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This past cooking class, I had three kids again… and as Valentine’s day is getting closer, we decided to put together a heart shaped treat. In the past I had made some really yummy Apple Hand Pies, so I decided to use that pastry dough, but this time I wanted … Continue reading
Colors and Design as a Game Have you ever seen or heard of Hervé Tullet’s picture books? They are a marvelous romp of color and whimsy, I had the pleasure of receiving Press Here as a gift for my daughter a few years back. Up to this day, and now … Continue reading
After a long hiatus because of the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, we’re finally resuming our Friday cooking class with the kids! This time I dug out a recipe for Molten Chocolate Cakes I put together from a Belgian Cook book , also known as Chocolate Lava Cakes. I first … Continue reading
El mes pasado hice una lista de mis libros preferidos de miedo para niños. Desde hace tiempo llevaba queriendo hacer lo mismo con mis cuentos ilustrados favoritos en español. Así que acá va la lista de las historias más hermosas con dibujos increíbles para despertar la imaginación de cualquier niño. … Continue reading
This week, cooking class with I and Z was a lot of fun, as I put together a combo of a camping trip story along with S’more lollipops, based on an idea I saw on Pinterest. As the S’more lollipops were super easy to make, I decided to take pictures … Continue reading
Giving girls an alternative to Disney Princesses Ever since my daughter started preschool, at the tender age of 2, she fell in love with Disney Princess craze. I love fantasy, and I love fairy tales. I just couldn’t sit down and see how everything around my house turned into pink … Continue reading
Little Miss I has been pinning to learn how to make her first apple pie. She asked me a couple of weeks ago to incorporate that to our Friday cooking class. She really wanted to do it last Friday, but it was Halloween… She even tried to fake a note … Continue reading
Degas and the Little Dancer, by Laurence Anholt, is a picture book I found with my daughter at our local library when she was very young (a little past 2 and a half). At that time she was completely taken by ballet, and I wanted to find something to enrich … Continue reading
Last Christmas I learned about this book by a list of the most beautiful children’s picture books. I don’t recall who had put that list together, but I got this book as well as another one I already reviewed, called “Gobble you up” Blexbolex is a well known French graphic … Continue reading
Last month, for kid’s cooking class, we tried and make Pumpkin muffins, after reading a really cute Halloween book called Somethin’ Pumpkin, by Scott Allen and illustrated by Jimmy Pickering. The book is a very funny romp on all the different uses pumpkins can have during the spooky month of … Continue reading