tidbits and linky roundup

Tidbits:

- We really enjoyed the weather this weekend. Gwen got to go to the park twice. With me on Saturday, while Trav was doing some work at Willy's; with Trav on Sunday while I was working an event. It was great!

- I don't love working on the weekend, but the event was a Champagne brunch, so yeah... could have been worse!!  ;-)

- We all headed to Ro and Pat's after I got back to hang out for a while, then eat dinner. Loved watching the girls run around the yard, and listen to them play in the playroom. They also got to help make and decorate mini cupcakes, which they thoroughly enjoyed: 

Gwen was out like a light when we got home, Trav and I weren't far behind! Gwen and I got to sleep in a little later this morning since I took a later train in.

- I just had the best bathing suit shopping experience ever. It was so easy and I found one I LOVE. All my other suits are old (I think the last one I bought was right after Gwen was born, and the rest are much older), and they are worn out. So, a nice, new one was in order. Kudos to Athleta!

- Uh, we're halfway through April... how the heck did that happen?!


Some link love:

- I often worry about what schools will be like by the time Gwen is a high schooler. I wonder if teachers will have any freedom to teach, and if she will have any freedom to think critically about what she is being taught and explore the things that interest her. I'm sure some of my teacher friends feel the same way. I couldn't not share this letter. Teacher speaks out against what the education system has become.

- The Big Squeeze: population density and what the world would look like if we all lived as close as Manhattanites.

- Do you know your true beauty? How do you see yourself compared to how others see you?

- November 22 can't come soon enough!


Happy Monday all.