(Smart Parenting) Last month, Jake Ejercito went to Siargao for the first time. Not only was he able to experience “island life” with daughter Ellie, the actor also met her family during his stay there.

“Actually what happened was, si Ellie was in Siargao, with her mom, with Andi. And then wala naman, hindi naman siya vacation trip. Actually more on daddy duty siya kasi I went there just to pick her up,” Jake shared in an interview with Cinema News.

The dad explained that it was Andi Eigenmann who asked if he could fly out with Ellie from Siargao since their daughter would be staying with him for a while in Manila.

“Kasi nga considering si Andi may bagong baby, she has Lilo also. Mahihirapan siya kung siya pa ang magdadala dito kay Ellie. So nakiusap sa akin si Andi, kung puwede ko sunduin si Ellie and that’s what I did,” Jake said.

He stayed in Siargao for four days and three nights and he was also able to meet the newest addition to the ‘Happy Islanders’ household as well as Andi’s fiancé, Philmar Alipayo.

“Si Lilo na-meet ko na dito sa Manila, and then the youngest, si Koa, I met there in Siargao and also Philmar. It was also [the] first time na I met hime when I was there,” he explains.

All-grown-up Ellie
Since it was his first visit to Siargao, Jake asked his daughter to take him around the island. He documented it in an Instagram post where he wrote, “found me an angel for a tour guide.”

“I asked her to show me kung saan siya nagpupunta every day, kung saan siya naglalaro, kung saan siya kumakain. So ‘yun ang mga inikot namin while I was there,” the dad said.