We all have our happy places and Crested Butte is mine. With this week’s staggering triple-digit-temperatures, Crested Butte’s crisp mountain air has never sounded so good.
A world-class music festival and a bounteous recreational playground don’t sound too bad, either.
A few highlights of my family’s recent trip to this gorgeous mountain hamlet included:
Crested Butte Music [...]

As soaring temperatures continue to bake the United States, we can only thank our lucky stars that even though we’re at the center of the high desert, there are plenty of places to plunge in and take some of the sizzle off. There are the old standbys of Elitch Gardens and Hyland Hills Water World, [...]

Every month, Mile High Mamas features a Q & A from The Children’s Hospital on a different health topic. This month’s topic is all about how to sooth your child’s summer allergy symptoms. Learn how to reduce allergens in your home so springtime allergens don’t ruin your summer.
Most people think allergies should stop acting up [...]

Hundreds of newborns in need of emergency surgery to save their lives are flown to Children’s Hospital each year or rushed across campus from University of Colorado Hospital just moments after birth. But by early next year, women carrying babies known to have heart defects or other severe abnormalities will be able to give birth [...]

Make a Rainbow of Science in Your Home and Escape the Heat
The hot weather is here to stay for a few days. You’ve been to the pool everyday for a month. Now what are you going to do with the kids? With a little science and color knowledge, you can create rainbows inside.
Sharpie Pen Science
Pull [...]

Friday and Sunday. Two local institutions are participating in Target’s nationwide “Arts and Wonder” event this weekend: The Children’s Museum of Denver and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Friday, the Children’s Museum grants guests free admission from 4 to 8 p.m. Anyone can stop by and play — be sure to check out the museum’s “Bubbles” [...]

This month I choose to review Urban Baby Gourmet. It’s a Denver-based company and I was impressed with their adorable marketing material and decided to get a gaggle of gals and babies together to sample the goods.

It’s summer and who wants to be stuck in the kitchen making baby food, let someone else do it [...]

The BIG Deal!
As I was putting on the finishing touches to this blog, I received my Oprah Magazine in the mail.  The cover was full of bargains and deals. I couldn’t help but think that we are on the cutting edge of “cool” by looking for deals – JUST LIKE OPRAH!  I have rounded up [...]

I don’t think I stopped smiling for two hours.
Maybe it was watching our guests of all ages being launched into summersaults and contortions, encased in a giant, clear blow up hamster ball? It could have been witnessing a long line of kids being mowed over by what one of my sons compared to The [...]

Want to go on a tropical vacation? If so, you should check out this great deal from the Marriott in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
If not, bring the tropics to you with Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes new Summer Tropics menu for the entire month of July.
It’s no secret I have recently become mango-obsessed so these [...]