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If you're anything like me, any time you head out to a mall or department store looking for things for yourself you inevitably end up in the kids section or kids stores looking for cute things for your little ones. It's one of the reasons why I like shopping online, and why I looooove Pinterest, because its a visual reminder of all the things I've liked and bookmarked across the web. At least it's let this hot mess of an online shopper and browser get some order in her life. I thought I'd do a little round-up of a few of the things I've been eyeing lately that are awesome unique gifts for Latinas, and our honorary Latina comadres too. Or really, anyone with fab Spanglish style.

Virgen de Guadalupe & Frida Nail Decals

So I've been eyeing these nail decals on Etsy for a few weeks now and I pinned them to my Things for Mama board on Pinterest. I've tried the Sally Hansen nail decals before and I loved them. So easy, just like taping nail polish on. And at least for me, it lasts longer than regular nail polish. But when I saw these, totally custom-made for a Latina, I was like GOTTA HAVE! I mean, La Virgen de Guadalupe and Frida Kahlo -- they are like the mother and madrina of all Latinas. And they also have Dia de los Muertos and Morrissey decals! I haven't bought yet but am thinking of getting some for me and my mom. I also think these would also make awesome regalitos for bridesmaids. So fun!

Frida Kahlo & Amor Necklaces

I just bought the cutest floral headband for my little girl (shown in this pic) and I looooove how this Frida necklace beautifully captures one of the signatures of Frida Kahlo, her floral headbands. This would be an awesome Christmas gift to myself :)

And well, this Amor necklace is just beautiful. I've been eyeing it for months now. I can totally see myself wearing it every day, since I tend to lean more toward simple, classic jewelry.

La Chingona Fine Art Print

Finally, this print is just awesome! The line is inspired by a poem - read it here. I would love to hang it up in my office as a reminder to myself to be a strong woman every single day. No, not just strong, to be chingona.

Truth be told, I think I have much more fun shopping online than I do in real person. Mostly, it's because I love stumbling upon the unexpected, which is more likely to happen in the black hole of the Internet than in a chain retail store. Don't get me wrong, I loooove classic and nostalgic things, like oxford shoes or smocked dresses for baby girls, but I get the greatest pleasure and kick out of seeing a clever twist on something classic. 

I'm always coming across the coolest things on Etsy.com and via Pinterest, and I thought I'd start a weekly blog post series called 'Favorite Finds' to showcase some of these things. Most of these are pinned on our Dos Borreguitas Pinterest boards, too. I started DosBorreguitas.com originally as a blog where I could post cool baby and kids finds with a Latino or bilngual twist. That led to tons of ideas and eventually, taking a leap and turning Dos Borreguitas into an online shop specializing in cool T-shirts and onesies for the Spanglish aficionados out there. Anyway, this blog feature goes back to Dos Borreguitas' roots of featuring fun Latino-inspired kids finds from the web. 

Taxidermied Piñatas

When I first saw these mounted piñata heads pictured above on Etsy.com, I was soooo excited (thrileada!). Maybe it's because I grew up in South Texas in deer country and seeing taxidermied animals just gives me a warm fuzzy home feeling. But I much, much prefer to see an adorable unicorn piñata head mounted on the wall than poor Bambi's father. Here's a blog post on how one of these mounted piñata heads would look in a nursery. Adorable! 

I think the coolest part is that you can send this Etsy shop the piñata head from your kids' birthday party (and let's face it, at the end of the massacre that's all that's left hanging from the rope) and they'll mount it and attach a brass plate with the party information on it. I looooove this idea. These would be perfect wall decorations for a playroom. Maybe for K's next birthday. She already has a taxidermied plush unicorn in her bedroom, which I bought from Cherrybox Studios at a crafts show a few years ago. The Plushkill Forest series they have is a bit edgy to be hanging above a kids toddler bed, but it looks awesome and is definitely one of my favorite finds for her bedroom. Adding a taxidermied piñata head would go right with our theme.

Do you have a Favorite Find for your kids that is Latino-inspired? Let me know in the comments below so I can feature it!

