A Case for Bilingual Education in the U.S. School System By Barbara Mascareno Is it possible to administer a great educational system for all children, from all cultural background, and languages? That’s what Maria’s parents thought when they moved their family from Central America to the United States. Maria had a strong foundation in Spanish,… [Read More]
Tweens
Enjoying the holiday break with tweens
Create a fun holiday project that lasts all year One of the moments I’m most looking forward to during the holiday break will be to spend some actual, true blue familia time together. I plan to “turn off the technology” and really pay attention to my tween girls. This age group KNOWS you’re not doing… [Read More]
DIY Holiday Nail Art
I’m absolutely in LOVE this holiday season with CoverGirl’s Outlast Stay Brilliant Nail Gloss in Lasting Love (red hue) and Golden Opportunity (gold). I’m not a huge fan of red nail polish but this one has really grown on me. And after our interview with celebrity nail artist Mar y Sol, I’ve been inspired to… [Read More]
Talking to Kids About Tragedy
Just like with so many things for our tweens- it’s getting harder and harder to shelter them from the world’s tragic realities. This week’s senseless murder of innocent children and teachers is another unfortunate lesson in starting to talk very realistically with our growing children. Before they hear it from their friends, it’s… [Read More]
[#Shopping] Teaching Tweens How to do Holiday Shopping on a Budget
Last week, I took out tween reporters Maddy, Sophia and Olivia to Family Dollar’s Holiday Extravaganza event. We were given a challenge to shop for the holidays using $50 in gift cards provided. The girls were definitely up for it and started piling gifts for their siblings, cousins, amigos, themselves and the less-fortunate family their… [Read More]
Giving Gifts that Encourage Imaginative Play
We have a very strong no television and no video games during the week policy. I was inspired to put it in place four years ago when my now tween’s Kindergarten teacher told me she didn’t allow screen time on week days. I was shocked at first. But, after I started thinking about it, it… [Read More]
Making the Holidays Bright – Swarovski Gifts and Spring Preview
Last week, our bestie Jewel from Jewel’s Fab Life invited us to cover Swarovski’s re-opening of their Lincoln Road location. The only reason we accepted was because Jewel’s is such a good friend of ours. It had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that we were going out on a school night to… [Read More]
Review of the New Nissan Pathfinder
We were recently invited by Nissan to the “Nissan Next” event at the Miami International Auto Show to check out and test drive the new 2013 Pathfinder. I can honestly say I’ve never owned a Nissan so I was interested in checking out the vehicle. While I’m a current minivan driver, I’ve NEVER been a… [Read More]
You Want What!?! Asking Santa for Tablets and Smartphones
Me: “Maddy, did you write your list to Santa yet?” (Yes, she still believes in Santa and we’ve worked very hard to keep this going but that’s for a different post!) Maddy: “Yup, I want an iPad and if he doesn’t bring me that then I want an iPod Touch.” Me: “I think you… [Read More]
Indoor Playgrounds for Tweens and Parents – Cool De Sac Hall Pass Giveaway
There aren’t many places I can take my 10 year old, 6 year old and 15 month old and they are all entertained. So, when I find one of those locations I must share it with all of my mommy amigas. Cool de Sac is an indoor playground complete with video games, a dress-up station,… [Read More]
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