My husband thinks it would be a bad idea for me to walk the four blocks from our house to the Obama's Hyde Park home to deliver a bunch of postcards to Michelle while they're in town for the Memorial Day holiday this weekend, so I guess I'll just drop them in the mail to the White House with everyone else...

Don't forget to send out your postcards to Mrs. Obama beginning tomorrow (May 28th) asking her to help us reduce the focus on standardized tests in our schools. The Time Out from Testing web site offers sample letters, postcard templates, and other tools.

The Obamas' daughters have always attended schools that offer a well-rounded curriculum and de-emphasized standardized testing.

The message to Mrs. Obama is simple: We want the same education for our children that you provide for Malia and Sasha. Our child is not a test score. Encourage the President to end the use of high stakes standardized tests!

Read more about the nation wide postcard-writing campaign in this Washington Post blog.