For those of you that aren’t familiar, Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017 (1/27/17) is in its fourth year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Their mission is to raise awareness on the ongoing need to include kid’s books that celebrate diversity in home and school …
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It’s the last day of 2016, and as we get ready to ring in the New Year 2017 with our family and friends here in Hawaii, we thought we’d reminisce on everything we got to experience in 2016. From skiing in Whistler, to experiencing the cherry blossoms in Japan, 2016 was a year of tremendous …
Kim Hales is an award winning photographer, artist and writer who found inspiration in her wiener dog, Ellie. Because she has always believed in the power and magic of a good book, Kim dedicated herself to writing stories for children and building a publishing company that would celebrate books for the young and the young …
We found the coolest park in the outskirts of Vancouver called the Terra Nova Adventure Park! During our short stay in this wonderful city we heard of a unique park that locals frequent and rave about. Located in the City of Richmond, Terra Nova Adventure Park is where we headed to on an overcast afternoon. …
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Jaf, my 6-year old, is a huge fan of sumo wrestling. You often find him watching it for an hour or more on TV Japan. So, it made sense that watching Japanese Sumo wrestling live was at the top of our to-do list during our trip to Japan. During a brief stop-over in Osaka in …
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Parenting children who are not afraid of trying new foods can sometimes get a bit stressful when you’re traveling overseas. For starters, most of the time you don’t know how or where a food item was prepared and assume the person/restaurant who is serving it knows: that they are serving it to children who could …
No matter where you go in Japan, it’s hard to ignore the smell of freshly made Taiyaki (たい焼き). You can find taiyaki vendors in every city at almost every train station or shopping mall in Japan, just let your nose do the work. What is Taiyaki? There are a couple of stories concerning its origins, …
On May 1st, as the rest of the world celebrates May Day as a traditional spring holiday, Hawai’i prepares for its annual May Day festivities with the lei being front and center. May Day or “Lei Day” in Hawai’i celebrates the native Hawaiian tradition of giving and receiving a lei, a way to express love …
A couple of months ago, we shared an easy Italian meatball recipe, one that Jaf helped cook up himself. Jaf loves spaghetti and meatballs, and it’s his go-to meal for lunch, dinner, and probably even breakfast if he had his way! In my last post I talk about culinary world-schooling, what it is, and how …
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I have a habit of creating my own things. I tend to make things up, whether it be words (like culinary world-schooling), projects, or ideas, and then leverage them as “words to live by.” When my husband and I decided to sell everything and pack up our lives to travel the world for the next …
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