What You Missed: The Best Top Ten Lists from 2009 and the Decade

1/4/10 - By Anna Fader

Happy New Year! As a parent sometimes the outside world just seems like the ambient music to the milestones of our family's life. Luckily it's never too late to catch up. I've rounded up some great Top 10 lists from 2009 and the decade to help us catch up on the important events we might have been napping through—or just bring it back up from the depths of our sleep-deprived minds. From useful links and information to historic events and some stuff that's just for fun, here's the best of the top ten lists from 2009 and the decade:

OUR LATEST VIDEOS

Cool Mom Picks did a Pick of the Year post about the coolest websites, services and stuff for moms. From the funny Let's Panic About Babies website to the ultra-useful online discount retailer, Alice, and some other great finds, it's worth the read.

Find it hard to keep up with all the latest science. You can catch up on everything the human race learned last year with this list of 50 Things We didn't know Last Year.

A very achievable list of the Top 10 Things Kids Really Want You To Do With Them.

If you've been in parental la-la land take a gander at Time Magazine's Top Ten of Everything in 2009 which covers everything from the best children's books to best viral videos, and even catch phrases. This list will catch you up on everything you missed in under an hour.

Or if you don't have that much time watch Newsweek's The Decade in 7 Minutes video.

Then add the Top 10 Movies of the Decade to your Netflix list.

And just for fun, check out the 10 Worst Muppets of all time