5 Reasons to #LoveYourCereal
More and more breakfast is becoming a challenge in my house because of our hectic schedules. My girl is pretty set on her ways and she likes to wake up, chill with a bottle of milk (yes, she still loves her sippy cup at age 5!), watch one cartoon and then get ready for school. In between that routine, I need to make sure she sits down with (or without us, sometimes!) to eat a nutritious breakfast that can getRead More ...
Staying Warm with Gerber Apparel
I’m having a hard time accepting it, but the weather is starting to change in Denver. In fact, meteorologists are actually predicting snowfall in the city both Wednesday and Friday nights. It probably won’t be a lot, if any, but it’ll definitely serve as a reminder that things are changing and I’ve got to start looking at what my kids need to stay warm come winter. Luckily, my 3-year-old Santiago is already set in terms of thermal PJs since weRead More ...
Los Monstruos: Halloween Song in Spanish by Music With Sara
Nothing like Halloween to bring out the spooky, silly and funny bone in kids and adults alike. This catchy and easy-to-learn bilingual song, “Los Monstruos,” by our amiga Sara, is sure to get your kids cantando and even howling en español and, in the process, learn the names of their favorite Halloween creatures in English and Spanish! You can click on the above link to purchase the digital track for only $1 and play it to your heart’s content.Read More ...
A Gringa in Little Puerto Rico
Living in downtown Orlando gave me some opportunities to speak Spanish, but it turns out that they were miniscule compared to the practice I’m going to get in my new neighborhood. A month ago, my family moved to the south side of town, closer to where I grew up. I feel comfortable living over here, everything we do is more convenient to our house, and we found a great Montessori school for Isaiah. I didn’t expect to be surprised byRead More ...
Bilingual is Better & We Want Everyone to Know It
It’s been almost two weeks since Bilingual is Better was released and so much has happened since then. For starters, we spent a whole week in Miami in a packed press tour and hosting an amazing book launch party. While some of the interviews we did were live — including those for CNN en Español — some of them aired last week and we’re still waiting for dates on the others, including the one we did with renowned Hispanic journalistRead More ...
10 Tips to Successfully Raise a Bilingual Child
Last week during our media tour in Miami for our book Bilingual is Better, Roxana and I had to answer lots of questions regarding raising bilingual kids. One of the top questions we got was what are the best tips to successfully raise a bilingual child. So, I decided to share those tips over at my Babble Voices blog this week. Here’s a list of the 10 tips and you can click over to Babble for more detailed information on each.Read More ...
