Welcome to Top Tweets of the Week! Today we are going to talk about Twitter (meta!), words, cute kids, and autism. Ready? Wonderful!
My new flag: a tweet life, indeed. #geek instagr.am/p/KuzCNEyrG_/
— Jen Rabulan-Bertram (@jenrab) May 17, 2012
Sometimes I find myself thinking, I better tweet this! Pretty sure that mentality did not exist 20 years ago (how could it?!) Does Twitter infiltrate your life now (and thoughts, and dreams, and nightmares?) I’m so into this flag…how else can I inject some tweet-flare into my day to day life?
You guys…we’ve reached 15 million minutes read (yes, 15 MILLION!) for the Scholastic Summer Challenge! bit.ly/2012SSC #summerreading — Scholastic (@Scholastic) May 18, 2012
Buy digital books from your kid’s Scholastic Book Club and organize them with this app. Brilliant! ow.ly/b2yr6 — Cool Mom Tech (@coolmomtech) May 21, 2012
Incase you couldn’t tell, I’m really into the idea that we all still read. I don’t mind if the book is digital–I just need to know that words are still important to everyone! Whew.
I know my morning crowd will like this. Letter from my 2nd grader re: feeding the dogs. He mailed it to us. lockerz.com/s/209627150
— Kathleen Schmidt (@Bookgirl96) May 17, 2012
Our editorial director @DawnRoode found this gem, and oh my gosh I am so glad she did. As if the content isn’t cute enough, he mailed it! Officially love this child.
My husb asked me what I like about Twitter, & 1 of the examples I gave was being able to actually connect with my childhood hero @judyblume
— Dawn Roode (@DawnRoode) May 14, 2012
Last week I told you why I like Twitter (a perfect melding of the mundane and the cute!); this week Dawn shares one of her reasons. Can you tell we’re a literary bunch? People who love to read working for a magazine, go figure!
While Sean played with the avocado pit, I waspreparing the 2nd best guacamole that I have tasted: ow.ly/aXnj1 (Centrico’s is #1!)
— Kimberly Coleman (@FoodieCityMom) May 16, 2012
Anyone who caught our Guac-Off last Friday knows how I feel about guacamole. Namely: it’s a great idea to make 4 different kinds, bring them in to the office, and proceed to eat until you have to roll yourself to your desk. I’m always down for a new recipe; maybe this one will take the cake at a future office Guac-Off! (This Friday we’re having a Peanut Butter Bake-Off, for those keeping score at home.)
Get ready to treat your little ones with these 7 last day of school snack ideas! ow.ly/b3ukj
— Babble.com (@BabbleEditors) May 22, 2012
Most days I’m convinced the Internet’s #1 use is to provide me with interesting new recipes. Why not let the kiddies benefit from this mentality?
It’s weird how my mom will spend $20 on mini corduroys for me but is always dressed for an impromptu yoga class.
— Honest Toddler (@HonestToddler) May 22, 2012
Okay the truth is, if I could just take 10 @HonestToddler tweets and call it a round up, I might do it, but I feel like it would hurt everyone else’s feelings. So I won’t. But I beseech you all, please go check out this account…it literally makes me laugh out loud (much to the dismay of my officemate) five times a day, at minimum.
Autism Awareness in Action — Revised Events for Action! goo.gl/wMkyZ via @KatrinaMoody
— Carl Young (@whynotfathers) May 18, 2012
April was Autism Awareness month, but this blogger is right: not only should we be aware at all times, but we need to do more than just acknowledge. We need to act. Check out her post to find ways you can act today.
10 DAYS LEFT to donate to our Autistic Like Me Outreach Campaign ($13 donation = Super Duper Fun Deck for your child!) ht.ly/amkby
— NY Metro Parents (@NYMetroParents) May 23, 2012
To conclude, I have to plug our own Autism campaign one last time. The incredible documentary, Autistic Like Me: A Father’s Perspective, is hoping to hit the road with its awareness campaign, and we think everyone should go see it. As such, we’re helping the crew fundraise and we’re hoping you can help. You can donate as little as $1, though if you contribute a bit more cash you get cool perks, like a Super Duper Fun Deck (perfect for all kids though particularly awesome for children with special needs) and credit both in our publication and in the materials for the movie. Please go check out the project and decide if it’s something you’d like to be a part of; it would mean the world to us, and even more to all the fathers and children the film to which the film is speaking.
I apologize for ending on a somewhat somber note; Twitter is goofy, but it can be used for serious and important causes, too. Thank you all for your words (which you know I love so much) and I’ll see you after Memorial Day!
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