Tatiana Laborde
Christmas Tree Lighting Guide 2025
Christmas is upon us, bringing back a lot of our favorite events are back on the schedule. It’s time to take out our calendars...
3 Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in the DMV
Hispanic Heritage Month is here, where we celebrate the accomplishment of the Hispanic/Latinx/Latino community in the United States. From September 15 to October 15,...
Gearing-up for School Lunches: Tips to Make Packing Easy
It’s that wonderful time of the year again. If you're like me, then you have been dreaming of that first day of school, and...
It’s DC School Lottery Time: Please Don’t Panic
It's almost February, and for DC parents it means one thing: DCPS School Lottery. Chances are that if you are reading this post, you...
3 Tips to Pack Summer Camp Lunches
Need tips to pack summer camp lunches?! Summer is underway, which brings along crazy camp activities with multiple drop-offs, juggling work schedules, and, of...
Ideas for Balanced Lunchboxes for Kids + PRINTABLE
Lunchboxes! Anyone else need inspiration for the daunting task of creating balanced lunchboxes for kids? We can spend hours looking at blogs, Instagram post...
Hispanic Heritage Month: Let’s Celebrate Our Stories
I am an immigrant. I arrived in the US in the fall of 1999, and I was 15 at the time, with a decent...
3 Back to Work Tips to Pursue Career
Are you thinking of going back to work to pursue your career? When my youngest son was born, I had to opportunity to step...
Reduce Halloween Candy Intake + Best Candy Donation Programs
It's that magical time of the year. Our children are discussing their Halloween outfits non-stop (and sometimes changing their mind multiple times). One thing...
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Reading Latinx Literature
Another year of celebrating Latinx culture! We are well into Hispanic Heritage Month and have a calendar full of festivals and opportunities to taste...
Keeping to a Routine: How I Survive the Holiday Season
It’s the holiday season. For parents, that means lots of kid-centered activities, parties, outings, get-togethers, visits to Santa, and a long list of holiday-related...
Mom of the Month: Jacqui Davis highlighting Hispanic Heritage Month {September 2021}
The Washington, DC area is full of amazing moms: working moms, stay-at-home moms, single moms, moms of multiples, foster moms, adoptive moms, etc. We...
3 Quick Lunchbox Ideas to Keep You From Giving Up
The new school year is here and that means back to a routine. Although this year brings a lot of mixed emotions and uncertainty,...
How to Help Afghan Refugees as They Arrive to the DMV
This has definitely been a heavy week for many of us. The developments all over the world over the past couple of weeks have...


















