Mama Drama: Potty Training On The Go
September 3, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment

Dear Mama Drama:
My two year old is potty training and has moved into wearing “big girl panties.” I am freaked out about taking her out of the house because I’m afraid she’ll have an accident and will become too discouraged. How can I take her out and help her to be successful?
~ Stuck in the [...]

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It Could Be Worse
December 5, 2007 – 12:51 am | 5 Comments

(Editor’s Note: Join us in welcoming Catherine Robinson, our guest blogger who can also be found at her blog, Out in Left Field. Also, a special Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish mamas and papas out there!)
“Mommy, you think I’m sweet, right?”
I love how Youngest starts a conversation.
“Right,” I said, bracing myself for something awful.
“I want [...]

When your season is not about believing
December 4, 2007 – 12:00 am | 12 Comments

When I came out to Colorado to go house-hunting, I noticed three things at nearly every house I viewed:
Xeriscape – What’s with all the rocks?
Front-facing, three-car garages – Is the house really just one big garage?
Displays of religion – Crucifixes, sculptures, framed scripture, and more (although not a single mezuzah, which wasn’t much of a [...]

Nutcracker Giveaway Tickets Found Here!
December 3, 2007 – 12:00 am | 17 Comments

I am not a dancer. I have never been a dancer and I will never be a dancer.
I had no particular dance aspirations for my 3-year-old daughter Hadley but recently enrolled her in a dance class taught my national-award-winning friend, Karla Call. I did this for no other purpose than to give her [...]

Guide to the Best Family Films
December 2, 2007 – 12:16 am | 8 Comments

If you are anything like me, you are frustrated by the onslaught of “R” ratings whilst trying to raise “PG” kids.
Someone out there has heard our pleas. The Denver Post’s film critic Michael Booth recently published Guide to the Best Family Films; 52 Great Movies to Fill Up Your Year.
I thought I had [...]

Holiday Kid Pics!
December 1, 2007 – 12:10 am | Comments Off

Congratulations to Sara Lilly, winner of our Baby Candy onsie contest!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and we want your Santa-fearing, Hanukkah-celebrating, gingerbread-house decorating, snow-playing or gift-relishing pictures. Help us build our Kid Holiday Pics section by sharing your pictures (past and present) of your little elves.
There will, of course, [...]