Paula Bendfeldt-Diaz

Paula moved from her native Guatemala to SW Florida with her husband and two children and together they are discovering what it means to live life between two languages. Paula studied architecture and now makes a living as a freelance writer, traveler and amateur photographer. She started her writing & publishing career as the editor of Bebé y Mamá, the first parenting magazine in Guatemala. She is the founder of www.GrowingUpBilingual.com and www.365thingsswfl.com and writes articles in Spanish and English for both magazines and the web on travel, food and bicultural and bilingual parenting . When she is not on a plane or road trip she likes to create recipes inspired in the flavors of her native Guatemala.

Make Your Own Pumpkin Spice

Make Your Own Pumpkin Spice Ingredients: 2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon 1 Tsp Ground Ginger 1 Tsp Allspice 1 Tsp Nutmeg Mix all ingredients in and store in an airtight container.

Homemade Scented Bath Oil & Bath Salts

Bath Oil You can make your own, scented bath oil out of baby oil. You can buy nice glass bottles in thrift stores or small glass bottles and containers in craft stores or dollar stores. Make your own labels using scrapbooking materials or print them and decorate with dried flowers and ribbon. Ingredients: 4 fl. … Read more

Nivea Pampering Spa Party

I had so much fun hosting a NIVEA Pampering Spa Party for my Mom’s Club girlfriends. The Mom’s Club is a great group of wonderful ladies, all of us have one or more preschool aged child and as it often happens with moms, sometimes we forget to take care of ourselves because we are so … Read more

Homemade Lavender and Sea Salt Scrub

Sea salt does contains minerals that exfoliate helping improve circulation and flushing out toxins. This body scrub is so easy to make and you might even have the ingredients at home. Ingredients • 2 cups of coarse sea salt • 1 cup of extra virgin Olive oil • 10 drops of lavender essential oil • … Read more

Spa Themed Gift Baskets

I recently made these Spa themed gift baskets for a Spa Party. They are easy to make and I only spent $7 on each! Since these where such a success I will be making more as gifts this Christmas. You can see the Spa party HERE. What you need • Bath scrunchies 2 for $1 … Read more

Thanksgiving: 10 Books About Gratitude in Spanish

1. Gracias * Thanks (Bilingual) Author: Pat Mora Ilustrations by John Parra Gracias / Thanks (English and Spanish Edition) is a beautifully illustrated bilingual book about a young boy who gives thanks for the simple things in his life and for the people who enrich it. From the sun waking him up in the morning … Read more

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