Potpourri of Parenting Stories
No "This Week in Seattle Schools" today. Instead a round-up of stories - happy and sad - about parenting. Let's go with happy first (and you can skip sad if you want to). What to do over the holidays (unlike the Times, I'll try to give you the free/low-cost stuff): visit the Gingerbread Villlage at the Sheraton, 1400 Sixth Avenue. Donations accepted for Juvenile Diabetes. Free. Seattle Center Winterfest. Lots of activities, not open on Christmas. Free. Holiday Carousel at Westlake. Fee. Model Train Festival in Tacoma at the Washington State History Museum. Fee. Seattle Public Library events today and tomorrow. Libraries are closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Note: on Friday, December 27th/December 28th there is a Children's film festival of animated short films at the Central Library. I recommend a walk around Green Lake to look for bald eagles and blue herons. The bald eagles can sometimes be found way up ...