candies & crunches

Hello hello! Yet another month has gone by: Our beauty turned 16 months old yesterday. Wow… Just WOW! Time, slow down! Sofia is growing into a beautiful little toddler. She loves to observe and...

https://candiesandcrunches.com/2016/11/17/check-in-with-sofia-16-months-old/

Happy Halloween to all of my dear family, friends and readers! Take one dark night Without a star. Add one thin cat As black as tar. Turn on a wind To shriek and moan. Stir in a ghost With wail â...

https://candiesandcrunches.com/2016/10/31/happy-halloween/

Hello Blog world! I apologize I fell off the grid yet again, but our life has been nothing short of a roller coaster ride since July. But this doesn’t mean that there haven’t been any highs a...

https://candiesandcrunches.com/2016/10/16/check-in-with-sofia-14-15-months-old-7-life-truths-i-learned-from-my-baby/

This week the night sky became brighter. Heaven got another guardian Angel, my beloved grandma… It is sooo hard to lose people we love, and even harder when they are thousands of kilometers awa...

https://candiesandcrunches.com/2016/08/23/homage-to-my-guardian-angel/

Another month has gone by in the blink of an eye, and our little peanut turned 13 months old today. One of the big achievements this month was getting over the fear of balloons. *LOL!* Even thou...

https://candiesandcrunches.com/2016/08/16/check-in-with-sofia-13-months-old/

It’s been a little over a week since our little princess turned one. As a first-time mom (not sure it will be any different in the future though), it was an emotional day for me. I was very hap...

https://candiesandcrunches.com/2016/07/25/sofias-1st-birthday/

Guys, I refuse to believe it: My little princess is turning 1 year old this week! Where did the time fly? I mean, it’s insane! Today I’d like to reminisce about the past 2 months and share wi...

https://candiesandcrunches.com/2016/07/11/check-in-with-sofia-10-11-months-old/

Happy Friday! This is the last flash back to my trip to Europe some 2 years ago. If you missed the previous posts, you can catch up here: Trip Recap: Paris Is Always A Good Idea (Part 1) Trip Re...

https://candiesandcrunches.com/2016/05/13/fbf-barcelona-spain-the-city-of-dreams-part-2/

Good morning loves, I am happy to report that I’ve learned yet another invaluable lesson during my 7 km run yesterday. But before I jump to that, here is my Week 6 training schedule of half-mar...

https://candiesandcrunches.com/2016/05/10/one-run-at-a-time-or-how-to-avoid-toxic-thoughts/

You subscribe to a magazine. At first, you read it diligently from cover to cover, can’t wait for the next issue to come out. And then… something comes up and you promise yourself that you’...

https://candiesandcrunches.com/2016/05/04/how-running-makes-us-happy-but-happiness-makes-us-better-runners/