Mataro - another choice for a beach getaway out of Barcelona

It is true that we have never stayed there overnight, always or we were going to any other place and stayed for a few hours on the beach, or another times we went early in the morning and got back to Barcelona late in the evening. So, we do not have experienced our family stay for more that 1 day on this beach. Even though, I would highly recommend this place for more than 1 day, as the beach is...

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Getaway to L´Ampolla

Last weekend we had a very last minute getaway, as we were invited to stay in a house of one of my husband´s friends in a small village near L´Ampolla, this village is considered a part of this town, as I even don´t really know it´s name. L´Ampolla it is about 150km away from Barcelona and as well it is within Catalunya. We went there on Saturday and come back on Sunday...huuh... we got tired. But,...

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Festa al cel 2015 (Air show)

Huuuh... time flies I don´t know were. Almost one month I haven´t written any post... I feel really sorry for this... too many things happened, a lot of getaways, I will post about them later on other posts... I promise. Yesterday, we went to a very known air show in Mataro (a town like 30 km away from Barcelona), called ¨Festa al Cel¨, an air show that take place once a year or at the beach of...

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Ideas for inside activities for toddlers

There is clean in the house only when children are at their grandparents... told somebody. This happened to be our case this week, as our toddler stayed with his grandparents (my parents-in-law). And now, I have plenty of time to prepare new toddler activities, for upcoming days, for our toddler. Today, I will share just a part of prepared inside activities for toddlers. Something I have bought,...

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Back on track - 2 weeks out of socials and blog

I haven't mentioned before that we are going on holidays as I supposed I will have plenty of free time to write you even more articles and share with you much more ideas of toddler activities and share motherhood tips with you. But, as every time happens, when I have holidays with my parents and my sister family, socials and blog came on second plan. I am really sorry for you... but being sicere I spent wonderfully these 2 weeks. Sometimes I think we need to disconnect from virtual life and to...

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Printables - Discover marine life with TODDLERS

I love printables! I know, I repeat it every time I write a post about printables. It is true that it is a lot of work that has to be done before writing a post about printables. As you have to: - look for nice pictures in internet - create a power point with printables and print them - cut and prepare printables for my toddler - play with my toddler at least 2 times, till he ask me to play with...

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Swimming pool and toddlers

When you think of swimming pool, do you think about how great is to enjoy swimming? Right? Yes, it is true, kids as well enjoy playing in water, but of course depending on their age and their habits to swim. It is well known that infants can swim in the water and control their breath by themselves. I do not know why, but this habit disappear once they grow up. I always thought that once I will have...

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Throwing & Catching a ball. Toddler outside activity

Looking through studies about toddlers development I have found a really interesting information about the topic we will discuss today. Throwing balls our kids are able more or less from their 18th month, I mean a conscient throw of a ball, not simple throwing of any objects, that even babies of 6 months are able to do. But how about catching? I was quite surprised when last week I tried to play...

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10 SECRETS of happy mama to build SELF-ESTEEM of your toddler

On how you will build your kid´s self-esteem, depends his happiness, and his mental health. As a parent you are responsible of your kid´s happiness and future, why not to make him happy from his early ages and be confident on what he does. Confident people inspire other people to big deals. Usually the society would accept ideas and would prefer a confident person to a person with a lower self-esteem,...

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Tossa - wonderful beach and cristaline water. What can be better for summer holidays.

Tossa de Mar or Tossa, is a coast on Costa Brava. This town it is one of the most touristy places in summer. It is about 100 km north of Barcelona, so it easy to get there for us. We have never stoped there for holidays, but we think of it. We were in Tossa last year for the weekend, and it remains in our hearts and as a place to get back and spent some holidays there. Water is colder there than...

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5 things to take with you at the beach. Dedicated to mums with toddlers

Last year I have written a similar post , please look here, but it was dedicated to mums with babies. Now, I decided to share some tips for mums with toddlers. During last two weeks in Barcelona was too hot, and we went to the beach as many times as we could, as in our flat it was almost impossible to stay. Our toddler really loves the idea to bath in the sea, and to refresh a little bit. Every...

