'Don't Wait Up For Mama' What These Fab Moms Said To Their Kids Before Going To The Preview Ball 2023

Asking permission for a night out was a challenge when we were young, but no one ever tells you it actually gets harder when you grow older. Especially if you're 'asking' your toddler if you can skip your bedtime routine for just one night to attend the Preview Ball. Just ask the beautiful moms who graced Preview's biggest gathering of the country's creatives held at Marriott Manila on September 8.

Here's what these celebrity and Smart Parenting cover moms said and did with their kids just before slipping out for a few hours. Our takeaway? No matter your star power or job, it's all the same when you're a mama who 'needs to ask permission' from their kids who demand to know what time you're coming home.

Stylish moms at Preview Ball 2023

Marian Rivera

First-ever Preview Style Icon awardee, mom of 2

"Huwag nila akong hintayin umuwi, kasi minsan hinihintay nila ako umuwi. So sabi ko, 'Don't wait for Mama, Mama will go to the Preview Ball. Just sleep and I love you both,'" said  Marian. The awardee said she and her two kids enjoy doing crafts together and playing games when she's not busy working, and of course, cherising her hatid-sundo moments for her school-aged kids.

Camille Prats

Mom of 4

"It was Nala. So Nala was telling me that I have to call the other phone. Because she was telling me, "Mom if you don't call me, I'm not going to sleep. So I have a curfew tonight because she's going to be waiting for me to get home," said Camille.

Read our cover story with Camille Prats here.

Coleen Garcia

Mom of 1

"Lambing, always. Because I always feel like I have to make bawi. Kailangan bumawi." Coleen and Billy's son Amari is now a toddler and understands when his parents are out working and can do his bedtime routine. What does Coleen do with Amari when she gets back from work? "Unlimited kisses because he's so malambing talaga. Because that's his love language, quality time and the lambing-lambing," she says.

Read our cover story with Coleen Garcia here.

Max Collins

Mom of 1

"I said bye to him because he went to his Dad, and I said 'Mommy has to work,' and he was excited to go to his dad," said Max. She says that to make up for lost time with her son, Max takes Skye Anakin to play places and also paints with him. "If I'm not working, I'm at a kid-thing, that's my life," she said.

Sam Pinto

Mom of 1

"She was playing hide-and-seek in my dress! She was literally like entering the slit, and goes 'peekaboo!' It's so funny. I think she's kind of used to me leaving her, which is good. She's like 'Okay, bye Mommy!'," said Sam.

Rissa Mananquil-Trillo

Mom of 3

"I said bye to them, kissed them goodbye. They loved what I was wearing, I think it's the first time I'm wearing this hat by Mich Dulce and I'mactually re-wearing a suit by Ivar Aseron," said Rissa.