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An update to our kid-friendly Oscar Party

Last year, we came up with a pretty good plan for hosting a kid-friendly Oscar party, if we do say so ourselves. The host has changed, the movies obviously are new, but for the most part, same ol’ Oscar party. Don’t forget to point out to your kids that the host, Billy Crystal, is actually Miracle Max in disguise. So play red carpet fashion show, make some classic popcorn boxes and let’s think about some best picture homages, in snack form.

Going through the list, we feel we should tell you that our first instinct for like half of the best picture nominations was croissants, but we’ve tried to branch out a bit from buttery pastries.

The only really kid-friendly best picture nom is Hugo, so we’ll start with that. Is War Horse kid-friendly? It’s based on a children’s book but we haven’t seen it yet.  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. Is there anything funny about the way camp counsellors or fellow campers apply sunscreen? One Maryland camp sent home a sunscreen permission slip after the state sent out a memo about the DOs and DON’Ts of sunscreen application. So, is applying sunscreen to someone inappropriate or is it better to have your kid come home with a sunburn?

2. Do paraents get too into kids’ sports? One mom writes into the NYT Motherlode blog to say she’s discovered that there’s a lot of favourtism and unfairness going on in kids’ sports. (Plus a dad of a girl wants to punch Matt Lauer.)

3. Did you know Israel is the world capital for in vitro fertilization? And it’s free! (for two babies… sorry wannabe-Duggars who need a little help getting pregnant)  Read more...