Golden is where every eccentric person who doesn’t reside in Boulder chooses to live.
-Jane, the Clear Creek History Park’s “Chicken Mom”
I am all about impromptu living and Golden is chock full of it. Visit the Golden Kayak Park on a Wednesday evening in the summer and you will be delighted to witness an unofficial freestyle [...]

Sure, we may be Mile High Mamas but we’re all about the Papas in our lives. Disney’s FamilyFun magazine has some great Father’s Day ideas:
A Grate Gift for Dad. This clever trio is a tasty way to honor the King of the Grill on Father’s Day. And who doesn’t love dessert (they’re cupcakes!)?
Formal Greetings. Even [...]

One day they are 9-year-olds affixing Hannah Montana or Spider-Man posters to their walls.
Then they are teenagers.
He wants to paint his bedroom walls black. She demands a vampire-themed suite. Mom and Dad are bummed out and prepared neither to embrace nor indulge this evolving outlook.
Relax, say interior designers with experience negotiating parent/teen tensions over room [...]

**CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNER RENEE DUNN!**
I have a worthwhile goal this summer: to have my children dedicate some time to schoolwork everyday. But mixing things up and keeping learning fun isn’t easy.
Hence the reason why I send my children to school for nine months out of the year.
That’s why I jumped at the chance [...]

Dear Mama Drama:
My five-year-old son used to eat a wide variety of foods, but now he will only eat a handful. I am concerned about him getting adequate nutrition and that we are constantly fighting over food. This is becoming a huge power struggle and is a nightmare for all of us.
~Food Fanatic
(photo credit)
Dear Fanatic:
This [...]

Warmer breezes are blowing. The sun is lingering longer before slipping behind the mountains. Far off locales are tempting us with their siren songs, and even the places in our own backyard are whispering promises of a much-needed retreat.
The summer travel season is almost here!
Last year, we decided to take advantage of the [...]

Friday. Travel through space and time with “Journey to the Stars,” the new planetarium show at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, “Journey” explores the life cycle of stars, from their earliest formation to death. Using digital imagery and real pictures from telescopes, the show lets viewers see stars up [...]

**CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNER STACEE KELLY PIGORD!**
You don’t need to go far to hit the beach this summer.
The Children’s Museum of Denver is going beyond the ordinary and making waves with the 770 sq-ft inflatable Super Sand Dome. This colossal dome is filled with piles and piles of beach-like sand (80,000 lbs [...]

Entertainment
The Microsoft Store opens at Park Meadows on Thursday, June 10 and is offering giftbags with goodies like Xbox games, T-shirts and more. Your kids will love you for this one: The first 1,000 people in line get a FREE bag stuffed with giveaway items and two VIP tickets to an outdoor concert on [...]

Formalities first. The phone hasn’t rung. We’ve received zero
emails. Nothing. No news. Nada. How does that make us feel? Don’t
really want to talk about it. Or think about it really. It just is. There’s nothing we can do to speed it up or force the issue. And [...]