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10 Summer Activities for Kids - inspired from other blogs

Those who follow me on twitter have already seen some tweets about how hot is in Barcelona this summer. More than for 2 weeks we do not do any other activities at home than storytelling while our toddler is playing in water with his toys. And on weekends we go to the beach, to play in water and to pass great time together. Looking through other blogs that I use to follow, I have seen a lot of ideas...

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Tiger is our best friend. How nursery teach from early months to care somebody?

In every nursery there is a toy, that represents the class. And during the year this toy is shown as being one of the best friend of a class, which kids have to care. Then every week one of toddlers is choosen to be a Hero of the week. This means that they have to take this toy at home during the weekend, to care of this, play with this and be amazed as this one of theirs best friend in the nursery....

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Painting as part of developing Fine Motor Skills on toddlers

   It is well known that children like to paint. It is a messy process but this is a part of their development. I love to give my toddler crayons and leave him alone to create his paintings, and while he paints I can prepare food or do any other work by home. Reading through internet some information about how painting affects developing on our children I have found that fingerprints...

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Happy Mama Secrets - about pregnancy and motherhood, my own story

These days I was invited to share my own story on The Good Mother Project with an article that would better describe my view of motherhood, my fears and my struggles while being a mom; with the topic Secrets. I accepted the invitation to take part in this action and that is why I am here sharing my story. Please do not judge me, if you disagree my point of view it is ok, share it with a comment or with a post, I would appreciate it. My story. I was 23 and my husband 24 when we decided to...

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1 to 10 counting - educational activity for toddlers from 1 to 3 years

I was good at maths, sometimes I think this is because I was shown from early ages assembly and multiplying excercices like a game and not like a routine. So, I loved numbers and play with numbers, maths was like a game for me. I thought that it is never too early to begin to teach my toddler numbers. First step was through a song, there are a lot of very funny videos on youtube, just choose...

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Teaching colors for toddlers, learning activity with printables

Due to BabyCenter Team, toddlers begin to recognize different colors at age of 18 months. It is true that each baby is different and learn colors in its own way. For example in both nurseries that went our son, they were teaching them colors from about 6 months, they never learned 2 or more colors in a day, the process is to learn a color a day, or a color in a week. As my toddler already knows more...

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Childhood now and 20 years ago.

This post I want to dedicate to me and others mums like me, because I found out that 23h of 24h I think and talk just about my toddler. That is why today's post I want to dedicate to my childhood and my memories. The idea came to my mind today on my class of English (yes...even now I study English.....and yes... I see that I have to learn even more). We were talking about our childhood, about our...

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From Bilingual Family to a Multilingual environment. How to raise a smart kid within so many languages?

Globalization is something that changes our lives in a good or bad way, but all of us try to accept and survive in this kind of life. Nowadays it is very common, kids to grow in a multilingual environment, nothing to compare with almost 20 or 30 years ago, when a bilingual kid was seen as a kid who is not as smart as others, or not as capable as others. How I know? Simply, I am that kid that 20 years...

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Potty challenge - our own story about how we forgot about diapers

¨Quick potty training¨ it is not a recent thing nowadays. Psychologists Nathan H. Azrin and Richard M. Foxx published the book that started it all, Toilet Training in Less Than a Day, in 1974. 30 years past since then, so I won´t amaze anybody with new tactics or new ways to train your kid to get used with a potty. But, I will tell you a story, our story, how we forgot about diapers. It was...

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10 tips for parents who travel by plane with kids.

Ahh, yes, we talk over and over again about holidays, vacations, getaways and great time with family. I am an agent travel, loving mother and just a person who lives abroad with her family. We go twice a year, this year just once, to see my parents who live far away from us and as well our far-flung relatives. On our first 2 years we flew a lot, and got some experience. Our first flight was with...

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5 things to take with you in the car, while traveling with kids

Hello summer! Welcome sunshine and wonderful weather. All of us were waiting for you for 9 months, like a mum waiting for her baby.Who is lucky had already had it's holidays, but who is even luckier will have it's holidays in a very short time. That's why, here I am, with some tips while travelling with kids. Today I will share some important things to take with you in a car.Apart of food and drinks,...

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