Exploring the world one suitcase at a time
Do you know what really makes the corners of my mouth turn upward, and think for the tiniest split second, that maybe I’ve done something right as a parent? It’s when one of my children calls me mamá. I began studying Spanish in 6th grade and the journey continued… A two week trip to Spain […]
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You know you’re a world traveler when you remember countries you’ve visited based on beans. Black beans: Costa Rica. Red beans: Nicaragua. Garbanzo Beans: Spain. You get the idea. Often eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, beans are a way of life in many lands. To finish off our latest exploration series at Mommy Maleta, […]
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My three favorite events surrounding Halloween are… Dressing up in costumes Decorating or carving pumpkins Trick-or-treating if most of the candy is some form of chocolate : ) With about three weeks remaining before the 31st, the pressure is on to find the perfect costume. I hope these cool Halloween costumes around the world, accompanied with […]
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Clara flicked the arrow hard and sent it whirling. The plastic pointer slowed and stopped on a pink space labeled France. The five of us scanned past France and read that it is located on the continent Europe. Now it was up to my 9 year old to locate Europe on the world map game […]
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Fruit, yogurt, and a pitcher of water. I scribbled those three items down in my journal while living in Santander, Spain as an exchange student. My abuela, or grandma, in Spain spent the mornings cooking the most delicious meals. Then our family pulled the little stools out from under the square table that was pushed up […]
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I never would have learned how to make jewelry with paper beads if it wasn’t for the adoption of our son. Shortly after I moved to Central America for our 4 1/2 month fostering period leading up to the adoption, a fellow adopting mom introduced me to the book Kisses From Katie. The book was […]
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My girls are way past the Dora The Explorer stage, but they’re not ready to venture into Hunger Games territory yet either. And of course, I’d like them to learn something useful while they’re reading. I wondered if there was some sort of adventurous, literary middle ground out there? I didn’t really know the answer […]
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I am not used to seeing the leaves change colors when it is 90 degrees outside. That’s what was happening last week, however, in NE Ohio. So even though I was still wearing shorts and a tank top, the leaves were telling me to start looking for fall songs and books in Spanish for kids, […]
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Hi Sarah. I’m really excited to interview you today. We are currently exploring the country Uganda at Mommy Maleta and I know that your company called International Blessings supports women who work in Uganda. So I have two goals today. First, I want our readers to find out more about Uganda from you because you […]
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Each month at Mommy Maleta we explore the world one suitcase at a time alphabetically. So our very first month we learned about Australia because it begins with the letter A. Next we learned about Brazil because it begins with the letter B. See what I mean? Great. We spend 4 weeks exploring each feature […]
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