PMC 2nd Grand EB: Fun, Food, and Familial Bonding with Fantastic Mommies

From a small group of women who shared a common passion for blogging and similar experiences in the homefront, a community of bloggers arose.  Founded by Ruby Ricafrente, fondly called Mommy Rubz, the Pinay Mommies Community was formed to foster camaraderie among mommy bloggers around the globe.  To date, there are more than 100 female bloggers who belong to this great community and who give each other invaluable support.

From all across the country and all over the world, scores mommy bloggers trooped to Aling Tonya’s Seafood Restaurant for the 2nd PMC Grand EB.  The overcast skies and rainshowers last November 22 did not stop us from spending an afternoon of fun, food, and familial bonding – yes, we are one big happy FAMILY of mommy bloggers.  The atmosphere outside was gloomy but inside the venue, all the beaming faces radiated as bright as sunshine.

The event was made merrier by the hordes of lootbags and raffle prizes from our generous sponsors.  The major sponsors – Smart Steps, Unilab, Dolan and Ceelin – gave each attendee gift packs filled with their products and also provided prizes to lucky raffle winners.

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Smart Steps Baby Bottle Cleanser, Smart Steps Baby Fabric Conditioner, Smart Steps Baby Laundry Detergent, Holy Seat Disposable toilet seat cover and Holy Seat hand spray toilet seat sanitizer were given to all the attendees. Three boxes with the complete line of Smart Steps baby care products were also raffled off.

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From Unilab, we each received a gift pack that contained various medicines and vitamins including Loperamide Diatabs, Enervon, and Rashfree. For our little ones, Ibuprofren Dolan gave a tumbler, a pencil case and two pencils with erasers on a spring. The 500ml bottle from Ceelin was well-appreciated by my little ones.

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My little ones beaming with happiness at Mama's "pasalubong"

 

We were also gifted with various items by our Minor Sponsors:  Ajinomoto, Scotch Brite, PnG, and Geiser Maclang.  There was something for every person in our house!  There was a Pacquiao shirt for my husband, diapers for my little ones, spices and other cooking essentials for me, and cleaning aids for our househelp.  There was also a box of Krispy Kremes for everyone to share.

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That’s not all!  There were also raffle prizes from Ainon, Avon, and Drypers.  I was lucky enough to have won a gift pack from Avon.  It contained a SuperCurlacious mascara, an Ultra Color Rich White Gold Lipstick, Skin So Soft Hand & Body Lotion, and an Advance Techniques Smoothing Creme.  I’ll let you know how I find those products once I get to try them.

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Richwell raffled off toys and children of lucky moms are most probably enjoying their Barbie, Liv doll, Tumbling Monkeys, or Hot Wheels.  Other moms won shoes from GrendhaGoldquest Biotechnologies also sponsored some of the expenses for the event.

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Members of PMC support each other not only in blogging but in other endeavors as well. After all, most moms here are not only bloggers but entrepreneurs as well. A couple of mompreneurs/bloggers showcased their products and services at the Grand EB.

Mommy Iris Pulga who also owns Project Happiness Bakehouse baked a cake specially for this occasion. The cake was soooo pretty no one wanted to slice it.

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Mommy Iris Acosta provided us with fun photos through her photobooth Krazypix. Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/krazypix.

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We also all ended up with one huge loot bag full of  tokens from each one of us.  The exchange of tokens was far more chaotic than the first EB as there are obviously more attendees this time around.  However,  the chaos and divisoria-like trade of tokens made the event more fun.  The Pinay Mommies Community is truly the best place to be in the blogosphere!  I can’t wait for the next PMC grand event.
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Thank you so much to Mauie Flores and Eihdra Gatchalian for being the official photographers of the event.  The wonderful pictures above are from both of them.




Early Christmas Gift from the Pinay Mommies Community

After Google most recent update, the Tottering Mama now has a page rank of 3 and Foodie Momster a page rank of 1!  Aside from that, for the first time in my blogging history, the Sheriff just showered me with nine stars – nine stars!  Everything is going so well I’m really hoping that this streak continues well into 2012.

For all these and everything else that is happening in my so-called blogging career, I give credit to the Pinay Mommies Community.  Other bloggers may think that I’m being overly excited for what I deem “achievements” as a mom blogger.  I am aware that I am nowhere near their stature yet.  Nevertheless, I am still ecstatic over how far I have gone since I started blogging this year.  As I have said many times before, everything I know about blogging I learned from the wonderful (and gorgeous!) moms of PMC.

So, thank you, PMC mommies for the increase in page ranks, blog traffic, and earning opportunities. Most of all, thank you for the friendship, love and support!