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Parenting

Finding the Woman I Used to Be

Motherhood

At the beginning of this year, I reflected on what I am looking forward to for 2013 and shared some personal goals and planned changes. One of those is to grow my knowledge this year – to read more, learn something new, enhance a skill – something along those lines. You see, I used to [...]

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Family Gaming Fun with the Nintendo Wii U

Parenting

You may or may not know that about three years ago, I joined a team of Nintendo Brand Enthusiasts through the Brand About Town agency. My first role as a brand ambassador was to host a Wii Fit Plus yoga party – my, how things have changed with Nintendo since then! I’ve continued on as [...]

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Holiday Traditions New and Old

life

Source: stu_spivack/Flickr Growing up, Christmas was always a fun time for me. I have great memories of Navidad in Puerto Rico, especially. I remember the vibrant music, fun spirit everyone seemed to be in, and the food. Oh, the food! The traditional Puerto Rican Nochebuena (Christmas Eve) dinner is one that I still love to [...]

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Practice Makes Better…Not Perfect

Baby Boy

“Practice makes perfect.“ We all know the saying. We heard it growing up and we’ve probably said it to our own children. The intention is good: don’t give up and keep practicing, you’ll eventually get it or be better. But, are we inadvertently sending our kids a message that perfection is desired?

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On Being an Involved Parent in My Children’s Education

Parenting

Last year my daughter began her first year of formal schooling as a Kindergartner at a local public school. I say formal schooling because she had been learning at home long before that. Ever since she was a baby (actually even while in the womb), my husband and I had been reading to her. Once she learned [...]

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