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Raising Bilingual Children-By Dennissa

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I remember all the emotions I felt my first day of school as a little girl who had just immigrated to the United States, I was 9 years old and in 5th grade. My english, in my mind was pretty good, since my parents had made it a point for us to attend a private school which taught us english 2 hours each day back in our country. Little did I know what my real life experience would be, when put in the environment were I would actually have to be submerge in the language 100% in a school day. 
You see, I was so nervous that all I could hear was blah blah blah, nothing made sense and as much as I tried concentrating it was like it was a completely different language then what I had learned. Once I overcame my nerves I begin to understand things here and there. I learned that most kids broke sentences up, such as instead of saying "How are you doing today?" they would say instead "How you doing". 
Fast forward a year later, into living in this country I could understand most anything, I was translating for my parents at parent teacher conference, doctors appointments and at church. But I was so shy when it came to speaking to other children my age. I didn't have the confidence to communicate because I was afraid I was going to say something wrong. When I finally decided to go for it and let my voice be heard, I felt an immense sense of connection and validation as a young girl. I understood the power of knowing two languages would one day carry my dreams forward and allow me to grow and progress in this country which was now home to us. And that is exactly what happened, I landed most jobs, scholarship, positions in student government, because I possess a skill which serve communities. Being bilingual became my biggest asset!
Now I have my own children, and I often find myself in the dilemma of speaking more English then Spanish, because with all honesty "I feel in Spanish, but my brain thinks in English". It was always the plan to raise fluent speakers in Spanish and in English. But my reality is a little different, even tough my children understand Spanish and English, their Spanish has a strong English Accent, to most this might be a failure. But the way I see it, is they have the foundation, they understand me when I speak to them in Spanish and when in doubt, they ask me and 80% of the time they are correct. 
They understand the importance of knowing two languages and I find every opportunity to submerge them in the Spanish language from choosing to watch cartoons in Spanish, reading bilingual books, lessening to music in Spanish, while we clean or ride in the car and believe it or watching shows like "El chavo" and "Cantinflas". Most of all I try to emphesize the importance of them learning to communicate with their grandparents and great grandparents in their native language and the importance this has in having a connection to who they are. 
My hope would be that little by little they will get to the point were they master both english and Spanish at the same level, that they would also see the blessings of knowing two languages in their lives and find many opportunities because of having being Raised as Bilingual Children!

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El Museo de Curiosidad en Thanksgiving Point

El clima de Utah es muy impredecible, pero sabias que el Estado de Utah te ofrece tantos lugares para mantener a la familia entretenida incluso en fines de semanas lluviosos. Aqui te voy a compartir uno de nuestros lugares preferidos para ir como Familia.
El Museo de la Curiosidad en Thanksgiving Point es un lugar mágico donde tanto tus pequeños como tu se divertirán por horas. El Museo esta dividido en 4 partes y aunque digo museo tengo que ser muy clara que no tiene nada en absoluto de aburrido. 
Podrás explorar la Selva donde encontraras las ruinas antiguas y un avión estrellado en lo mas alto. 

El mundo de agua te ofrecerá la oportunidad de aprender como se sentiría estar dentro de un tornado.


Podrás explorar la ciencia del agua, el sol, viento y la tierra en que vivimos. 
Una de las atracciones mas divertidas es Kidopolis (la ciudad de los pequeños), es una mini ciudad donde encontraras un teatro, un restaurante, una escuela, una tienda, lavandería, un hospital entre muchas otras. Donde tus hijitos podrán divertirse y aprender. 
Eso si te tenemos una advertencia, quizás sea un poquito difícil el poder convencer a tus hijos que es hora de ir a casita.

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Mujeres That Lead - Chelsey Curtis @WifeHouseToHosstess

Every Tuesday starting this week, I will start featuring Mujeres That Lead in Utah. We have so many women in our State from different backgrounds doing amazing things and leading the way as entrepreneurs, movers, creators, philanthropist, artist, business owners, overall Definition of Boss Babes. 

To kick things off, I would love to introduce to you Chelsey. This Girl is the total Party planner, her parties give Mamas like us the opportunity to dress up (Theme Parties) and have an amazing Experience at any of her given events which are just catered to Women. Les presento a Chelsey @housewife2hostess❣️

My name is Chelsey Curtis and I hostess the ultimate, high-end women’s only dance parties here in Utah. I’m a professional event planner, and I recently created an Ecourse called the @PartyPlannerAcademy . I teach other aspiring party planners how to do what I do, and make a career throwing events.

Being from Southern California, it was hard to call Utah home at first, but I’ve grown to love the people here.

The coolest place in Utah is Moab.

“Winners lose more than losers.” I love this quote because it’s a reminder that successful people fail over and over. But from failing, we learn, and we grow.

