Today at Mama Manifesto, all of our writers took part in a “ten on ten” experiment: we each posted a photo of what we were doing for ten consecutive hours.  It was fun to see the results.  My assignment was 2pm: 2 pm, by Kristen: Two siblings, engaged in an epic battle: Will we play princess dress-up, or beanbag spaceship? Finally, a compromise. To see the rest of the day’s compilation, head on over to Mama Manifesto. In other scenes from our day, the kids playing dress up: . . .

In the past few weeks, there have been two media stories dealing with weight issues. swirling around the blogosphere.  The first was the uproar over a Marie Claire blog post, in which a staff blogger wrote openly about her disgust with overweight people on a new television sitcom.  Sensitively titled “Should Fatties Get a Room?”, the author states: So anyway, yes, I think I'd be grossed out if I had to watch two characters with rolls and rolls of fat kissing each other ... . . .

I love the tradition of photos with Christmas cards.  I really do.  I look forward to getting them every year, and I put them in a scrapbook each year that I pull out during the holiday season.  It’s always fun to see how our friend’s families (and hairstyles) are changing with each new year.  I even love the Christmas letters.  I often here people mock the tradition.  Who really those things? Um, I DO.  And then I go to my mom's house and read all the . . .