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(Grand)Mommy Does Best
You know you need to step up your game when your husband says, “Mmm, it’s good but it’s not Mommy’s pho.” As in my Mommy, the woman who makes the best Lao food that I know. Not quite what you want to...
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I’m Raising the Asian Michael Phelps
Humnoy’s most recent growth stats worried his Daddy. He weighed 17 lbs 4 ounces and was 25 inches tall two days before his 7-monthday, which is today. (Happy 7-monthday, baby boy!) He is happy and...
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Grandma’s YouTube Birthday Party
How does a 54-year-old Lao woman celebrate her birthday, you may wonder? Two words: pho and YouTube. As a selfless birthday gift to us, my mom made real pho. Therefore, I selflessly enjoyed real pho...
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Grandma’s Guide to Smarter Holidays
Riding on the sleigh-tails (hehe!) of my Santa Claus post, I will explain why I don’t feel bad for being stubborn in my thinking. If you know anything about Asian parenting in America, it’s often an...
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Texts With #EthnicGrandma: She Sure Goat Jokes
*Update: I have since changed it to #EthnicGrandma on twitter and Instagram since so many of you have the same experiences with your kids’ grandparents. My mom, the -Noys’ Mae Tao, has learned to text...
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Grandmommy, the Party Planner
Humnoy’s birthday party is this weekend and I’ve been planning it in the short four weeks. I let my family know the date so they can arrange to come down because they live two hours away. We also live...
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