SB Finds : De Todo Un Poco

“Que Divina!” I loved the Babel Animalitos T-shirt from the moment I saw it. The t-shirt comes in pink and blue and features three pairs of animalitos “speaking” in both English and Spanish. As our little Spanglish children all know, the doggie says “Guau Guau” in Spanish, but “Woof” in English. The sombreroed pajaritos on this shirt chirp, “Pio Pio!” It made me and Marisol both smile immediately with its playful graphics. I noticed right away that the shirt wasRead More ...

This year marks the second year I’ve organized a “Secret Santa” gift exchange through the website Elfster.com – and now that a Spanish version, Amigo Secreto, has launched, I’ll have the option to play Santa Claus with my friends en español! While designed for adults, Amigo Secreto would be a great way to let kids, (maybe primos in a large family!) – organize an exchange amongst themselves while practicing language skills. All one needs to sign up is an E-mailRead More ...

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is almost here, so it’s time to get ready for this festive tradition. For us the fun doesn’t end with Halloween, we have two more days of a Spanish enriching celebration to enjoy. If you´re looking to plan a party your kids will remember for years to come , Happythought’s new “Celebrate Day Of The Dead” e-book is full of fun Dia De Los Muertos fiesta planning materials. There are over 90 pagesRead More ...

  If you are looking for something new and exciting for your girl to wear this fall you need to check out Masala Baby, and get your Raani ready for her first day of school. What does Raani mean? Raani is an Indian term for princess, and Masala Baby’s new collection plays on this. Masala Baby is a fun clothing line that derives its inspiration from Indian roots and plays on India’s love for color to create a unique yet globalRead More ...

Okay, gente! Today is the big day. SpanglishBaby is giving away one HP Pavilion dv6 laptop. Chécalo! So chévere! I already told you about many of its features, including: The 2nd generation Intel Core i3 Processor in the first post and, HP SimplePass, HP CoolSense, as well as Chat in HD with the HP TrueVision HD Webcam in my second post. Now let me tell you a little more before we get to the giveaway! As a music lover, oneRead More ...

As many of you know, my 5-year-old daughter, Vanessa, started Kindergarten last Monday. This was a momentous milestone for everyone in our family and so my husband and I walked our firstborn the two blocks from our home to the school armed with cameras, videocameras and iPhones to capture it all. Growing up, I went mostly to private schools which meant that my back to school photos were of me in my school uniform. In other words, pretty boring. ItRead More ...

We all love to take tons of pictures to remember our fiestas by and then share them with family and friends, and what birthday is complete without a special birthday card? To continue our Bicultural Birthday Celebrations week, we introduce to you our next generous giveaway. Our friends at Snapfish are giving away a $100 card prize pack to TWO lucky SpanglishBaby readers! You can use those $100 to create anything from photo books to puzzles for your kids toRead More ...

Today we start a much-deserved, week-long celebration of SpanglishBaby Dads y Papás.  We celebrate our dads, our abuelos, our husbands, the tíos, basically any and every man that has played that all-important Father role in our lives. Joining our celebration and helping us shower Dads with appreciation with a very cool giveaway are Hanes and Boost Mobile. One SpanglishBaby reader will get to make one man in her life comfortable with the following clothing classics and essentials, courtesy of Hanes:Read More ...