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See What Unfolds When Your Kid Looses His Tooth

23 Sep

My five-year old recently lost two teeth within one week. He lost the first one at his abuela’s house while he was eating … and we never found the tooth. (yikes) He wasn’t upset though because he didn’t even know about the gifts of the Tooth Fairy. When the second one came out we were [...]

Mexican Moms Do Parenting Best – A Daughter’s Love (Guest Post)

18 Sep

Feeling God’s love in my heart. Smelling Imari perfume and finding comfort. Seeing mothers and daughters shopping together, laughing together and just simply loving each other. Those are just a few things that remind me of my beautiful late-mother, Lydia Gomez. Most recently, an article I read also reminded me of her and what made [...]

My Family Said I’m not Latino

13 Sep

My blog began because I found it liberating to share with others (whoever could find me online) about my ‘identity crisis’. You know the not being Mexican enough for Mexicans and not being American enough for America. When people ask me what I blog about that’s pretty much what I tell them. Very often I [...]

Boys, Superheroes & Youtube: Captain México

20 Aug

I’ve said it before, being a mom of boys allows me to live out my inner Marvel geek! I have every excuse now to go watch the blockbuster movies as they are released. I can spend all the time I wish looking at superhero action figures, memorabilia, costumes, etc. Like many young boys, mine are [...]

Odd Life of Timothy Green Giveaway

10 Aug

  COMMUNITY DAY In partnership with Disney’s The Odd Life of Timothy Green and San Antonio Parks and Recreation Volunteers, we headed out to San Pedro park in San Antonio, TX  for a community clean up day. We (mostly the adult volunteers including my husband) cleaned out some garden boxes and replanted flowers and plants [...]