MANILA, Philippines – Kendra Kramer, daughter of basketball star Doug Kramer and actress Chesca Garcia, turned 7 years old on Saturday, June 25, and celebrated her big day with a royal ball-themed party at the Blue Leaf Pavilion in Taguig on Sunday, June 26.
Kendra along with her parents and siblings Scarlett and Gavin had a few minutes with the press before the party.
All photos by Rob Reyes/Rappler
According to Doug and Chesca, Kendra wanted something different to celebrate her big day.
"Actually, dream niya na she'll celebrate her party where Doug and I got married. Pero nagulat din siya (But she got surprised) when we told her that we'll do it here," Chesca said.
"At the same time, sabi niya, (she said) she doesn't like character parties anymore. So she likes the princess ball so – Kendra's idea," Doug added.
The family, known as Team Kramer, also shared scenes of the party through Facebook Live. It's important for the family to manage their fame and of course, protect their family.
"You know for us, nothing came... it was a beautiful accident. We didn't plan Team Kramer, we didn't plan this social media success. Pero (But) if that's the beauty of it, we've never planned anything, it's very natural, very organic, and I think that's why the kids are very endearing to the fans. These 3 kids are the stars of Team Kramer, so we're very proud parents," he said.
"That's the great thing about not being in a reality show is that we still have control over things, you know. What you see is controlled by us so that's the great thing about it. We're not dictated by anything, anybody, but it's an agreement between Doug and I on what we can show and what we can't."
Doug added: "As of today all our pictures are family-oriented...if you go through all our social media, you rarely see bashers because we are family that promotes tightly family, happy family, stay together, happy marriage. So it's hard to find mga haters, there might be a percent or two in there pero hindi eh."
With his children growing fast before his eyes, Doug said he's balancing both being a strict and lenient with them.
"Oh yeah, I'm a very playful dad but at the same time, there are some restrictions to protect them. And for me, I don't want to over-shelter them, I want to train them as a parent, as a father I want to train them to have the power to say no. Not to shelter them and suddenly 'wow the world is like this di ba?' Iba iyon rather than you teach them that the world is like this, you say no to these things than you say yes," he said.
After Kendra's party, Doug posted a photo of him and his daughter on Instagram.
"No, I don't sing, I'm not a singer. But I will sing for you baby coz you asked me to! I love you!" he wrote.
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