Hands down, my favorite Colorado getaway is YMCA of the Rockies. I have been to the Estes Park Center once in the summer and we recently went on our third getaway to Snow Mountain Ranch in the wintertime.
It is tough to qualify why I love YMCA of the Rockies so much. The cabins and lodges [...]

Congratulations to Kari W., winner of our Pigs Over Colorado books. Penny W. took home our darling Monkey-Toes shoes and Pam M. of Lakewood won tickets to ski Keystone in our cutest kid contest. To see her prize-winning picture, click here.
With baby shower season looming before us, Mile High Mamas is featuring 2 fun giveaways [...]

Editor’s Note: The children’s consignment sale schedule has been revised. For the updated version, please go here.
There are three things I love about living in Colorado:
1) The mountains
2) Grandparents who willingly babysit
3) Children’s consignment sales every spring and fall
Obviously, my love for these sales runneth deep and the spring sale season is upon us! [...]

I heard someone on Oprah say that as parents, we write on the slate of our children’s lives. If that’s the case, someone hand me an eraser. If I’m not more careful with my kid’s fragile little minds, they are going to end up in therapy. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) [...]

Occasionally I reprint one of my posts from my personal blog mothergoosemouse on YourHub.com, the Parker edition.
I typically select posts that pertain to events or issues in the local Denver area, and a recent post about an incident at a local high school was a perfect fit, so I copied and pasted it – knowing [...]

Some people look out their office windows and see high rises, maybe a school yard, a Zen garden or something as grand as Lake Superior. Some people don’t have an office window and are now cursing me for pouring salt in THAT wound. But I’ve recently realized that sometimes a windowless office might be the [...]

My dental drama is finally over. Or at least my insurance is maxed out so that possible root canal will just have to wait.
For those who need a refresher, I went to the dentist after having Hadley (my firstborn) and discovered my Pukefest-for-a-Pregnancy had produced approximately 500 cavities. We started Operation Rotfest Repair but then [...]