MixtKids

One Mom's journey to raise empowered mixed-race children

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Finally saying “thank you.”

OK, better late than never!  PJ finally finished all her ‘Thank You’ notes for her birthday party and gifts.  She’s handing them out to her friends in class today.  Her birthday was April 21st and yes, that was a month ago.  In her defense, she handmade each on.  Yup, all by herself, words, pictures, everything. […]

“Mom, is Micah average?”

I’m sure all you parents out there can relate.  The “what, why, who” questions started a few years ago, but now they’ve progressed to word definitions.  So when PJ asked me if her baby sister was average, I didn’t know what to say.  I sort of floundered and then responded, “I guess so.”  Which was […]

My Daughter can’t Roll her Rrrr’s…

Last night, my daughter, PJ, a first grader, was watching Hi5 with her little sister and they were singing a song with some Spanish words and accents.  Well, since I’m Mexican, you’d assume I would speak Spanish and therefore, so would my children, right?  Well, not so fast.  See, I grew up in Utah and […]