Island Cove Playdate

Today, the gang went to Island Cove Hotel and Leisure Park in Bacoor, Cavite. It is a nice place to rest and play with friends. They have a kiddie pool where the kids can ran and play; a zoo complete with the basic animals that kids would want to see; a "fishing village" where they can catch fish if they like, eat and just relax. We availed their "day tour" package worth P600 where you can swim in the pool, enter the zoo, ride the horse for 30 minutes, free souvenir photo, lunch coupon worth P200. Good deal right?
The idea of going to Island Cove actually came up after our Fontana, Clark trip with Irene, Sean and Stan. We were thinking of a good place to bring our kids for the summer when I remembered Island Cove. Island Cove is very familiar to me. Noy and I had our "official honeymoon" there courtesy of Ms. Norlinda Buhay who used to be the general manager of Island Cove and an officer of Cavite Chamber. She gave us an all expense paid overnight accommodation in the hotel inside Island Cove, free entrance to the pool area and zoo plus P1000 worth of lunch.

After doing some research on Island Cove's latest packages, I immediately sent the package proposal to Irene. I also sent the proposal to Sharon and Jina because I know that they are also looking for a not-too-long drive, good place to go to with the kids. It happened so fast. I sent the files to them Wednesday, we met in Toddlers Thursday and Jina said Peter wanted to go because he is sick of all the malls they go to during weekend. Sharon also said they are joining. Hence, we decided to go today! This is the part i love about our group. No need for long preparations, no "arte', no drama, no antayan. As long as the basic requirements are there , go!

So off we went to Island Cove... Nicholas decided to join us today. Its good because the kids miss him already. He came in with his mom. A really cool mom! She drives her very big and long van like a pro. She just strapped Nicholas on the car seat at the back of the van and drive. We even saw her talking on the phone while driving! Really cool! How I wish I have her confidence and coolness!

The kids love the pool. They ran and ran and ran!!! When we transferred to the fishing village for lunch, the kids still ran and ran and ran inside our big nipa hut! It is good that they are playing with each other now. It shows that they have progressed from parallel play. It is so funny, Elle ran after Shawn while Lili and Nicholas tags along!

I love doing play dates. We get to know more of the Szabo, Lo and Nicholas' family. and more importantly, the kids get to interact with each. I can see it in my daughter's eyes that she loves playing with Shawn, Lili, Max, and Nicholas. I am happy that the kids are enjoying their play dates. I am happy that Elle has friends already.