... and as you can see, she's already shaking things up before she's even said "Hola!" to the world. We're so glad that by Christmas this year we'll have another hijita in our house. I have to say I love spending my days with my little girl by my side, although she's just turned 3 so she'll be starting pre-school next month. Sniff, sniff. I already know it's going to be waaaaay harder for me to detach than it will be for her. But I suppose I should enjoy the little break, because in a few months it'll be back to the beginning with a brand-new baby.

My first trimester was pretty awful. No serious complications, just 24-7 nausea that left me feeling beat down and wanting to spend my days under a rock in a dark cave. Mother's Day brunch did not end well for me, let's just say that much. But once the second trimester rolled around the veil lifted and I felt like I could do backflips up and down the street. It's amazing how your body just adjusts to all the changes happening and suddenly, you feel great again.

Now that's I'm past the half-way mark I'm starting to get excited about nesting. My heart melts when I see little onesies or infant-sized diapers. I remember when K was born, I'd look at the 12 months dresses and onesies hanging in her closet and they looked so huge to me, and it felt like it would be ages before she fit into 2T. Well, she's past that point, and I just don't know where time went. Enjoy your babies when they're babies. Enjoy your toddlers when they're toddlers. Savor each and every moment, every single mundane day, because one day you'll miss it. I remind myself of that every day and honestly, it makes me pretty happy to live in the moment.

So yes, it's a girl! My poor husband will be outnumbered by a long shot now - we also have two girl dogs. Pobre, but the three (K included) of us are just as thrilled and happy as can be. And as for our other baby, DosBorreguitas.com, well, this just means we'll have plenty of fresh inspiration with this baby!

The husband and I have always been on-the-go-type people. Or as we say back home in South Texas, we have pata de perro, which translates to dog's feet. At least in my hometown, where I'd say most back yards are non-fenced, dogs are frequently seen roaming the streets. They walk alone, or run with a small pack of their friends. Most are not stray dogs, but they are not homebody's either. Like us!

Having our first child three years ago didn't slow us down as much as I thought it might. Sure, you can't move through a city as quickly, and going up and down the New York subway toting a toddler and stroller and diaper and shopping bags up the stairs in hot, steamy weather is no fun. At all! But for the most part I can say I haven't felt like having a child has slowed us down much. It's just meant that we do things a little differently when we travel or head out to explore our own city. It means we avoid fancy restaurants, and go for the laid-back, but still savory, types of restaurants. And we try to eat dinner before 7, when the dinner crowds arrive. As a parent, you want to show your child the world -- after all, you are your child's first teacher -- so in truth it's actually made us better explorers. Like taking your kid to a dairy farm -- that's not exactly some place I would've visited as a non-mom, but with kids it's wonderful. And the ice cream was yum.

So yup, we're still callejeros! I love that word, which in Spanish means someone who is always in the streets, or in la calle. I love letting others know that we love being on-the-go, which is why we came up with our Callejeros T-shirt for kids and creeper for baby. Our 3-year-old has become an excellent callejera, I'm proud to report!

Check out the pic of the husband and our little girl, who just turned 3, wearing matching Lucha Libros T-shirts. Heck yeah, dad and daughter in matching T-shirts. I'm loving it. And they were loving getting their bag of fruta con chile y limon on the streets of DC. Yup, DC streets channeling a little bit of Latin American flavor. All is good in the world :) Nothing like a bag of fruit when it's close to 100 degrees outside.

Until now, our focus has been on creating cute Latino baby creepers and toddler T-shirts. But we kept hearing the rave reviews about our Lucha Libros T-shirt, and received a lot of requests to carry this shirt in bigger sizes. So, we listened! This popular and cool lucha libre T-shirt is now available in Men's, Women's and Kids sizes S, M, L and XL. We hope to carry other shirts in the future in bigger sizes, too.

