Caribbean Culture for Kids: Exclusive Members Only Downloads

Brand new Members Only downloads are available now! Log in using Facebook or twitter (or traditional registration) from the home page.  Once you have logged in, you will be able to see all of the files available for download. For example, if you want to download the Carnival headpiece craft project, you ARE NOT logged in, and you go to the folder here:  Carnival Headpiece/Headdress Craft Project (Paper)

You'll see these:

Carnival Headpiece/Headdress: Head band	Carnival Headpiece/Headdress: Crescent Crown

If you ARE logged in, and you go to the folder here:  Carnival Headpiece/Headdress Craft Project (Paper)

You'll see these:

Carnival Headpiece/Headdress: Head band	Carnival Headpiece/Headdress: Crescent Crown
Carnival Headpiece/Headdress: Large Feathers	Carnival Headpiece/Headdress: Medium Feathers
Carnival Headpiece/Headdress: Small Feathers

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You can also comment here, and let me know what types of activities you think children will enjoy.

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[REWIND] Socamom.com Test Kitchen: Mighty Mango Colada

Moms (and dads), remember this recipe? Don't forget to be careful with the rum.  I say add rum to "taste", but in this recipe, the rum is hard to taste - easy to feel! Tastes great as a virgin drink too...

Makes 4 servings.

1 large ripe banana, peeled

1 20 oz can of pineapple slices in pineapple juice

1 1/3 cup coconut milk

1/2 ripe mango, peeled, no seed

5 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk

rum to taste (optional)

Blend banana, mango, 5 pineapple slices, 1 1/3 cup of pineapple juice (from the can of pineapple slices), coconut milk, and condensed milk. For a quick colada, add 1 1/2 cups of ice to the blender and rum to taste.  For a frozen colada, put the mixture the freezer for 3 to 4 hours.  Remove from the freezer put in the blender. Add rum if you'd like.

About 400 calories without the rum, so it is definitely not an everyday treat.  Add it to your holiday menu! If you try making this one and let us know how it goes. Be sure to include what you changed to make it more your style. Enjoy!

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Happy Friday!

Ahhhhhh Friday!  I love Friday's for various reasons - one of the major ones is getting to see my husband totally relaxed.  One of the reasons that I love THIS Friday, is that I get to meet some wonderful Caribbean American leaders as they are honored tonight at the Caribbean American Heritage Awards. It's this Mom's Night Out!

My outfit has been husband approved, The Boy is my camera man, and I am ready.  It feels strange though - I am NEVER ready!  I don't feel right unless I am going out at the last minute for something or the other.  My husband says that it isn't a sign of the apocalypse... but I don't know.   I saw a pic of a fish with people teeth (it's a real fish called a Pacu) on my friend's Pinterest Board, and even though it isn't a new species of fish or some freakish hybrid fish man... it didn't exist for me before yesterday, and could easily be a sign.

The day that the house is clean for a week straight... I'm stocking up on canned goods, gas masks, and ammo. Just sayin'.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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You and I Both Know That's Too Much $@#% Humus...

Today as I spooned out an unreasonable amount of humus onto my plate, I said to myself - "You and I both know that's too much $#@% humus." Who? It's just me in the kitchen... I started to laugh to myself... then I heard my mom's voice: "You're not crazy for talking to yourself... it is when you start answering yourself that we have a problem."  I'm not sure where she got that from, but if that's the case, I've been nuts a really long time. (If you are reading this from the front page, click "read more" - if you are reading this via email, click on the title of this post to read more)

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Stay Out of Harm's Way...

"Stay out of harm's way... Okay, Sport?" That's how my dad has always said, "I love you."

My dad and I in the mid 80's after Sports Day at my Elementary School...

He still says that now, when we get off the phone. My dad and I have always an interesting relationship.  Good or bad, I felt like I understood him, and even if he didn't totally understand me, I knew that he accepted me as I was. I got into trouble, no doubt - but I don't remember him making me feel like I was a bad person for it.

My dad is a family lawyer in a small southern town, and one of the only black ones when I was growing up - so people knew who he was. Racing home to make curfew one night (well, morning) on a dark back road I saw red and blue flashing lights in my rear view mirror.  I had almost made it.  This was a few years before my mom told me never to pull over unless I was in a well lit public area (I got my permit at 14, and license at 15... ah the good 'ol days), so I pulled over on the site of the road. I looked at the clock as the car rolled to a stop, and the crunching of the gravel and dry pine needles under the tires signaled my defeat.

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Bahamian American Tamera Mowry-Housley and Adam Housley Welcome a New Baby Boy

The blogosphere is ablaze with the news of the newest Caribbean American Hollywood Mom as she and her husband Adam Housley welcome Aden John Tanner Housley to their world. I wonder if her Bahamian American mom has some West Indian child rearing advice for her!

Sir Aden arrived in true Caribbean style  - when he felt like he was good and ready - two weeks after his due date, weighing in at 9 pounds, 5 ounces.

"Adam and I feel very blessed to finally be holding our son," the new mom told Style. "He is a beautiful miracle, and our hearts are overflowing with love. Thank you to everyone for your love and support. It means so much to our family." - Tamera Mowry-Housley via her show blog on MyStyle.com

You can tune in to watch Tamera and her twin, Tia, on their show on Style Network to next season to see the new mommies at work and at play with their two baby boys. Check out Tamera on Twitter and share in her joy...

Congratulations Tamera!

SocaMoms! What advice would you give to this new mom so that she can add some Caribbean flavor to raising her brand new Bahamian American bundle of joy?

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Every Gift Helps... #Jamaica

SocaMom's supports 1Love and the Jamaican victims of Hurricane Sandy!

Help us support 1Love by making a donation. The process is fast, easy, and secure. We truly appreciate any support you can provide. It will benefit a great cause!

If you can't make a donation at this point, help me reach my goal by sharing this page on Facebook and Twitter! Or, even better, send an e-mail to friends you think might be interested in contributing and include a link to our page!

Click here to make a donation - click on "Donate Now" - you can donate using PayPal if you'd like.  Just nine four more (Thanks to a generous gift from one of my favorite writers from St Kitts and Nevis over at Embrace the Struggle) people giving just $10, and we'll reach our goal of $100! Every little bit helps...

Thanks so much for your generosity!

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Is It Saturday Yet?

Man I love Saturdays! I know that it seems that all I care about is shoes and food, but on Saturdays they are pretty high up on the list of things that make me happy...

Boots from 6pm.com

From the easy fall "soccer mom" sweaters and boots...

...to the unhurried Saturday afternoon dinner making - I just love it all.  Alas, it's only Tuesday.  Why can't Tuesday be the new Saturday?

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