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In celebration of Dia De Los Muertos {Day of the Dead} many build Altares {Altars} in honor of their loved ones who have passed. I wanted my children to be involved and decided to do our own mini altar in a shoebox. An altar is a space used to place all the wonderful things that remind you of those who have passed. It consists of pictures, candles, flowers, treats, and of course yummy foods. They are considered offerings to the dead who comeRead More ...

One of our favorite times of the year at SpanglishBaby is here: Day of the Dead/Día de Muertos. We love embracing it because of the deep traditions, symbolism and colors it brings to our bicultural lives. It´s an especially fun time of the year to create original crafts and activities with our kids. This is our third year celebrating this special occasion with you. If you´re looking  for information on what Día de Muertos is and how to celebrate, thenRead More ...

Now that our mouths have watered over the easy-to-make and delicious recipes Nicole Presley shared with us, we’re giving away five PAM Toolkits so you can try them out for yourselves. As Nicole demonstrated, the new and improved PAM makes it easier for us to cook our favorite dishes without having to worry about the messy clean-up after. The proof is in the food. See for yourself the new formula in action in this video on the PAM Cooking Spray Facebook page. Check outRead More ...

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 ...

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 ...

My daughter just experienced her first Scholastic Book Fair at school. I volunteered to work the fair a couple of days, not only because I wanted to help, but also because I wanted to see her in action. And, it was just as I expected, she was in book heaven! I helped her, and her little friends, fill out her wish list and a few days later we went back to the fair and got her a couple of theRead More ...

¿Qué Color Es? What You’ll Need: Hula hoops and bean bags in the main primary colors. Set Up: Lay the hula hoops out on the floor and have the children stand around them in any order. The teacher holds on to the same colored bean bags. How to Play: Toss a bean bag to a child and say “¿que color es?” The child should then throw the bean bag into the matching hula hoop and yell out the color inRead More ...

My girl and I have a ritual every single night to give thanks for our health and all the blessings we receive every day.  Now that she’s four and can grasp more concepts, I’ve started introducing a prayer for all the babies and kids in the world that don’t have a family to care for them, a home to sleep in or food to feed them.  This bit has really impacted my girl because she can’t believe some kids haveRead More ...