As is our usual practice, we only follow them there on Good Friday and spend the first few days of Holy week at the hubby’s hometown in Pampanga. But what is different this year is that my kids went ahead with them since they were already vacationing with my cousins in Pasig so they just went along for the ride. After all, they’re big kids already and could very well take care of themselves. And so it was on Friday when the hubby and I left by our lonesome to go to Tagaytay, well not really lonesome because we brought along his nephew with us. My other cousin would’ve wanted to ride with us but plans went awry so he decided not to spend Holy week with us. I would learn later on that he had an argument with his mom, well, I knew they’d soon patch things up. You know how we still are like kids sometimes despite our ages, hehehe.
We brought with us some paladusdos that Papa requested but it took us so long to get there because there was just so much traffic inside Tagaytay unlike in the Manila roads we just passed that practically had zero traffic! Thus, we almost didn’t make it to snack time and the paladusdos almost got spoiled. We refrigerated it quickly when we arrived and the others ate at once so what was spoiled were the leftovers. We made so much and they all liked it and would have wanted some second or third helpings after dinner but by then it had already spoiled and so they threw it away.
The place at Canyon woods is quite pretty. It had many trees and very nice but large houses that are spaced very well and so it ensures some privacy between neighbors. The house Papa rented had about eight bedrooms - the master’s bedroom on the 2nd floor, where Papa initially wanted us to stay; two small guestrooms in the first floor, each with its own bathroom - one for Mama H and her alalay and the other room for the boys. Then, upstairs, aside from the master’s bedroom there were three more rooms, one for Auntie C and family, one for half-sister R and family and the last, which should have been ours, became the girls bedroom since they had sequestered it for the past two nights that we were not yet there. And so, we squeezed into the boys bedroom downstairs with my son getting kicked out to stay downstairs in the den/basement with his cousin A. The basement has in fact two more small rooms – one for cousin D, with daughter Kyla and the other for the driver. Here are some pics which I took around the house.
The next day is our usual swim or pasyal day but since this is Tagaytay and there is a dearth of places we haven’t been to, we decided to just go for a swim. Initially, we wanted to go hit the beaches either at Nasugbu or Calatagan since both places are just near – less than an hour of travel lang. But Tita’s friends (who own a house in Canyon Woods) arrived and they agreed to sponsor us in the clubhouse pool – there was an indoor and an outdoor pool but since both are far away from each other (and I believe had separate prices too!) they made us choose only one place to go to. Majority chose the indoor pool – because it would protect them from the sun. My only problem is that both places required wearing a bathing suit and so I decided not to swim and just watched over them while they swam, and of course, took pictures.
We spent most of the time just chatting with the cuzins, catching up on chizmis and the recent happenings with the other members of the clan. As usual, just too bad for those who weren’t present but most of the time, you are the topic of discussion so next time better attend, hehehe! There was also DVD watching in the den/basement downstairs but I didn’t like the movie choices very much so we just contented ourselves with simply eating, sleeping, chatting (in the garden, usually while the boys++ smoked) and more eating…
But, of course, the highlight of the Holy Week is, as always the EASTER EGG HUNT! It started right after breakfast on Sunday but, secretly, the kids have been eyeing/searching the grounds the moment they woke up because they knew that Edgar hid the eggs at dawn (or so that was the plan). The hunt itself started at around 10, after the entire family had their breakfast. The small ones began the hunt with a leeway of about three minutes, then after that even the older kids stepped in to join hunting for eggs. For this year, it was D’s daughter who emerged as the big winner. My daughter did OK (with a little help from his ninong, of course!) but my son wasn’t satisfied with his dismal find. Well, it was a bit difficult because the grounds covered were quite big and included the carpark and front lawn not just the garden at the side of the house. In fact, two of the 24 eggs weren’t found anymore which was just too bad! Well, at least it was still another fun-filled weekend that everyone enjoyed at least as far as I can tell. I am sure all the kids are looking forward to another fun Holy Week celebration next year!
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