Many parents don't realize that, in these modern technological times, they are forgetting to teach their children valuable life skills that will allow them to be self-sufficient in the future. One of these skills that seems to have gone by the wayside is learning how to cook. If we, as parents, only provide meals for our kids but never invite them into the kitchen we are not helping them to be independent and prepare their own meals as adults. The mission of the Fourth Annual Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest is quite simply to encourage parents and kids to cook together. The contest provides a platform for parents with kids in grades K-8 to connect with their children one meal at a time by going to unclebens.com and submitting a three-minute home video of their family preparing a rice-based dish while discussing their experience cooking together. Five winners will win $15,000 each for their family and a $30,000 cafeteria makeover for their … [Read more...]
When Life Gets Tough, I Rise Above It And Get Tougher! #RiseAboveIt #NoTeRindas #Ad
This is a compensated campaign in collaboration with Pine-Sol® and Latina Bloggers Connect. When I was 30 years old, two things happened to me that year, I gave birth to my youngest son and I found out I had cancer. If it is shocking for you to read that, imagine how shocking and bitter-sweet it was for me to go through one of the most joyous events in my life while, at the same time, going through one of the most devastating things that could possibly happen to me. Unfortunately, I didn't have the luxury of falling apart because I had a three year-old and a newborn that needed me to keep it together. I remember the weekend after my diagnosis, I lay in bed feeling sorry for myself and wondering why this would happen to me. After a while, I realized that the answer was "Why not me?" People go through tragedies and receive bad news regularly so what made me exempt from it? At that moment I decided that I was going to stay strong and rise above my cancer diagnosis, not … [Read more...]
The Joy Of Experiencing Love, Sleep, Or Play #pampersamorsueñosjuegos #Ad
*This sponsored post was written by me on behalf of Latina Mom Bloggers and Pampers. All opinions are 100% mine. Ten years ago, when I became a new mother, I had no idea the kind of joy that watching my baby would bring me every single day. There were many things that I had to learn since this was my first baby and I paid very close attention to him and learned what his needs were. Unfortunately, my son had very bad Colic as an infant so it sometimes became increasingly difficult to put him to sleep and to feed him because of the discomfort that it caused him. In order to make his bedtime more comfortable for him, I decided to implement a ritual that I adhered to every evening. I figured if he had some consistency and if I did some special things with him, he would feel soothed enough to be able to sleep despite his Colic. So every night I bathed him, massaged his whole body with baby lotion before putting on his pamper, and I played classical music. For some … [Read more...]
