travelswithalice

October 29, 2012

KTV at Zsa Zsa's with the kids

I was again in Highlands, a second week running, this time with the young ones.

First, we horsed around at Regency while waiting for the rest of the party to arrive. We snacked and got comfortable and took photos and almost decided not to bother to go anywhere.

Then we all piled into Laura's van and were off!

On the road, the van throbbed to Krissy's iPad music. From my perch on the front seat, I marveled at how all these kids could sing along to all those strange songs. I especially enjoyed how every few miles or so, someone somewhere came up with an explanation of why we weren't there yet or why it's taking so long or are we really going to that mountain over there?

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After an unenthusiastic lunch, particularly since the road trip was peppered with a wide range of junk food, the kids decided to get energetic in the sports club where they proceeded to expend their youthful energy on what else? Wait for it, . . . video games. Really! Did we have to leave home for that?

Cap Allan at the country club opened Zsa Zsa's especially for us. Then, as he always does when my family goes there to party, he cued in our G7 theme song, "All for One, One for All." So sweet of him! There were only three members of G7 present though, and the kids had never heard of the song, so the anthem was left unsung.

It was Xave's birthday party, so we had champagne.

Having sung their tender young hearts out, (why do these kids love sad songs?) we ended the evening with Mommy's sign off song, "I Do, I Do, I Do."

It was not easy, being there for the first time since Mommy died, singing that silly ABBA song without her, but we decided to sing it just this once more, before we move on. After all, the evening was all about the newest generation.

The full moon watched over us as we drove back to the lodge late into the night. We had an interesting and very satisfactory rooming arrangement. The oldest people safely and quietly ensconced in one room, the mid-sized people continuing to party in a second room, and the smallest people, sound asleep with their mother, in a third.

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Day 2 was more successful in both the lunch and sports arenas. Bowling and basketball, followed by a hefty lunch, then swimming.

All passion spent, the homeward trip was calmer. I even had to remind them to put on their music.

We stopped on the way to buy mangosteen for Annette and All Saints Day flowers for Mommy and Daddy.

All in all, a very successful outing.

Labels: full moon, Highlands, Manila, Tagaytay