Traditions + Culture

Using Music to Learn About Heritage

Monday, February 1st, 2010, by Roxana S.

As I was rummaging through some baby toys and books getting them ready for Santiago, who just turned five months and is so much more interested in all kinds of things, I came across a CD of lullabies that I received as a gift from one of my mother’s sisters in Mexico. I immediately remembered read more ...

How do you sing Happy Birthday?

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009, by Roxana S.

Photo by AndrewEick

This post was originally published on July 16, 2009.
I absolutely love summer…for a lot of reasons, but mainly because my daughter is a summer baby which means we get to celebrate her cumpleaños outdoors in the melting heat (as opposed to indoors hiding from the snow.) In fact, both Vanessa and Camila were read more ...

Celebrating Christmas with Hispanic Flavor

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009, by Guest

The following is a guest post by Marcela Hede and is part of the Your Bicultural Holiday Traditions series.
We love Las Navidades! Typically we celebrate the best of both worlds-the American and the Hispanic one.  I try to introduce our Colombian traditions in a fun way for our son Ian to have great memories of read more ...

The Feast of Los Reyes Magos

Monday, December 21st, 2009, by Guest

The following is a guest post by Silvia and is part of the Your Bicultural Holiday Traditions series.
In a perfect world we would spend every year in Mexico during the Christmas Season. I have wonderful memories of getting together each year at my abuelita’s house, of playing with my cousins, enjoying the posadas, drinking read more ...

Blending Traditions

Friday, December 18th, 2009, by Guest

The following is a guest post by Dariela and is part of the Your Bicultural Holiday Traditions series.
This year I have a list of traditions and activities I want to make that will help bring together the two cultures we have in our family: Venezuelan and American.
Since our son is 3 years old and we read more ...

Feeling at Home Within Two Cultures

Thursday, December 17th, 2009, by Guest

The following is a guest post by Adriana Villalobos and is part of the Your Bicultural Holiday Traditions series.
We are a bilingual and bicultural family.  I am a “gringa” born and raised in the mid-west to English-speaking parents.  I fell in love with the Spanish language and Hispanic culture while studying in Mexico and Spain read more ...

Alegre Vengo de la Montaña or How Abuela´s Traditions are Still Alive

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009, by Guest

The following is a guest post from Melissa and is part of Your Bicultural Holiday Traditions series.
Alegre vengo de la montaña
de mi cabaña que alegre está
y a mis amigos les traigo flores
de las mejores de mi rosal.
Y a mis amigos les traigo flores
de las mejores de mi rosal.
This song plays in loop in my head read more ...

Christmas Time: A complex dance between two cultures

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009, by Guest

The following is a guest post by Señora López and is part of the Your Bicultural Holiday Traditions series.
Keeping traditions alive in the Familia López poses a unique challenge. I am an Anglo-American, born and raised in the United States with both my father’s Jewish traditions and my mother’s Protestant ones. My husband is Latino, read more ...

Your Bicultural Holiday Traditions

Monday, December 14th, 2009, by Guest

One of the most exciting parts of keeping up with SpanglishBaby is “meeting” so many other parents and educators who share our passion of raising bilingual and bicultural children.  In the 10 months since we launched, we’ve felt part of a constantly growing community of bloggers who are lovingly sharing their bicultural families’ life stories.  read more ...

So Many Reasons to be Thankful!

Thursday, November 26th, 2009, by Roxana S.

For some reason I can’t even explain, I’ve always said Thanksgiving is not a holiday I feel connected to…until now. You see, even though I’ve never hosted a Thanksgiving feast, I’ve always attended one. It’s usually over at my sister’s who loves to entertain and always has the best and most delicious concoctions for any read more ...