2011 Highlights: The Best of SP this Year

January

We take you through one of the busiest food markets, Mercato Centrale, give you a glimpse of the fabulous January-February cover shoot with Donita Rose-Villarama, and share which celebs, both local and international, were due to give birth in the year.

 

February

During the love month, we became your guides to the best restaurants to celebrate Valentine’s Day, the naughtiest V-Day gifts for dads, the most romantic movies to watch, and even the best places to get the best chocolates for your special someone.

With summer vacation ahead, we gave you reasons to introduce traveling to your child.  And for you preggy mommies, we became your resource for some of the best online boutiques for maternity clothes.

March

 Cover mom Jodi Santamaria graces the cover on March.

With the start of the summer months, we gave you not 10 but 100 things to do with your child during weekends and affordable summer gear finds.

For your little graduates, we had everything from gift suggestions, where to celebrate afterwards and even looks for mom and the kids on moving up day.

April

 Readers show their interest in learning more about first time SP cover celebrity mom Tessa Prieto-Valdes and how she’s a much more like other moms than we think. 

With the summer heat escalating, we show how even daddies and preggy mommies can be stylish with our recommended summer wear picks. Real couples shared their best vacation stories.  We also gave you ideas on how to create keepsakes for travel experiences and souvenirs and museums you could check out.

 

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May

 In May, we introduce our exclusive features on the website, as we start our Mom We Love and Dad We Love series, starting off with actress Dimples Romana.

Money issues become a concern with the soon-to-arrive back-to-school season, so we share tips on how to save money and where the best deals are on school supplies in Divisoria. 

Of course, as it was the month of Mother’s Day, we shared some of the best fashion finds for mom and you mommies also revealed to us what kind of gift you preferred the most to receive on that special day.

June

 In June, we feature our first Dad We Love, Francis Kong and his gems of parenting wisdom.

As it was Father’s Day month, we shared gift suggestions for dad,  and even outfit suggestions.

July

 Judy Ann Santos makes a repeat appearance on the cover, this time with Yohan in July. 

You loved our featured dad, Adel Tamano and our featured mom, Tuesday Vargas. 

We helped you spruce up your child’s study area, geared your kids up for rainy days, and shared how you could come up with your own invitations for your child’s baptism.

August

Camille Prats lands the cover in August. You also loved our featured story on Patricia Hizon.

As August is SP Birthday Month, we featured the best cakes in town, how to throw a ballerina party and new venues in the metro to hold birthday parties.

We gave you places as well where you could buy affordable Buwan Ng Wika costumes.

 

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September

In September, Tweetie de Leon-Gonzales graces our cover and we featured funnyman Gabe Mercado as Dad We Love. 

We also gave you things to try out with your child before he grows up and how to plan a trip to Universal Studios in Singapore.

October

 Our October dad we love was Anthony Taberna and our mom we love was Cathy Babao-Guballa.

October being spooky month, we gave you awesome face painting designs for your child and DIY Halloween Bag tips for Halloween.

November

Vicky Morales, her twins and baby girl take center stage in the SP November issue. 

We share fast food places to have birthday parties and with Christmas approaching, gave you a headstart on your shopping for toys.

December

We featured two inspirational women, moms Danica Sotto-Pingris and Candy Pangilinan and give you a guide to the well-loved Filipino Christmas tradition of simbang gabi.

 

 

It has been a wonderful year at SmartParenting.com.ph and before the year ends, we would like to thank you for your continued support and wish you and your families a blessed and prosperous 2012!