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Being a mom to one girl might seem from the outside to be “easier” when it comes to dealing with the messes and stresses of parenting. There’ s only one mouth to feed, one body to clean and clothe, one bilingual mind to nurture. Yet, that also means that this one little person depends solely on her parents for everything from playing to venting. As a mom to an only child, the biggest stressor is that I become that oneRead More ...

We all want the best for our niños. We are careful about the food that they eat, the toys they play with, and of course strollers and car seats that we buy for them. When we hear that there has been a recall on a certain product that resembles one our kids have, we run to check if it’s the same as ours. It’s hard to keep track of our kids products and monitor their safety. Recalls Plus allows usRead More ...

The 2012 Summer Olympics are finally here! We just love the energy that’s generated during an Olympic season and all the fantastic opportunities to show our kids how far one can get by having a real passion, powered by motivation, persistence and hard-work. And that’s precisely what I got to chat about with Nastia Liukin, 5-time Olympic medalist and gymnast, last week during a recorded Skype conversation. Nastia became a member of the U.S. junior national team when she was 12 years old andRead More ...

This sticky paper collage is facilísimo and provides an opportunity to speak lots of Spanish with your kids, regardless of their level. Best of all, ¡a los niños les encanta! To make the collage you need a piece of cardboard or poster board, contact paper, pictures cut from magazines and any other lightweight material your child would like to put in her collage. Tape the contact paper to the cardboard with the removable backing facing up. Peel off the backingRead More ...

I can barely believe that in less than a month my girl will no longer be a preschooler! School in my district starts in August, so just days after her 5th birthday, my girl will be starting a whole new and exciting stage in her life: Kindergarten in a dual immersion program! To tell you she’s excited, barely does it justice. She just can’t stop talking about all the new friends she’ll make, about how she’ll learn to read inRead More ...

The Odd Life of Timothy Green is soon hitting theaters on August 15. The movie is about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green, who are anxious to start a family. They  dream about what their child would be like. Then one night Timothy shows up on their doorstep. There is a lot of mystery behind how Timothy came to be, but the love that Cindy and Jim feel for him is definitely present even in just the trailer. We’veRead More ...

This is sponsored content by BlogHer and outmywindow. Before you tell me you don´t really need another photo sharing app, because who can really handle one more (yes, my thoughts exactly!), I´ve got to let you in on a worthwhile discovery: outmywindow. Although in the surface it may seem like one more in the bunch of photo apps, it’s actually quite special because it offers something most, if not all, photo sharing and saving apps are missing: easy-to-use, out-of-the-box privacyRead More ...

With many Halloween-themed movies coming out this fall, Hotel Transylvania definitely stands out as the funny and family oriented movie for all ages. Many of our little ones aren’t prepared for a good scare yet and Hotel Transylvania offers them a comic alternative. The movie is centered around Dracula’s “five-stake” resort, where monster families can relax and enjoy a human-free vacation. On one special weekend Dracula is hosting his daughter Mavis’s 118th birthday extravaganza and monster families of all kindsRead More ...