This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #AddSparkle #CollectiveBias Sometimes it's good to get out of our everyday routine and add SPARKLE to our week. Our little familia does this on Family Day. Family day is what adds pizzazz, connection, fun and laughter to our weekly mundane routine--allowing us to create a positive family culture amidst the chaos and busyness. As I'm sure with most of you, we are greeted every Monday … [Read more...]
Cooking & Teaching Your Kids Spanish with Children’s Books
I'm pretty sure in my public school teaching years, I taught basic Spanish to every age group out there. There's one tip that doesn't change no matter what age group I'm teaching: Use children's literature to help you learn Spanish." I tell parents of babies, elementary age, high schoolers, college students, adults and senior citizens the same thing. Children's literature for the most part is basic Spanish. So I'd encourage my students to go to the library pick up a basic bilingual or all … [Read more...]
Cooking with Kids: Edible Dirt Flower Pots
Aren't these edible Worm and Flower Pots cute and fun? We made them over Easter, for a fun Easter Egg hunt we hosted with our family and friends at an orphanage. I really wanted to spoil the kids at the orphanage since I know they don't have mommies who will take the time to do this for them. And just as I thought the kids LOVED them. Cooking with Kids: Edible Dirt Flower Pots I never got around to sharing the recipe but I thought this would be the perfect Earth Day edible dessert to make … [Read more...]
Fun Spring Food: Carrot Shaped Calzone
I love how these carrot shaped calzones turned out! Aren't they adorable? My kids love to take their fancy lunches to school and show them off, lol. Once I even had a kid stop me at school and ask if I could bring him lunch too. These are really easy to make so my boys joined in the fun! In this picture the first carrot is in a cone shape, I stuffed foil in them to keep them that shape. The second carrot is a flat calzone, I prefer this method so I will show you how to do this one. This … [Read more...]