What parents should know about the conflicting news on school food
January 27, 2012 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments

The very same week we learned about the push to ban trans fats from Colorado school food, both at lunch and in before- and after-school snacks, another study asserted that junk food in school vending machines has no impact on students’ weight or obesity levels.
It’s confusing. Kind like all the conflicting studies about coffee [...]

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Win One of 20 Passes to the The Denver Art Museum’s Create Playdate
January 8, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

Playdates have many redeeming qualities that include adult conversation for Mom and social interaction for Child. But my favorite aspect? My kids are exposed to new experiences that I do not have to clean up.
Mile High Mamas is teaming up with The Denver Art Museum to bring you the ultimate in smudge, squiggle and splatter [...]

Madame Wombella predicts pain in my future
January 7, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Editor’s note: Shortly after Gretchen submitted this post, she went into emergency labor. Baby Archer is very sick and is now in the NICU. You may follow Gretchen’s updates on her blog LifeNut. Prayers go out to him and their family.
There is no escape.
Babies who are inside must come out eventually. Thousands of books [...]

Introducing the Newest Member of Our Family
January 6, 2009 – 12:00 am | 4 Comments

Guess what the Greeblemonkeys got for Christmas???

Technically his full name is “Poe Hamster.” Poe as in Edgar Allan. Because Bryan loves Edgar Allan Poe as a writer and Poe was from Baltimore (where we grew up) and also Poe the dog was born in October – so it was a slightly creepy name we could [...]

Dear Santa: All I Want For Next Christmas is My Own Bingo Set and an Exemption from the Naughty List
January 5, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Our Christmas was all about giving each other “experiences.” My brother and sister-in-law threatened to take us to the killer workout Ripped but I mercifully got sick and they instead porked us up at the city’s nicest steakhouse. And for The Parents Who Have Everything, my husband Jamie and I decided we would whisk them [...]

I RESOLVE
January 2, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Terra turned to blogging at The Emerson Family as a quicker, easier way to chronicle her days of motherhood and she hopes it will be something her two young daughters will refer to for guidance and remembrance. Her candid posts are humorous, often interactive, light, and entertainingly appropriate for all to read and enjoy. She [...]

Start Your New Year Off Right: Win a Session With a Professional Organizer!
January 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

Did you know that some people actually like to organize? Even more mind-boggling is they make a career out of it!
I was contacted a few months ago by professional organizer Meighan Meeker of Simply Put Organizational Solutions for the Home. She recently left a successful career at The New York Times and moved to Colorado [...]