Share Your Memories With Smilebox {Giveaway}
With this upcoming holiday season we are all getting our phones and cameras ready to capture our little ones special moments. To make things a bit easier for us parents, Smilebox has created a simple way for us to share all of those special moments with our loved ones. Smile box is an online photo and video sharing tool and app which add’s new design and templates every week. Check out the super cute and animated ecard my girl and I created togetherRead More ...
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with El Chavo (and Shakira!)
My daughter Vanessa always wants to know what kinds of games I played as a child or what kinds of song I sung or what kind of books I read. Sometimes I use that as an opportunity to expose her to our culture in a fun way. Well, the other day she asked me what kind of stuff I used to watch on TV. When I found “El Chavo del 8″ DVDs at Walmart, I knew I had to getRead More ...
Roasted Corn, Mozzarella and Avocado Salad {Recipe}
Summer is over, but the craving for salads isn’t. I just crave heartier salads that can take me through the hectic day and that my daughter will also love. For this month’s Mizkan Cooking Challenge the five participating bloggers had to come up with a Favorite Light Recipe using a Nakano rice vinegar™as an ingredient. It really was easy because their seasoned rice vinegars can be splashed onto so many simple dishes to enhance their flavor. I chose to use theRead More ...
NPR: Bilingual Families + Technology
Editor’s note: We continue our coverage of NPR’s special series “Two Languages, Many Voices” with a preview of today’s story, which will air on Morning Edition, related to bilingual families and technology. Access to the internet and being able to afford a computer doesn’t necessarily mean one can make use of either. This is the case for many Latino immigrants in the United States. The Bilingual Families and Technology report in the NPR series, “Two Languages, Many Voices: Latinos inRead More ...
Wordless Wednesday: Zucaritas
On a recent trip to Tijuana, I couldn’t resist taking a picture of this at “la Walmar.” Me gusta más el nombre Zucaritas que Frosted Flakes. ¿Y a tí? ...
Little Pim’s Trilingual Books Are Here {Giveaway}
As many of you know, around this time last year, we started our trilingual adventures with Little Pim in an effort to teach Vanessa my third language, French. While I haven’t been as consistent as I would’ve liked to, Vanessa tells everyone who’s willing to listen that she speaks three languages! The good thing about learning French with Little Pim (or any other of the nine languages they offer) is that it’s a complete package. They have the DVDs –Read More ...