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Dia de los Muertos at The Shops at Riverwoods

Hello Mamitas!
This is our 4th year in a row celebrating El Dia de Los Muertos in Utah, Please join us for a very special cause on the 11th of November at The Shops at Riverwoods. We have an amazing lineup of Performers, Folkloric Dancers, Free Kids Activities, El Mercado/A Market, Giveaways and a beautiful design Altar to remember and honor all our loved ones! This event was put together an effort to raise funds and help the people of Puerto Rico and Mexico, who were shaken by the recent earthquakes and Hurricane. 

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Día de los Muertos #sayitwithcricut

This weekend we pre-celebrated Día de los Muertos among family and friends and we had such a wonderful time sharing stories and honoring our loved ones. Día de los Muertos, or also known as Day of the Dead, is an ancient celebration that celebrates life after death.  The day bridges two Christian observances, All Saints Day, November 1st, honoring children who have died, and All Souls Day, November 2nd, remembering all who have died. Many believe that this holiday is only celebrated in Mexico but indeed it's celebrated all around the world by many Christians. It's a celebration of life in which decorations are placed on graves of loved ones or altars are decorated with offerings such as food, drinks and special mementos placed alongside to the photographs of their deceased loved ones with the original purpose for the dead to return to their family home for a visit.
It truly is a beautiful holiday, a great opportunity to embrace family history and honor and remember loved ones. For the younger ones to be able to hear stories about loved ones that they never got the chance to meet and for others to continue to learn and share where they came from and be able to continue to live their legacy. Because after all words are powerful and they last a lifetime and this traditions are what keep family history alive.
There is so many fun activities that you and your familia can do for el Día de los Muertos but if there is one thing that you need to do celebrate this holiday, in our opinion that would be one amazing altar. We've partnered up with Cricut on their campaign #sayitwithcricut to bring you an altar that is simple but made with so much love. We decided to use the Cricut Explore Air to make a few of our decorations and they turned out so good. Just have to brag a little, but really have to give credit to Cricut for making Cricut Design Space so user friendly. 

You can access this canvas at 
Now for those super fun colorful Calaveras "Skulls", you will find them under Autumn Celebrations in Design Space under Insert Images. My 9 year old helped me with this project and she thought it was super fun and easy to put together. We used cardstock and a Standard Grip Mat, the only tool we used for this project was the Spatula to lift cuts from the mat. 
For our last project we knew that we needed Papel Picado to give it the final touch and we found the perfect design with The TomKat Studio "Banner" also available in Design Space under Insert Images. This project took a little bit more patience and lots of more patience. Thankfully I had to catch up on "This is Us" such a good show. So all that patience paid off at the end. I used cardstock to make this banner and a Standard Grip Mat. This is were all the other Tools came in handy. You can access this Canvas 


We love sharing our traditions with our readers and we absolutely love working with companies like Cricut on campaigns like #sayitwithcricut that help us express who we are. We invite to join this amazing campaign and share with us some of your #sayitwithcricut projects. Check out some more #sayitwithcricut projects at Cricut Inspiration starting on November 2nd.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut.
The opinions and text are all mine.

Comments submitted may be displayed on other websites owned by the sponsoring brand.

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Autumn Kids Jamboree and Giveaway!

Hello Mamitas!
 I don't know about you, but Fall is my most favorite season of all, especially here in Utah. Not only are the mountains and the changing colors breathtaking but all the activities the come with the season make Utah such an amazing place to live. 

Talking about cool activities and events. My Girl Natashia Mclean from Canary Jane is throwing and Epic Autumn Kids Jamboree Party! you won't want to miss. Her parties are catered to families and believe me your little ones will have so much fun, they will want to hang around and not leave. 

This event will be held at Shade Home and Garden Center Event Space in Orem, Utah on October 14th 5-8pm. Tickets will include unlimited access to attractions which include some really fun activities and fall-inspired crafts.

Autumn Kids Jamboree Attractions:
-Pony Rides
-Hay Bale Maze
-Wooden Pumpkin Playground
-Wooden Face Cutouts for pictures
-Tractor Rides
-Carnival Games
-Face Painting
-Pumpkin Decorating
-Planting Activity
-Corn Pit
-Blow up Playground
-Costume Parade

I also need to add that the Giveaways are beyond amazing Just check them out!

You can buy your family pass HERE
And get an additional 10% discount for being part of Utah Mamá Latina by Typing "UML10" under the discount code. You're Welcome! =)

Okay now that I hook you up with a discount, what do you say we have a Giveaway!
One lucky winner from our Community of Mamitas will win a Family pass to this event!

You can enter the giveaway by adding friends to our Facebook Group and then tagging them under the post Giveaway
or
Tagging friends under our post giveaway in our Instagram page @UtahMamaLatina

Winner will be chosen on Thursday the 12th of October! 



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