Exploring the world one suitcase at a time
When I first started thinking about creating Mommy Maleta, I decided that I would follow the pattern of choosing a country alpabetically (Australia, Brazil, China etc…) and that I would spend 4 weeks on each country as follows: Week 1: Flag, Map, Country Facts Week 2: Interview Week 3: Craft Week 4: Recipe I set […]
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Disclaimer: This post contains affliliate links which help support Mommy Maleta at no additional cost to you. This week at the Thoughtful Spot Blog Hop I want to tell you about one of my favorite family Christmas traditions. I absolutely love to read stories from the series called Christmas In My Heart, edited by Joel […]
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*Disclosure: I am a Discovery Toys consultant and I will receive a commission which helps support Mommy Maleta when you make a purchase from my online store I’m not sure if I mentioned it before but, besides blogger, I am also a tennis coach. I played tennis in high school and then went on to […]
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Have you ever heard of Small Business Saturday? It began the Saturday after Thanksgiving in 2010. Since then it has been celebrated on that post Thanksgiving Saturday as an effort to promote small businesses in response to the big consumer Black Friday and Cyber Monday events. I live in a pretty rural area and I […]
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Hummus is a Mediterranean dip or spread commonly served in Lebanon along side pita bread. I love that it is made from the adorable sounding chickpea, or garbanzo bean (not so adorable sounding). I often buy hummus, but kind of kick myself afterwards for going the convenient route, because it is really not hard to […]
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I hope you all enjoyed your turkey and mashed potatoes. I thought our leftovers would last forever, but apparently our household is more talented than I thought at making food disappear! With Thanksgiving under our belts, I am looking forward to all the great Christmas & holiday posts you will be linking up. If I […]
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Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which help support Mommy Maleta This week I wanted to feature a wooden craft to represent the cedar trees that we talked about in Post 1 of this series. After some brainstorming sessions, I thought miniature wooden birdhouses would be a good choice. My niece, who came for a […]
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Disclaimer: The following post contains affiliate links. All opinions about this course are my own. Most of us will be celebrating New Year’s Day on Jan. 1st, 2015. I’ll be right there with you, but I also have another reason to celebrate. Jan. 1st, 2015 is my 1 year Blogging Anniversary at Mommy Maleta! I […]
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Thanksgiving is 3 days away & December isn’t far behind. This means we are ready for a new GIVEAWAY at the Thoughtful Spot! I am pretty excited about this giveaway because it sparked an idea for our annual road trip to Chicago for Christmas. We listen to audio book CDs on our road trips. It […]
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Today we have the privilege a meeting Maria. Maria is a college student who is kind enough to give us a glimpse of her life in Lebanon. I did not know a whole lot about Lebanon prior to writing this series. My only connections are… My husband traveled to Jordan & Lebanon for a few […]
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