We are so excited to be having such a wide variety of products available at Expo Mom Bazaar this Sunday, it will truly be one memorable shopping experience not only for moms but for every member of the family.  Finally! Here’s our vendor line up for this year’s Expo Mom Bazaar:

CONTOUR FASHION WEAR

ART CHEM SALES CORP

BAGS BY TWO ORANGES

MOMMY MATTERS

TAG MY STUFF

URBAN KIDS ENTERPRISES

INDIGO BABY

EARTH CHILD BABINSKI BABY

MJL FASHION BOUTIQUE

PLUME

PINK PANTRY

CYCLE OPTIONS TRADING

CUPPY PUPPY BAKEHOUSE & THE MOMMY PROJECT

TREASURED MEMORIES

INTO / IHA

TYLER MARKETING

NU DEKOR WALL STICKERS / I STICKERS

MAX IDEAS MARKETING CORP.

LYN CHING PASCUAL

KITCHEN COUTURE

BABY MARTIAN

PINOY BABY STORE

CROSSINGS DEPARTMENT STORE

MANTEGO CREATIONS BABY BAGS

OLIVE’S CAKES

SHOP FAMILIA

PARTY SOUVENIRS (PSI)

ZAIGEN VENTURES

MJ’S GOODIES GALORE

THE STORK STUDIO

MAMA BABY LOVE

TERRA BABIES BOUTIQUE

TOT COUTURE BABY SHOES & ACCESSORIES

CHUBBY CHEEKS

TWO TOTS HOME ACCESSORIES,INC.

KIDS JUKEBOX INC.

TINY TOTS

GREEN3GO LAUNDRY

TINY TUMMIES

BABYSMITHS

MOM OF 7

GERWEISS

MONSTER COOKIES

BY NATURE HANDMADE SOAPS

PANG IPIT CO.LTD

AQUALOGIC SWIM CO

COCO AND JAM INC.

PROUD MAMA CONCEPTS INC.

CRAFT BUNNY

AK & K Marketing Ventures

GRAINARY CORP

MIGHTY VICTORY ENTERPRISES

DIGIPRINT

J & V DECO CENTRUM INC.

JOHN ROBERT POWERS

GSK

MANILA BULLETIN

CITIBANK

MOMSHARE!

Come to Rockwell Tent this Sunday, November 22, from 10am to 8pm and visit all our vendors and exhibitors.  Entrance fee is only P25 per person.  See you then!

November 22 is the date set for our ultimate shopping event for moms and families: EXPO MOM BAZAAR!  We have more than 50 vendors showcasing the latest finds for moms- baby and parenting related items, fashion and home products, specialized services moms are always on the look out for!  Make sure you and your family don’t miss this one!

Bazaar gates open at 10am until 8pm.  Entrance fee is P25 per person. In this event, we are also launching our MOMSHARE! project. Read more about this here in the coming days!

Dear all,

It is with regret that we announce our decision to postpone EXPO KID due to the recent storm which has affected so many of us. We will update everyone soonest on our new date. We hope you and your families are well and safe.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,
Rome and Janice

Note: The Creative Juice office will be closed until tomorrow, Wednesday. For any urgent concerns please sms 09189300313. Thanks!

After organizing such well-received events for moms, we are happy to finally be able to treat, this time, the reason for our existence as mothers, our kids!  We’ve planned so many fun activities for EXPO KID, kids of all ages will surely have  a blast!

October 3, Saturday, Expo Kid will open at 10:00 am at the Rockwell Tent, and here’s what we have in store for you:

• My Masterpiece Multi-Arts School: Mac Multi-media for Kids, Painting & Drawing Sessions
• KidsAhoy: Lego Mindstorm: Robotics demos
• Multiple Intelligence School: Interactive Exhibits showing the 8 Smarts!
• Kiddieparty.com: Face painting, Glitter Tattoo, Kids Salon stations

Expo Kid also features a Kids Bazaar showcasing 30+booths of products and services for kids and every member of the family!  Hope to see you on October 3!

Expo Kid is organized by Mommy Matters Nursingwear and the Philippine Association for Childbirth Education and GlaxoSmithkline.  Supported by Mommy Pages, Urban Mom, Our Awesome Planet. Events Management by Creative Juice.

Entrance fee is 25 pesos/head. All registration proceeds will go to 5-year olf Mio who is fighting leukemia. Read more about Mio here.

Announcing our 2 upcoming events: Expo Kid on October 3 and Expo Mom Bazaar on November 22, both to be held at the Rockwell Tent.

