ;)

children's were so excited getting their pick, CHO-COL-ATE !!! note : chocolates courtesy of maricar thanks girl! :)

nagkakagulo sila sa tsokolate at pati ako naki-gulo hahaha
I also made moist chocolate na hindi na napicturan sa katarantahan ng magkalahati ang tray. Ah meron nga pala din kameng bisitang dalaginding na ate ni Gabriella. She is really pretty and tall! it suits her name as Cutée as in cute talaga. Mali ata ang spelling baka Cutey hehehe. Me extension pa dahil after our meeting, Natalie and Bibingclara had their compote as miryenda ( nakadalawang ulit sila yes, magana ) and after, after they had play pa sa park just â côté de chez nous.

that's the ebidensya hahaha
Ending : After park, i washed the dishes, then i prepared ang naudlot na pagluto ng pansit for dinner while Bibingclara and her papa arranged all the mess ( toys ) in the room. We had tiring, but fun day with the children. Just wondering, kelan naman kaya ang Father and daughter's day? napaisip lang ang mga mommies hihihi ;)))