Last Friday, Maya ran towards me after she got off the school bus, squealing “I got Blue, mom! I got to bring Blue home!” Huh? I had no idea what all the fuss was about. She must have seen the perplexed look on my face, and tore open her backpack, revealing a small, light blue [...]
Half-staff
January 12, 2011 · by · 7 Comments
“There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts… ” – President Obama Photo taken earlier today… one of the many flags at half-staff in Washington, DC. For more Wordless (or Wordful) Wednesday, visit: 5 Minutes for Mom ~ Latina on a Mission ~ Mom of 3 Girls [...]
Kinectimals… so fun!
January 5, 2011 · by ·
Shortly before Christmas, our family was blessed with an Xbox 360 console with Kinect. Back in early November, I co-hosted a bilingual Xbox Kinect party with The Online Mom, and this bundle was sent to me as compensation for my time. While I love our Wii, we’re reaching for the Xbox more and more as [...]
How did you find me? Interesting keyword searches
January 3, 2011 · by · 8 Comments
Over half of my blog’s traffic comes from search engines. Google, mostly. Once in a while I’ll look and see what keywords bring people to my site. For example, in 2010, “Paper Jamz review” and “what to say to someone who is dying” were the single two most popular queries, but there were lots of [...]
Happy New Year!
December 30, 2010 · by · 2 Comments
I’ll be offline tomorrow. Taking some time to celebrate the last day of the year with friends and family. So I just wanted to go ahead and wish everyone a… Happy New Year! Here’s to a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2011! Image above created at: http://www.makesweet.com/mixer/my-new-year-2011
Christmas came and went…
December 29, 2010 · by · 6 Comments
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Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2010 · by · 2 Comments
Hope you had a wonderful day! Yesterday I hosted a party for family and friends at my home, and today, we woke up early, opened presents, and just hung out. (I managed to squeeze in a 3-hour nap, too!) Tomorrow, I’m going to transfer all my files/bookmarks/email to the fabulous shiny new MacBook that my [...]
First ‘letter’ to Santa
December 21, 2010 · by · 8 Comments
In case you can’t read my daughter’s beautiful handwriting… Santa please bring me: 1. Globe 2. iXL games 3. Leapster games 4. Dollhouse 5. Barbie 6. Doctor’s kit 7. Tag books I think I’m a good girl because: 8. I like to share 9. I’m nice 10. I’m a good sister 11. I do good [...]
My own space
December 14, 2010 · by ·
A few months ago I kicked Maura out of her beautiful pink nursery. She’s been sharing a room with her big sister ever since, and that cozy space is now my new office. It’s still a work in progress, but I finally have a desk and a chair! Yay! I also wrote about this over [...]
Photo op with the Obamas
December 8, 2010 · by · 7 Comments
Maya got so excited when she spied these life-size cardboard cutouts of the Obamas at Union Station that she knocked Michelle over when she ran to stand next to the President. “Take me a picture, take me a picture, mommy!” she pleaded. After I put Michelle back in her spot, Maya let out a big [...]
Disney on my mind…
December 4, 2010 · by · 13 Comments
I took that photo of Maura late last night. Donald always sits at the foot of her bed, but she felt the need to hug him because, like me, she had Disney on her mind. Yesterday I found out that we’ll be going to the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration at Walt Disney World next [...]
Grab my new button!
November 28, 2010 · by · 4 Comments
I realize it’s been almost exactly 2 months since my blog name change/re-design… but I finally took the time to create a new button! I did it myself using Picnik, if you’re wondering. If you link to me on your blog, please replace the one in your sidebar with the new one. The code: <a [...]
