"I am three," says Venice Bektas with a wide smile.

Proud mom Ruffa Gutierrez says in an interview, "Dati ang liit niya. Five pounds lang siya nung ipinanganak ko siya. Parang mouse. Ngayon ang laki na niya."

At 4:05 p.m., Ruffa Gutierrez arrives with her two adorable daughters—Venice (left), the birthday girl, and Lorin (right) who turned four last August 3. The gorgeous mommy dons a Charina Sarte dress, while the cute little ladies wear dresses from the House of Laurel.

The birthday girl receives a kiss and a bear hug from her beautiful lola, Annabelle Rama.

Ruffa's mom was the first to arrive at the venue. At the latter part of the party, the event organizer of T.G.I.Friday's was seen handing over the bill to Annabelle—did she shoulder the food and beverage expenses amounting to P44,000+?

The kids listen to the game master as she introduces the next game.

"Kids, let's play the Bring Me game. You know how to play it?"

Majority of the kids answer, "Yes!"

The host continues, "I will be asking you to bring things over here."

The host says, "Bring me your mommy."

Ruffa readily leaves her table and ushers her kids to the front. Beside Ruffa are Jaye Bautista (second from left) and Thates Gana (second from right) with their respective kids. The former used to work for Ruffa, while the latter is the long-time partner of Quezon City Vice-Mayor Herbert Bautista.

"Hey, the pink balloon's mine," says Venice to her Ate Lorin.

The yaya asks the older sister to "share and just give the balloon" since it's Venice's birthday.

Lorin must have taken yaya's advice seriously because in one of the parlor games where Lorin won a lot of coins, she shared two of what she has to her younger sister.

Venice enjoys showing her toys to playmates.

Yayas say she's more friendly than Lorin. But Ruffa reveals, "'Pag galit 'yan, magtago ka na. Mana 'yan sa daddy niya."

The busy TV host-actress in a role she enjoys most—being a mom.

Just before the blowing of the candles, Ruffa personally makes the roll call—"JP [Donita Rose's son] where are you?"

Donita Rose with husband Eric Villarama (middle) and brother Paul.

Joshua Paul, the unico hijo of Eric and Donita, finds the place noisy so he's covering his ears.