What's up all?
My family is in the thick of the holiday season, which means back-to-back birthday parties for kids with November and December birthdays plus holiday parties. I am already burned out and we are not even in Thanksgiving! Ayayay!
Anyways, some girlfriends and I are treating ourselves to the 10 a.m. showing of A New Moon today. I know, it is utterly shameless that moms in their 30s are cramming in a theater with teenagers -- if they are up that early -- to see this movie. LOL! Oh, by the way, there was also a lot on the news front, too. From MotherTalkers:
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, a co-founder at MomsRising.org, wrote an essay on the real reasons women are not happy -- as gleefully reported by media outlets.
In case you aren't bidding for Leggo waffles online, Kellogg's has reported that there is a Leggo waffle shortage in the country that will last until the middle of 2010, according to MSN Money. One of its bakeries was flooded.
A Canadian couple won a legal battle to exclude their three children from completing homework assignments, according to the Guardian in the UK. The couple, Sherri and Tom Milley of Calgary, Alberta, filed their lawsuit after years of struggling to make their children complete homework assignments, especially since there is no evidence it actually improves school performance. Do you agree or disagree with the Milleys's actions?
We had a helpful thread on the best parenting advice we have received. What would you add to the list?
The Washington Post had a fascinating feature on how Arizona is the "wild west" of charter schools. Stanford researchers have found that while some charter schools are fantastic, others woefully lag behind traditional public schools.
Probably nothing garnered more discussion this week than our suggestions for People's Sexiest Man Alive. Johnny Depp won the honor, but this Twilight fan was disappointed it wasn't Robert Pattinson. (Hey, he is 23. That is still legal!) We also had a popular thread on our favorite Thanksgiving recipes. Thank you, "Thank God for Air America," for putting that up!
If your child received a scholarship to attend a state school and was also accepted to an Ivy League school, which one would you choose? In light of escalating costs at all schools, we had a long discussion on this. Was your college worth the costs?
In case you missed it, our Erika is having a BOY and not the girl an earlier ultrasound showed. Felicades mujer!
What else is in the news? What's up with you?