This post is to let you know about a really cool event happening for parents of daughters.  Check it out:

Tech Savvy: Preparing Girls for the Future with STEM

“If we’re going to out-innovate and out-educate the rest of the world, we’ve got to open doors for everyone. We need all hands on deck, and that means clearing hurdles for women and girls as they navigate careers in (STEM) science, technology, engineering, and math.”

- First Lady Michelle Obama

Today’s girls at risk of losing out on tomorrow’s opportunities. Find out why there’s still a gender gap in STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — and how you can give your kids the skills they need to succeed. For anyone interested in youth development.

Thursday, May 10, 2012 

6:45-8:30pm

Marlborough School

250 South Rossmore Ave, Los Angeles

Panelists:

Jane Margolis, UCLA Graduate School of Education, Author

Nadine Afari, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Director of USC JEP Young
Scientist Program

Amy Kim, Director of STEM programs, Girl Scouts/LA

Simone Wu, Google Engineer

Moderator: 

Dr. Barbara Natterson Horowitz, UCLA Professor Division of Cardiology, Author

Opening Remarks:

Yalda T. Uhls, Los Angeles Director, Common Sense Media

Please help us adhere to City requirements and commitments with our neighbors by parking in our Third Street parking lot. Please do not park on the street.

Attendance gets you automatic entry into raffle for a chance to win 10 tickets to see one of two IMAX® films at the IMAX, California Science Center, “Born to be Wild” or “To The Arctic” in 2012, winner will be announced at the end of the program.

Suggested donation of $5 online here or at the door

(LA Times)

Three decades ago, they were teen idols. Todd Bridges played Willis on the popular sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes.” Corey Feldman starred in “Gremlins,”“The Goonies” and “The Lost Boys.”

The two men held the same dark secret: Each had been molested in his adolescence by men with Hollywood connections, experiences that would lead to downward spirals and years of drug addiction.

(Read entire article)

Whether showcasing a baby’s first 365 days or an expecting mother’s blossoming baby bump all in 30 seconds or less, users simply take iPhone photos of the subject as often as desired utilizing an on-screen grid to help standardize photo positioning and then create a movie with just one tap.

I would imagine we could also use this app for the teen years to show our progression of grey hairs as our kids put us through the ringer. Then we could really have proof when we say they have aged us!  I’m thinking about using it for Maltese after he gets a hair cut so we can track how fast his hairs grows. As you can see, the possibilities are endless.

Babies must be 18 months or younger to enter and the deadline is 5/31/12. One grand prize winner will receive $1,000 and an AVEENO® Baby ORGANIC HARVEST™ gift pack.

Winners will be determined on or about July 9, 2012 and will be notified by mail, telephone or e- mail on or about July 11, 2012. Be sure to check out the rules and eligibility requirements here.

It seems every year, I get caught out there in a huge traffic  cluster funk because of some marathon/parade/random public holiday.  So this year, I’m going to help me and you and give you the link to the street closures for the LA Marathon on Sunday, March 18th.

Closures will begin along the entire course prior to the race start, occurring on a rolling basis. All route roads will be closed by 6:00am. The races begin at 7:00am, and streets will reopen on
a rolling basis shortly after the last participant has passed. Plan accordingly!

From Academics to Sports, Beach to Science, Resident (sleep-away) to Day Camp, we provide an opportunity to visit with over 50 camps at each event. Speak with Camp Directors and get the scoop on the best summer camp experience for your kids!

I went last year and it’s a great place to start investigating summer camp options and most of the camps are offering early bird discounts as an incentive.

3/10 - Norris Pavilion, 27570 Crossfield Ave., Palos Verdes

3/11 - John Adams Intermediate School, 2425 16th St., Santa Monica 
(Between Ocean Park Blvd. & Pearl St.)

Along with Got Milk’s latest campaign with Salma Hayek, they’ve also created a fabu site with everything you wanted to know and more about breakfast. It’s aptly called The Breakfast Project.

Salma Hayek along with celeb chef Ellie Krieger were on hand to debut the new commercials as well as the

Ellie Krieger & Salma Hayek

site.

Did you know that one cup of milk has as much protein as an egg? Me neither. Now I won’t feel so bad if at the very least, my child gets a cup a milk on her way out the door in the mornings.

The Breakfast Project has plenty of helpful tips to jumpstart your mornings. Salma Hayek offers a few of her own including how she keeps a variety of cereal on hand so her daughter won’t get bored.

There are also recipes. Ellie’s breakfast cookies look yummy and seem like the perfect on-the-go food. So check out the site and see how much better your mornings can be.

Rachel Prieur and her brother Ryan were captivated by a radio commercial flooding the airwaves in Dallas. It offered children a shot at stardom — maybe even a part on a Disney show — and all they had to do was show up for an audition.

The teenagers begged their parents to take them. Crammed into a hotel ballroom with 200 other children, they took turns reading short monologues in front of a judge. (Read entire story here)

To this, in what seems over night (I’m guessing because not only have I not experienced this transformation with my child but even if I did, I have been sternly forbidden not to write anything about said child online).  Tweens, got to love ‘em.