Allison's 2nd Birthday

(As you read on this blog, you will somehow witness how my life got better. In all aspects... You'll see...)

Loreen Allison, oyin or aton, as we fondly call her, turned 2 in October 2009.  Again, I had to work on a small budget for a simple party. More than half of whatever i spent was for the cake. So just imagine how small the budget was for the food and everything.

(2009 and 2010 were the toughest years of my life. Had been through heartbreaking struggles, physically , emotionally and financially.)

Aton was into Blue's Clues when she was at this age. So I got her a blue cake from Red Ribbon, and had blue's clues cutouts put on it for a little Blue's Clues feel:

Mahirap talaga ang buhay noon. I was the only one working. We had meager money. But I wanted my only child to celebrate her birthday at least the same way as I have celebrated mine when I was little. So, pilit na pilit talaga sa budget ang simpleng handang ito:

My cousins, Necy and Joy, and Joseph, and Danda, helped me out with the preparations. 

Necy got us some balloons:

And I bought cheap stuff from SM Dept Store for the game prizes. At that time, they still offer free gift wrapping services even for cheap items. I got some blue's clues cut outs pasted on the tags:

Then necy took care of the games and stuff. The power went out late that afternoon. So we held the games at the frontyard.

This was how simple Aton's 2nd birthday was. 

But hey, i think her 3rd was even simpler.  :(