Celebrating Day of the Child with Herdez!

Ever since I can remember, my Grandma “Ma’Maria” always celebrated “Dia de los Niños” in English it’s known as “Day of the Child/Children”. She would make us our favorite treat for lunch, which was fresh made tortillas and refried beans, she would give us small presents and then she would take us out to the “Children’s day” celebrations around town. There always was a large grocery store that would give kids baby chicks as a gift. It was always our favorite thing to do. When the day was done and we would get home, Ma’Maria would cook our favorite dinner: “Pollo en mole poblano”. Ma’Maria always knew how to make us feel special. This is why I am happy to be able to share with you how we are Celebrating Day of the Child with Herdez!

Growing up with my Mother, we never celebrated it, and I always said that when I had my own kids; I would never miss a single “Dia de los Niños”. A funny and purely coincidental thing:
My husband and I got married on April 30…
On “Dia de los Niños”.

Honey Bunches of Oats, Breakfast on the go! #GalletitasHBOats

Honey Bunches of Oats, Breakfast on the go! #GalletitasHBOats As a mom of 6 “littles”, I know that it’s important that they eat breakfast, but I also know how our mornings are around here… busy! I have 7 humans rushing out of my house at different times for bus pick-ups and School walks, picture this: …

Coping After Tragedies, Happy New Year 2015

Coping After Tragedies, Happy New Year 2015
It has been a few weeks since I last wrote a post, not having a phone or a laptop since the week of the robbery & house fire has made it almost impossible to do. I can not believe that it has been almost three months since that horrible car accident, the house break-in, and the house fire. It seems like it was so long ago; yet feels as if it was just this past weekend. The kids and I are still having nightmares, it has been so difficult for all of us to figure out how to just move on. I know that no one ever imagines themselves ever being homeless, but what a wake up call this was!

(If you are a new visitor to our blog, our posts are here:
“In one week our car was totaled, our house robbed, and our house caught on fire”
and
“Rebuilding Our Lives”)

Rebuilding our Lives

Rebuilding our lives, that’s definitely something I never thought I’d have to write about. Yet, it’s the daily topic in our lives at the moment. This week makes a month since that terrible week in which we lost everything. >Read about it here< We have tried to cope as best we can. The kids and I …

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Important information about #RSVawareness that everyone should know! #PreemieProtection. Read important information about the effects of this disease.
Whether you have/have had or even haven’t had a Preemie, there is vital information that you should know when it comes to RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). Everyone can help keep already fragile Preemies safe from this terrible disease.

It’s no secret that we have 6 kids, but not many people know that FOUR of those six kids were born prematurely. Our now 14-year-old Daughter was born at 30 weeks, our now 12-year-old Daughter was born at 28 weeks, our now 11-year-old son was born at 24 weeks, and our now rambunctious 9-year-old was born at a mere 22 weeks! (sadly because of our house fire last month, I have lost 99.5% of all pictures we had, so I can only show you what I had previously on my blog)

Disclosure: This is part of a sponsored collaboration with Latina Mom Bloggers and Disney Studios.  However, all opinions expressed are my own.
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It’s no secret that we are a Military Family, the name of our blog alone says it all…
Adventuresof a Military Family of 8.
So, when I was offered the chance to write a post about OUR Hero: Disney’s Planes Fire & Rescue: Celebrating our Everyday Heroes #MiHeroeFavorito; it is no surprise that I jumped at the opportunity.Seriously, writing about OUR own Hero, my Husband, who served over 15 years in the US Navy, who went on 5 Deployments, who spent a Christmas in Afghanistan during an 8 month deployment, who sacrificed SO much for us; it was a no brainer…
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Our week: our car was totaled, our house broken into, our house caught on fire

>For a shorter/more updated version, click here<

This is one of the hardest posts I have ever written, please excuse my emotional grammar errors. Our week: our car was totaled, our house broken into, our house caught on fire. Sounds like a movie, a very bad movie in fact; but that was our week. Literally from Tuesday through Friday we lost our car, our house was robbed, and our house caught on fire. It seems unreal, it seems UN… REAL. That’s the shortest version I can give, lol. Below, I write a million words; and I apologize for that but I HAD to say it during this moment of “braveness”.

Pumpkin Farms are good for the Soul

Pumpkin Farms are good for the Soul
Since my kids were babies, I have always made sure that I do as much as I can with them. I try to take them not only to amusement parks, but local places as well. One of the things my 14y.o. told me is that her favorite part of Halloween; is that we get to spend a day at a pumpkin farm. Sadly, since living in New York,;we have not been to one yet. So I was naturally happy today to be invited to attend The Wright Family Farm. While we lived in San Diego we would drive out over an hour to this small Family pumpkin farm. The drive to the Country was beautiful, but better are our memories. So as you can imagine, I am extremely excited to surprise the kids next weekend.

The Wright Family farm has so many things for the Family to do, you really DO need a full day!

Another 9/11 Anniversary, yet still as painful as the first…

Year after year I dread this coming day, I feel the emotions building, I cry at every mention and announcement of the upcoming anniversary and at the recounts of that tragic day.
My heart hurts so much

I am back online!

Thanks to a wonderful friend:

Shan from www.lastshredsofsanity.com, I am back online, have a new domain, AND am moved to WordPress!!!

I have been missing for over 5 months, I have missed my friends, the interactions, and the writing.