Giving birth is always a very special time for a woman: first the pregnancy, the feeling of responsibility of that human being growing in one’s body; followed by the preparations for birth, the expectations; then the birth itself, the first minutes with the baby; and finally the postpartum experience. All of that makes a huge […]
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I am absolutely delighted to be kicking off Multicultural Kid Blogs’ annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration! This year, we’re doing things a little bit differently; every day, one of our blog members will publish a post on their site celebrating culture from Spain or Latin America. From crafts to books to recipes, you’ll find a
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The summers here in Pittsburgh are fun – we take lots of trips to the pool, we try to go camping, we join the library book club and we do a lot of exploring around the city. But this summer, we have a new goal: the kids want to start learning another language and they
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Summer is a time for light meals: cold soups, lemonades, ice tea, salads. Today I will share what we cook in our Spanish-Russian family living in the US during summer months. These summer recipes are easy, quick in preparation and quite filling. Spain On our summer menu, we have a cold Spanish soup salmorejo. It
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One of the best things about doing a two-week program in Israel when I was in college was meeting Jewish people from all over the world. As expected, there were lots of Jewish women and men from the U.S. But, many of our program participants came from other places like Brazil and South America. Together,
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