Dana and Helen of Mombian.com celebrate their 50th vlog this week with a big thank you to viewers. In a seasonal vein, they offer some tips on juggling kids and turkeys to make Thanksgiving go more smoothly, and Helen shares her favorite Thanksgiving craft.

They also respond to a timely viewer question about whether to bring children to LGBT rallies and protests. Helen talks about her experience joining a local school board committee, which leads the discussion back to visibility and creating change.

Dana and Helen of Mombian.com celebrate this week's season premiere of Top Chef with a vlog about teaching children to cook.

They wield some of their favorite kid-friendly kitchen implements, offer tips on how to involve even the youngest tots, and share some of the many ways cooking can help children learn.

Dana and Helen of Mombian.com declare themselves Two Mamas for Obama and talk about their son's reaction to election time.

They also review the film Breakfast with Scot, which is about two gay men who foster a flamboyant 11-year-old boy. The movie breaks new ground in its depiction of LGBT families, they say, if only because there are no pregnant lesbians involved. There is, however, a hockey dad, who throws a whole new light on our current impression of hockey parents.

Dana of Mombian.com is vlogging alone this week while Helen is away on business, so she offers some tips for other traveling parents and the ones staying home.

She also discusses the theatrical release of a new movie documenting the fight for marriage equality in Massachusetts, Mary Cheney's not-so-excellent dinner and a lesbian presidential candidate.

This week, Dana and Helen of Mombian.com offer their parenting perspectives on recent news on celebrity lesbian moms Melissa and Tammy Etheridge and Rosie O'Donnell. What would happen if moms showed off their parenting talents on Rosie's upcoming variety show? They also wonder why there aren't more celebrity gay dads, despite the recent addition of singer Clay Aiken.

Finally, in honor of National Coming Out Day this Saturday, they discuss their experiences being out parents, including a funny encounter at a bagel shop.

This week, Dana and Helen of Mombian.com celebrate a Banned Books Week full of fur and feathers. They discuss several LGBT-inclusive children's books, as well as an earlier work that was banned for supposedly promoting interracial marriage.

They also point out the opportunity parents are missing by avoiding difficult topics with their children, and explain how they are helping their son to be a smart consumer of both goods and ideas.

This week, Dana and Helen of Mombian.com take to the great outdoors. Helen talks about her love of compost and gets picky about her choice of pitchforks while Dana imitates an earthworm.

Together they bring you a green idea for the fall that gives your kids something to play in while helping clean up your yard.

It's lesbian home improvement this week with Dana and Helen of Mombian.com. They show us how they reorganized their garage with a few simple pieces of hardware to make things more convenient for themselves and safer for their son.

They also update viewers on their son's transition to kindergarten and recommend two classic books with positive messages for kids of all types of backgrounds.

Dana and Helen of Mombian.com start their vlog this week with a discussion of Ellen and Portia's potential as parents. Then they bring us some dyke-sized craft projects involving large boxes and lots of duct tape, with a little inspiration from Dana's mom.

Dana and Helen of Mombian.com are excited (and a little anxious) this week because their son is starting kindergarten. They take the opportunity to reflect on some of the things that have surprised them most about parenthood during the past five years, including aspects of their child's development, their relationship with each other, Helen's relationship with her body and the community of LGBT parents.

Last week, Dana and Helen of Mombian.com talked about Olympic athletes who are mothers. This week, they turn to the mothers of athletes, bringing you some of their favorite stories of supportive parents at the Beijing Games. They add an LGBT twist by revealing which character from an LGBT-themed show Michael Phelps' mom reminded them of, and pointing out an unintended double entendre about beach volleyball players Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh.

Dara Torres isn't the only older mom competing in the Olympics, and this week Dana and Helen of Mombian.com tell you about some more of them. Several are previous medalists and two managed to have three kids each in between Olympic appearances.

In a heartbreaking story, one mother even needed to keep competing in order to raise money for her son's leukemia treatments. Another took a five-year break because of an injury and to have a family, but got back into training and made the 2008 team. An inspiration? Yes, but what if her politics make her less than supportive of LGBT families? Dana and Helen discuss.

Dana and Helen of Mombian.com bring you the Olympics from a parenting perspective. They pay proper homage to Dara Torres, and Olympic swimmer and mom, and discuss how another Olympic mother-athlete is helping top competitors balance training and motherhood.

On a more personal level, they explain why and how they're exposing their son to different sports, and suggest ways to stay in shape after parenthood, even if you don't have Olympic aspirations.

This week, Dana and Helen of Mombian.com respond to viewer feedback about kids and homophobia, and discuss what to do if parents of your children's friends are homophobic.

They also offer their perspective on the new DVD Finn's Girl, which features a widowed lesbian mom trying to balance career and her rebellious 11-year-old daughter. Is it a believable portrayal of parenting?

This week, Dana and Helen of Mombian.com bring us news of a challenge to Uncle Bobby's Wedding, the children's book about gay guinea pigs (see SGMP 18 and 22), and a librarian's thoughtful response.

They also continue their discussion from last week about kids and homophobia, and talk about how to prepare your children, educate educators, and find allies.