Last weekend, we went hiking at Castlewood Canyon. It was one of those beautiful spring days that fools you into thinking that it won’t snow again. It was breezy and sunny, and we had a backpack filled with hot dogs and buns, and the makings for s’mores.
I carried Oliver in the Baby Bjorn [...]

When I recently retrieved my 3-year-old daughter Hadley from preschool, her teacher pulled me aside.
“I need to talk to you about Hadley,” she said in that voice. The same cautionary voice my third-grade teacher used right before she wrote on my report card that I had “verbal diarrhea.”
Shockingly, the report was positive.
“Hadley [...]

Congratulations to Trina M., winner of our Lemongrass Spa Products!
I came to a realization a long time ago: my children dress better than I do. And it’s no wonder with darling selections such as those from the designer children’s line Tea Collection.
Inspired by the everyday play of children, Daily Tea offers 100% cotton knits [...]

Join us in welcoming our guest blogger, Melissa. This photographer extraordinaire claims to be a semi-normal person who is surrounded by crazy people (namely her two daughters). This also means she will fit right in at MHM! She can be found blogging at The Howell Herald.
It must be a wonderful day in a child’s life [...]

It is currently my husband Jamie’s basketball season and every year, I dread it. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not one of those overbearing women who doesn’t let her husband do anything fun. It’s just there’s something else factored in there: near-death experiences. You see, when Jamie played in the past, he was almost always [...]

No disrespect to my mother, but growing up, we didn’t have much music in the house. Unless you count German oom-pah music, of course. It just was never something that was all that important to her. Still isn’t.
For whatever reason, it was important to me. My first job was working in a record store (granted, [...]

I live in that small town in southern Colorado recently afflicted with salmonella in the water, and I would probably be remiss if I didn’t blog about what this experience has taught me.
1) It takes approximately four 16.9 fluid ounce bottles of water to boil a package of spaghetti.
2) [...]