http://www.popmommy.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:51:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Beautiful Layla Grace from Houston, Texas lost her courageous battle with pediatric cancer this morning.  She was 2 years old.  I have been following this little angel's story on twitter (http://twitter.com/LaylaGrace).  Earlier this afternoon her parents wrote: "Layla went to play with the angels early this morning. Rest in peace precious Layla. ... http://www.popmommy.com/life-changingworld-events/layla-grace There are SO MANY reasons to be excited for The Hurt Locker winning SO MANY awards last night, including Best Picture. First, it's a GREAT film.  Second, it's one of the only nominated films I was able to squeeze into a Friday night this year, so I was rooting for it ... http://www.popmommy.com/award-shows/oscars-10 I had to capture this image of my boys getting ready for church this morning.  I think it's so cute that they are both in dress shirts and dark socks.  And, yes, my hubbie is the best.  He IRONS. http://www.popmommy.com/daniel/sunday-morning I love the new song by Orianthi called "According To You."   My favorite part of the music video is her rocking the guitar with cute purple nail polish.  I first saw Orianthi in Michael Jackson's "This Is It" movie.  She was amazing.  I'm excited that she's out on her own ... http://www.popmommy.com/awesome-music/orianthi-girl-power At his Philadelphia concert stop last week, John Mayer brought a small fan on stage to play guitar with him.  The sixth grade boy wanted to play "Belief" because he secretly learned it for his mother, who loves the song.  How sweet is that?  And it was super cool of John Mayer to give ... http://www.popmommy.com/awesome-music/yep-i-still-like-john-mayer Here are my favorite American Idol contestants this season.  I decided to pick two girls and two guys.  We'll see how far they go.  Or how long I keep loving their performances.  And don't they just all have the best names? [caption id="attachment_1190" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Katelyn Epperly"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1191" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Siobhan Magnus"][/caption] [caption ... http://www.popmommy.com/reality-tv/american-idol-favorites I know my family up north in Maryland will be VERY jealous, but we had the most beautiful spring weather today.  Spring comes early in Florida.  Special thanks to my mother-in-law for taking this pretty picture of Annabel.  It captures the essence of my daughter, and the day, perfectly. http://www.popmommy.com/annabel/spring Angela Martin missed out on her THIRD, and FINAL, attempt to be a contestant on American Idol.  (She is now 28 and past the age limit.) The first year she auditioned she had to quit because her father was shot to death by her stepmother.  Awful. The second year she landed in jail with unpaid traffic ... http://www.popmommy.com/reality-tv/angela-martin-american-idol-messes-up Annabel turned two years old yesterday and our house was filled with pink balloons, Hello Kitty cuteness, and a super adorable birthday princess. It was a blast.  Unlike her first birthday, Annabel totally GOT that it was her very special day.   After breakfast, we watched "Tinkerbell" on DVD and then went to the mall for a ... http://www.popmommy.com/annabel/two Part of the fun of having a preschooler actually IN SCHOOL is experiencing all the neat holiday stuff.  Bean celebrated Valentine's Day this week at his preschool and I got to take my kid to the store to pick out his very first box of Valentines.  The teacher said they could include a piece of ... http://www.popmommy.com/holidays/will-you-be-my-valentine