I have seen so many wonderful lists of children’s book to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month that I was inspired to create a list of our top five Puerto Rico children’s book to celebrate through out this month. We have these books at home, and they are my child’s favorite.Read More →
This is the second installment of Discovering Our Taíno Ancestry series. In our first installment little one learned about his Taíno culture with a sensory “yucayeque” village that we made. Today’s post is all about learning more in detail about the cemíes and dujos that were in his yucayeque. Luckily I was able toRead More →
One of my goals during our vacation this past summer was to spend time with our extended familia in one of the most beautiful places on earth: Culebra, Puerto Rico! Bonding with nature, immersing ourselves in the culture and language was a priority for my li’l family; and Culebra wasRead More →
This picture is posted under creative common rights. For link go here. I absolutely love my beautiful island of Puerto Rico. I love it’s history, and culture. I live it day by day since I’m a very proud Puerto Rican! Therefore, I am thrilled to share a guest post on MamaRead More →
Although we’re living in the US little one has been fortunate enough to celebrate a Noche Buena in Puerto Rico. Noche Buena is celebrated on Christmas Eve (December 24th) with a huge family gathering, food, music, singing aguinaldos Navideños (similar to Christmas carols), and at midnight everyone goes to the MisaRead More →
When our baby was six months old he visited Puerto Rico for the first time. We went during the festivities of the Three Kings also known as the Epiphany celebrated on January 6. The Epiphany is the celebration of the three wise men who followed the star to Bethlehem toRead More →
When we found out we were pregnant with our son I wanted him to be proud of who he was. I wanted him to celebrate his beautiful, and colorful diversity. His multiculturalism, and his heritage. It wasn’t until he was 3 1/2 years old that I found a great way to talkRead More →
Being engaged, and getting to marry the love of my life was one of the happiest days of my life. Planning a bicultural wedding was so much fun that I actually wanted to bring everything about my Puerto Rican heritage to our wedding! (Shells, and all! But I’ll leave thatRead More →