Raising niños in a mixed and matched world.
Caring for Your Loved Ones During the Holidays The holidays are a busy time for most. We’re rushing around with last minute shopping, planning holiday parties, attending to little ones off during winter break and staying up into the wee hours of the night to be sure that we’ve completed our holiday checklist. Despite things [...]
Bluehost Holiday Sale! This week only, today through December 31st, is the Bluehost holiday sale. The discount rate offered is $3.95/mo. for a 36-month agreement (it’s typically $6.95/mo.), which works out to about $47 per year for web hosting. That’s a great deal! On Bluehost, your first domain is free, so if you haven’t purchased your [...]
The New Jim Crow – Book Excerpt I have yet to have the privilege to read the entire book, but today I found an excerpt of The New Jim Crow online and couldn’t help but read it. One of the most inspiring bits of information for me is that this book was authored by a [...]
WIN A BOB STROLLER! I’m very excited today to tell you that Britax, owner of the recently acquired BOB Gear sport utility strollers, has given all me the opportunity to GIVEAWAY A BOB STROLLER – a $300-$400 value! That’s right…I get to hand out a brand new, sporty outdoor stroller to one awesome Bicultural Mom reader! [...]
The image above is of a beautiful tree that grew outside of my campus apartment. Hubby and I would sit under this tree for hours and chat about our future. Loss & Growth I haven’t really mentioned it here much, but this past year has been a bear. My husband lost his job in May [...]
Bicultural Parenting: Celebrating Small Victories Today I’m sharing a guest post I wrote that was previously published on SpanglishBaby.com in July 2011. Our families may not be perfect, but there are many small victories that are worth celebrating! :) Once we were married, my husband and I had put the worst behind us. Our families [...]
Family Relocation & Lonely Holidays The holidays can be an emotional time in our family. Three years ago, we relocated to South Dakota from Michigan, and it’s been a lonely journey. We moved here knowing that we had no family, no friends…but we had to escape a bad economy and Michigan and our first priority [...]
Bilingual Books for Early Readers – Escucha Means Listen Escucha Means Listen is a bilingual children’s picture book for early readers, approximately ages 3-5. Authored by Talia Aikens-Nuñez, Escucha Means Listen is simple and thoughtfully written. It’s back and forth, English / Spanish transitions sound natural and are fun to repeat with young children as they learn. Both [...]
Holiday Traditions & Family Memories This past week we celebrated Thanksgiving and hubby and I even recorded a postcast together. We cooked our Thanksgiving dinner as a family and Lily also helped me bake some cookies and whip up a pistachio cream pie. :) The holidays are officially in full swing and I can’t [...]
Holiday Shopping DEAL: Free Britax Baby Carrier Holiday shopping season has begun! BRITAX and A Pea in the Pod want to add to expecting parents’ holiday cheer: starting November 21, spend $300 at one of 40 A Pea in the Pod maternity stores http://www.apeainthepod.com/MaternityStoreLocator.asp and receive a FREE BRITAX Baby Carrier http://www.britaxusa.com/baby-carriers/baby-carrier ($129.99 value). Keeping parent and child in mind, the [...]
Acerca de cuidado de familiares Noviembre es el mes del cuidado de familiares y aunque muchos no necesariamente pensemos que somos responsables por el cuidado de algún miembro de la familia, la realidad es que la mayoría de los americanos están velando por la salud de algún familiar en estos momentos. Tareas y responsabilidades que antes estaban [...]
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