Birthdays are a yearly stressful phase, no matter how much or how hard you try to avoid falling in the trap of Birthday's trends you still can't avoid the dodge!!

Deciding on the location, finding a venue, picking a theme, choosing cake, entertainment, and return gifts all this while taking into consideration our little one's requested desires versus your POCKET!!

I'm telling you it is not easy, it is stressful, and it is EXPENSIVE! I kept telling my kids for this amount of money we can easily TRAVEL on a FAMILY TRIP!

However, my heart failed me to crush their wishes and I started my quest to throw them the best or as close to the best birthday celebration I could!
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​For many parents of young children, celebrating valentine's day outside the house is not always an option!

Making time to get out and away as couples is very important, but we all know once you are a parent that option is not always possible; especially if you don't have a stay-at-home helper or a trusted family member to babysit. Maybe it's too cold to leave the house or you have very young babies, or the kids could be sick and need you, the list is endless!!

Part of you is so eager to connect as a couple; yet you fear you don't have lots of options. Well.. Fret not!!

I've decided to share some in-house valentine date ideas with you so you can still have fun and probably the best time of your life with your significant other.

Of course you must put your little ones to bed first and then pick what your like off the list ;)

February is here, and Valentine is near!! It's that time of the year.. time to celebrate LOVE! Love is a celebration as Family, Couples, and friends. It's the time you share this love in everything you do. 

For some it's the most awaited time of the year, for others it's a high-stakes, stressful, shopping nightmare that can make or break a relationship.

As for me, Valentine is a time to share a gesture that simply expresses my feelings to my loved ones. However, picking that perfect “SPECIAL” gift could sometimes be a major hassle...

I've wrapped up some nice ideas that I've personally opted for my previous occasions (some were not necessarily valentine, yet they do serve for this occasion...).

I'm also sharing some ideas I came across; which I personally found them either, creative, cute, funny, or simply appealing to the occasion. Here's my top Valentine Ideas:

10 years ago on this day I walked out of my parent's house holding hands with my sweetheart. 

On 28 December 2006 I said I do to my husband, to be his lawfully wedded wife through thick and thin. We got civil married in Cyprus (by then we were already best friends for 7 years).

I knew him well enough to be certain he was the right man for me..

Guess what....We've been married for a DECADE now! Wow!
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Today we celebrate ten beautiful years of marriage (and almost 17 years together....we met when I just turned 18 years and he was 20 years old...to most we were just kids going through a regular relationship).  You can read all about How I met my Husband...

Today I am in disbelief that the time has passed so quickly, and yet here I am looking back and thinking how full these ten years have been.

• We have walked through so much together....Perhaps Downs were more than UPs!!
• We got to travel, explore, and enjoy 5 countries together.
• We changed and lived in 3 Houses together.

• We are blessed with 2 beautiful angels... even though they drives us super crazy on daily basis, yet we can't imagine our lives without them!

Over these year, we've both GROWN, changed and matured...sometimes :)  

Now that we have made it through our 1st decade together, I wonder if the next ten will fly by even faster?

I love Christmas, I love getting people together, and I love creating good memories.... So why not combine all what I love in 1 Event?

This year, we decided to go for a NEW venue, of course it had to be Family Friendly, neat & clean, good food & above all kid's oriented & so we picked Margherita - Sin El Fil

Staff along to Mr. Fadi the Manager were more than friendly & I'd like to thank each & everyone of you for all your help in well serving and assisting every single member.

Last but not least, and as with every event, it's success goes to the ALL the lovely spirits, attitude, and positive vibes of the lovely parents who joined us... It's always a delight to meet NEW faces along to all the wonderful familiar Friends who are becoming a stable part of our growing Family Community...

Results? A super cozy FEM Family Fun Christmas Event.

Located inside The Village Dbayeh - Talent Square is a cool Indoor Edutainment Studio suitable for both young children and teens and it is worth adding on your must visit list.

Its motto is to cultivate kids imagination and inspiration through art, activities and expression, empower their talents, evolve their well being and allow them to play and have so much fun! 

Talent Square offers a wide selection of animation services raging from diverse games to cartoons and cultural animations, art and craft workshops, sports and entertaining activities.  (source: Facebook page)
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A while ago we got invited to a special birthday celebration at Talent Square, and I was thrilled because finally I would get to share my experience and review this place.

I thought this year it would be less stressful and easier to prepare our FEM Halloween, however I learned that each event will be as challenging as previous ones! Yet, I am proud that we managed to pull it all out and every amazing family that attended left happy.

I have to admit it wouldn't have have been this successful if not for all the lovely families who joined us. Their good vibes with their cute little kids added extra charm to the event.

Not to mention the help and support from our amazing sponsors who added extra delight and joy!

​ Here's some amazing pictures captured by our photographer sponsor.

Father's Day is as special and important as Mother's Day...

It is about celebrating the backbone of every FAMILY... cherishing HIM and showing HIM how important, valuable, and essential he is...

Last week we had a double birthday celebration for my little ones.... And for those who know me or been following my blog posts and reviews knows that when it comes to preparing & organizing events I'm such a control freak and very detail oriented!!

I mean throwing an Event is my passion, So imagine how it is like if it's related to my own Children!!

To ME..if it wasn't 100% perfect I'd feel such a failure!

There's lots of reasons why I simply love this little hidden gem!!

First we bumped into it by chance 2 years ago and it was such a lovely place that we ended up celebrating both my son's 3rd birthday and FEM 1st EVENT at Parcours des saveurs!!
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2nd, staff are amazing, food is organic and tasty, and both kids and adults enjoy their time at this place!!! So, why not celebrating your kid's birthday as well and give your guests a great chance to live a unique experience?

Even-though it wasn't a NEW Experience for US, nevertheless, you don't get bored of this amazing place.... Here's why!!!
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