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Build Them a House…

June 30, 2010 By Melanie Edwards 19 Comments

Building a House

On Sunday, I co-hosted the Orlando Hebrew National Better-Than-A-Picnic Picnic. The night before, the husband and I were explaining to baby girl that we would be going to the picnic and that we were going to be helping people. We told her that we’d be collecting items that would be given to people who needed […]

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Filed Under: Baby Girl, life Tagged With: central florida, charity, children, community, family, home, homeless, homelessness, house, kids, life, orlando, preschooler

Summer Fun with Rice Krispies Treats! Cookbook Contest Too!

June 23, 2010 By Melanie Edwards

Rice Krispies Brand Ambassador - The Motherhood

This post is part of a paid campaign. When I was little, my mami taught me how to cook as soon as I could reach the back-burner of the stove. I helped make rice, beans, soup, and any other dish she thought I could handle. As I got older and into my tween/teenage years, I […]

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Filed Under: Giveaways, Recipes Tagged With: blog giveaways, contest, cooking, give-away, giveaway, Giveaways, kids, Parenting, Recipes, rice krispies, rice krispies treats

Celebrating Daddies for Father’s Day!

June 18, 2010 By Melanie Edwards 19 Comments

Sasha Making Silly Faces with Daughter

Note: If you are an e-mail or rss subscriber, please click the post title to see the video. Continuing the conversation about nurturing and attentive fathers, today we’re going to celebrate those special men in our lives. Happy Father’s Day to my own baby-daddy and to all the wonderful, attentive, supportive, and all-around great fathers […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: affectionate fathers, attentive fathers, children, dads, father's day, fatherhood, fathers, good father, happy father's day, husbands, involved fathers, kids, men, nurturing fathers, Parenting, working dad, working fathers

Learn Spanish With Little Pim! Win a Set of Spanish Flash Cards & CD!

March 5, 2010 By Melanie Edwards

Little Pim Spanish Word and Phrase Cards

Disclosure: I received Little Pim products for review purposes. No other compensation received. By now you know that my husband and I have committed to raising bilingual children. Coming from different cultures ourselves, our daughter has the benefit of growing up multicultural and learning two languages – English and Spanish. Though my first language was […]

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Filed Under: Giveaways, reviews, viernes social Tagged With: #viernessocial, bilingual, blog contests, blog giveaways, children, foreign language, giveaways, growing up multicultural, kids, little pim, little pim iphone app, little pim's word bag, merengue, multicultural, preschoolers, Puerto Rico, raising bilingual children, reviews, spanish, spanish music, toddlers, viernes social

Free and Low-Cost Activities for Preschoolers in Orlando

February 24, 2010 By Melanie Edwards 9 Comments

I recently participated in the Trekaroo KidsMobile blog carnival, where a few Orlando bloggers created lists of their favorite kid-friendly activities in the Orlando and Central Florida area. Many of the lists created have suggestions for traveling to Disney. I offered up a list of Free and Low-Cost Activities in Orlando for Preschoolers. Since Orlando […]

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Filed Under: Orlando/Central Florida Events & Attractions, preschoolers Tagged With: activities, blog carnival, central florida, cheap, disney, family vacation, florida, free, hotels, kids, kidsmobile, low-cost, orlando, preschoolers, restaurants, theme parks, toddlers, travel, trekaroo, vacation, walt disney world

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