For enterprising readers of expomom.com, please also know we still have available slots for vendors.  For inquiries on booth rates, please call our office at 7138144/ 7809898 and look for Avick, or email us at inquiry@expomom.com.

The first-ever EXPO KID!

and  the much awaited holiday shopping event for moms…

Expo Mom Bazaar!

EXPO DAD! Our first-ever event for daddies. It’s been a different experience, really. Figuring out what fathers would want to see and experience at their very own expo. There was a lot of brainstorming, debating, deliberating and observing that went on as we planned for this special event. Definitely, we want to reflect most fathers’ interests such as sports and fitness.  Some daddies told us they have been wanting their own shopping event (because most bazaars really just cater to the ladies).  And still we wanted this to be a venue to celebrate fatherhood- that is, daddy’s version of babycare, parenting, bonding with kids, family experiences, etc. So we hope you will find time in your busy weekend schedules and check out our event for the men of the house: EXPO DAD! We are truly excited to see all of you there.

One thing we look forward to in every Expo Mom is seeing old friends, meeting new moms and dads, and in this last Expo particularly, did some “star gazing” as well. 

Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski at the Medela booth. Beng Feliciano of Medela Moms on her left, and that’s me on her right

At the Indigo booth, Mikee is joined by Shaan Bermudez-Hizon and Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo with daughter Rocio. With me is Indigo’s Denise Gonzales

Tessa Prieto-Valdes visits the Tour of Hope booth.  In this pic is my Expo Mom partner Rome Kanapi of PACE, Mommy Bloggers, Noemi and Chats.

And what a surprise, Edu Manzano dropped by as well. I asked Edu’s daughter if we could stalk her dad and she just laughed (I guess that means “yes”?) In this photo are my super hardworking logistics managers, Ria Barretto and Micky Darantinao of Creative Juice.

(To be continued…)

More than 1800 moms, dads, kids and families celebrated Mother’s Day weekend with us at EXPO MOM 2009.  To all of you who came and joined us at the Rockwell Tent, THANK YOU and hope the event was worth your trip:-)  Sharing with you some snapshots of wonderful scenes that happened within those 2 days…

Moms came and registered starting 10am.  Each mom who came got an Expo Mom tote bag and a copy of Mommy Pages‘ latest issue.

Mommies pose at our Expo Mom photo wall.

Moms with their babies in slings and strollers came, bonded, browsed and shopped…

Or listened and enjoyed the talks and activities at the stage area…

With host Shaan Bermudez-Hizon and son Vicente charming the audience:-)

(To be continued….)

We loved reading all the entries about how our fellow mommies spend their days, but still, we have to choose 5 entries to win special prizes from Expo Mom Sponsors!  And the winners are…

• Bettina del Rosario, a differently-abled, single mom working hard for her son;
• Bunny, a working mom balancing night shifts in her call center job with her life as an active mother;
• Ria, a stay at home mom “living life to the fullest”;
• Sexymom, a mom in her 50s raising 7 kids, striving for balance;
• Elle Tan,  a nursing mom dealing with challenges most of us face or have faced, whose poem about her day caught our attention;

CONGRATULATIONS, Mommies!  We will see you at Expo Mom when you claim your prizes! (Kindly text us at 09189300313 so we know how to get in touch with you:-) )

We thank everyone who joined our contest for taking the time to write. From their words, we not only had a sneak peek into their lives, but we also shared and connected with them because their stories resonate with our own personal experiences.  Our days can be hectic, busy, and crazy, yet, the fulfillment and joy we get from being a mom is truly unmatched. And this is exactly what are celebrating this weekend at EXPO MOM! It truly is amazing to be a mother!  

Bettina, Bunny, Ria and Sexymom’s entries can be found on this page.  We would like to end this entry with Elle Tan’s inspired poem:

What’s a day in my life like?

delivered a newborn. our first and a girl.

babies are supposed to be bundles of joy,

but here i am, gave up my job and stuck at home.

my day is filled with doing nothing but

breastfeeding, rocking, and changing diapers.

breast milk all over the place,

arms feel like falling off and wrists succumbing to tendinitis.

i get pee’d in the face and poop on the crib.

over and over and over again.

but when my precious one looks at me and smiles……

babies *ARE* a bundle of joy!

We’ve officially closed our EXPO MOM: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MOM contest!  Check back on this page by 6pm today where we will post the winners’ names:-)  Thank you to all those who posted their comments!!