First Tween Sasha Obama Turns 9 Today - Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to First Tween Sasha Obama! She turns 9 years old today. It's also the last day of school for her (she attends Sidwell Friends School) - two reasons to celebrate!

No word as yet on her birthday plans, but last year's birthday was celebrated on the Harry Potter movie set in London. It's hard to top that, but there are certainly a ton of places in DC to celebrate a tween birthday (the Spy Museum, Bach2Rock, and the new Serendipity opening in Georgetown come immediately to mind).

Where do you suggest that Sasha Obama celebrate her 9th birthday?

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Calling All DC Tweens: Today is National Doughnut Day!

It's National Doughnut Day! Grab your free doughnut today at the Krispy Kreme in Dupont Circle or at various Dunkin Donut locations in the District. More on the history of this "holiday" here.

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Miley Cyrus Encourages Tweens to Volunteer

Miley Cyrus is using her celebrity to encourage tweens and teens to get involved in volunteering. Her latest post on her service-oriented YouTube channel builds on her "Get Your Good On" campaign and encourages volunteers to create and upload a video promoting their favorite service organization in three minutes or less. The winner of the contest will have their video spotlighted on YouTube right next to one of Ms. Cyrus’ own videos. Ms. Cyrus is an Ambassador of Service Nation, a program facilitating citizen involvement as a force for positive change in their communities.




This and other cool videos for tweens can be seen on our YouTube channel as well.

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Taylor Swift, Jonas Brothers, & The National Spelling Bee - All in DC This Week!

Did you know that Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers are in DC this week? JoBros even held a free concert in Washington at 7am yesterday morning. And real-life tween stars are in town to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Check out all the details and pix on our newspaper column.

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New Justin Bieber Music Video for The Karate Kid Movie Stars Jaden Smith

How cute are these two tween celebs, Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith, in their new music video from The Karate Kid movie?



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13 year old Jordan Romero Becomes Youngest to Summit Mount Everest

I heard this story on NPR this morning and REALLY wish our tweens were in the car to listen too: 13 year old Jordan Romero became the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest earlier this week. During his press conference after returning to base camp, he said "I definitely encourage young people to 'Go Big!'"

Fans of this remarkable young man followed his ascent on his blog where they could view his location via a GPS tracker. He achieved the summit on May 22, 2010, and called his mother from 29,035 feet saying “Hello mom, it’s your son calling from the top of the world, everything’s ok. I did it.”

He was accompanied by his father, an EMT (and an amazing job/resource/skill to have on such an expedition), his father's girl friend, and three Nepalese sherpas. His father, Paul Romero, took a page from First Lady Michelle Obama's playbook saying that he hoped Jordan's achievement would encourage other parents to exercise with their children: "We live a life in the US where childhood obesity is at epidemic level. It's from people who are patting their kids and sticking the remote control in their hands and completely overfeeding them."


Jordan's climb was not without controversy - there are many who claim his father pressured him into the journey. Even the Nepalese government objected and refused to give the family permission to climb Everest from Nepal on account of Jordan's age. The Romero family then decided to approach the mountain from the Chinese side which made the ascent more difficult. For his part, Jordan says he saw a mural in his school about the 7 summit of the world and set his goal then to climb all 7 of them. Thus far, he's climbed 6 of the 7 - he plans to climb one in Antarctica this December.

Amazing.

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Happy Birthday to Pac-Man!

The little guy is 30th today, and in his honor, Google released its first "playable" Google Doodle - check it out for the next 48 hours only on Google.com

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Tween Celebs in D.C. With First Lady Michelle Obama

We just posted an article about Disney Channel's tween stars who were in D.C. this weekend and Monday filming a healthy lifestyle program as part of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign. Check out the details here.

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Greyson Michael Chance: the New Tween Heart-throb?

He killed it on The Ellen Show today! Way to go Greyson!!



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AMAZING Video of Tween Boy Singing Lady Gaga's Paparazzi

No words - simply awesome - check it out for yourself. Justin Bieber, move over!



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