About: Ana Flores

Have you heard all the buzz about Disney/Pixar’s newest 3-D animated movie, “Brave”, and its fabulous female heroine? Yes, for the first time ever, Pixar has created a movie featuring a woman as its lead character and, from what we see in the trailers, Princess Merida is destined to become a star and a role model of brave and confident girls. Set in beautiful highlands of Scotland, independent Merida defies an age-old custom in an effort to lead her ownRead More ...

The Chipmunks have done it again, they hit the theaters and stirred up trouble in their new movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, and today you can take them home with you on DVD! In their new movie Alvin, Simon, Theodore, and the Chipettes have a blast while onboard the Carnival Dream cruise ship. It all starts out when the mischievous Chipmunks start looking for a little extra fun, and end up turning the cruise liner into their own personal playground. However, disasterRead More ...

Last month I mentioned here that I had been chosen to be one of four bloggers to be featured on a national print and digital campaign for Cool Whip Whipped Topping. Well, I just got a sneak peek of the ad that will start showing up on newsstands mid-April  for the May issues of Every Day with Rachael Ray, Better Homes & Gardens and Cooking Light!  Then, in mid-May, June issues of Parents Magazine and Everyday Food will roll out with mi cara and a mention ofRead More ...

The last year and a half has been an incredibly hectic, albeit rewarding one for me. I decided to finally give it all I’ve got and be a self-employed entrepreneur with two blogs under my belt. Of course, this meant lots of traveling, eating out, time juggling and a balancing act between being a wife, mom, friend, writer, business woman, etc, etc. The lack of sleep and exercise, as well as my new terrible eating habits finally got a tollRead More ...

Immediately after my girl watched her very first episode of “Doc McStuffins,”  Disney Junior’s new animated series, she ran over to me declaring: “Mamá, ¡soy doctora y quiero curar a todos!” (“Mom, I’m a doctor and I want to cure all!”) This was definitely something I was not expecting to hear just two weeks after she got the most painful shots on her arm at her last check up. She’d been complaining about it every single day and one episodeRead More ...

We’re delighted to have found out about the Socks n Boots series of digital stories to teach kids valuable life lessons. This month of March, in support of  National Reading Month, the eBook and iPad App of “Socks n Boots Adventures” can be downloaded for free in over 100 countries. We applaud the app developers for making their other three digital stories–”Share,” “Afraid of the Dark,” and “Play it Safe” available in eight languages, including Spanish. You can download themRead More ...