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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Tips for keeping mom out of the dumper
February 4, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

It started happening about the same time I quit going out to recess. In the dead of winter my mom would say to her pale-faced, dead-behind-the-eyes teenager,
“You need to go outside for awhile.”
I didn’t realize until I was an adult that the 45 minutes I would spend at recess jumping rope and swinging on [...]

Seven is Heaven
February 3, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

I am happy to announce the birth of our seventh baby, Archer Edmund, to all of my Mile High Mama friends. He was born on January 5th, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. via c-section. We are calling him Archie.
His first week of life was a little rough. Archie was born almost four weeks early due [...]

Keystone for Kiddos and Learning to “Ski Like a Girl”
February 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | 23 Comments

I grew up with O.S.S. (Only-Sister Syndrome), which often became S.O.S. when participating in sports with my ultra-competitive brothers. The biggest slam to my ego was when they accused me of doing anything “like a girl.”
But here’s the deal: last week at Keystone Resort, I “skied like a girl” and loved every minute of it. [...]