I'm so glad to see so many of our non-Latino (or shall I say non-Mexican) amigos loving this shirt. I think we have to thank Nacho Libre for letting the world know all about Mexican wrestling and luchadores. I've always had a fascination and love of lucha libre. It can be kitschy fun, just like our twist of making it Lucha Libros and having the two books wrestling it out.

The women's T-shirt has a nice fitted look. I had requests earlier from bilingual teachers and even a bilingual librarian. Yes, this would make the perfect gift for a bilingual teacher!! Or really, anyone who loves reading and thinks books are fun and cool. These shirts would also make the perfect gift for anyone having a new baby. New shirt for mom, dad and infant. Super chido.

Since I bought my daughter a big lion piñata for her birthday, I had to buy a ton of candy to fill it with. Luckily, I was in Laredo where the Wal-mart store has an awesome selection of Mexican candy. And a lot of it was picoso, to my delight! Check out this massive bag. Heaven for me, not so much for the teeth. Mmmm, tamarindo, chile, limon, sugar - all mixed into one delicious sweet. Yum.

My little one, however, has not developed the taste for Mexican candy yet, and she definitely doesn't like hot candy. So I stuck to the piñata mix that had lollipops and bubble gum, including Canel's. And although I didn't buy the Skwinkles candy, I love the name, like escuincle - or little kid!

And look at what K's Tia brought her last week. I think she said a friend of her brought them to her from Peru. Chupetin Colorado lollipops, perfect for all the viejos who are still nostalgic for el Chapulin Colorado.

Our daughter just celebrated her third birthday (sniff, sniff), and since we were going to be in Texas this month visiting family we decided to throw her a little family fiesta, with a big ole piñata, por supuesto. I always prefer general themes, versus character-centered birthday parties, because they're so much fun to put together. Last year we made her a pink cowgirl birthday party, haystacks and cowboy hats included. And this year I thought circus would be fun, since she loves Dumbo and Olivia.

I bought a lot of decorations online, but waited until I was in Laredo, Texas to go searching for the perfect piñata. I love piñatas, which is why I paid homage to them with our fun Piñata Party t-shirt. I figured I would find tons of stores, no, massive warehouses, bulging with every single kind of piñata possible. Well, if there are such warehouses, they sure aren't listed on Google or Yahoo! business pages, which made my search tough. I did find a few stores down la calle San Bernardo, which has always been known to have piñatas, but their selection was pitiful. And they were mostly of those not-quite-right Minnies and Hello Kitties, you know, with the slightly off faces. And a lot of Angry Bird piñatas. Must be what's hot, still, apparently. By the third store I stepped into they told me I'd probably have to custom order a piñata, especially if I wanted something related to a circus. Whaaaaat??? In Laredo? If you can't find a piñata in Laredo, where else can you find one? And I REFUSE to buy a Party City piñata. To me, they're just not the real thing.

Well, it was about ten minutes 'til 5 and I was totally deflated when my mom remembered she had seen a store a few blocks from where we were that had two little piñatas hanging outside. It was more of a talavera pottery and Mexican home goods store from the looks of it outside, but I was desperate and cranky from my search. I parked and rushed in and just asked the older man working the counter exactly what I was looking for, algo del circo. And his response: Sure, look in the back room here, it's filled with all kinds of piñatas. Aye Dios mio, and it was! It wasn't a warehouse but it was a huge room, and there were lions! Horses! Zebras! Tigers! And monkey piñatas! And all that on top of the usual Disney knock-offs and traditional star piñatas and so much more. I was beyond ecstatic. I wanted all of them. I liked the lion so I took it, for $20. Not bad.

So the party was a blast, especially the photo booth, where the kids and viejos put on their big smack-ready lips and bigotes. I served circus/carnival type food: frito pie, nachos, hot dogs, popcorn, shelled peanuts, lemonade and root beer. And I a little fun making the strongman's barbells with peppermint sticks and marshmallows, and of course, I had to buy animal crackers. K and her cousins played pin-the-tail-on-the-elephant and a few other games. And the poor piñata got a good banging. It probably would do some adults some good to get a piñata every few months and let loose. Stress reliever!