**CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATS TO WINNERS MELISSA HISEL AND ERICA DOEMLAND!**
With kids headed back to school comes the inevitable task of making a healthy lunch, day after day, week after week.
And the fun part of getting kids to actually eat it.
That’s where Clif Kid organic snacks come to the rescue. Like Clif Kid’s [...]

The owner of a coastal North Carolina restaurant is fed up with screaming children who bother other diners.
So Brenda Armes has posted signs at Olde Salty restaurant in Carolina Beach that read “screaming children will not be tolerated.” She told WECT-TV in Wilmington that the signs have worked by attracting more customers than they turn [...]

What is “normal” and why do we always seem to be looking for it? It makes sense that some would seek predictability once they start a family, but is “normalcy” really something we can attain?
“I can’t wait to have a normal life,” is exactly what I was thinking three years ago in St. Louis, when [...]

Friday-Sunday. Celebrate the beginning of fall at the Arvada Harvest Festival. The centerpiece of the fest is the Harvest Festival Parade on Saturday. This year’s parade theme is “Patriotism,” so plan on seeing a lot of red, white and blue among the marching bands, floats and clowns. McIlvoy Park will be one of the centers [...]

As they say, “The only constant is change,” and this summer has been evidence of that. In fact, as you may or may not realize, the last days of July signified my last days as assistant editor here at Mile High Mamas!
(Stock photo by typofi)
I’ve loved my time at Mile High Mamas, and I’ll [...]

The deals keep getting better!  Yes, we have some very special deals for you this week – just for Mile High Mamas readers!  Perhaps you are getting back into the routine of school and other activities that are certain to come this fall.  We have some money and time-saving deals for you.

Mile High Organics Special [...]

If you needed one word to describe the circus, it would be FUN.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus presents Barnum’s FUNundrum on September 30 – October 10, 2010 at the Denver Coliseum. This event celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the legendary P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman on Earth. With 130 performers [...]

Poor eyesight. Baldness. Big feet. These are all things that can be passed down from generation-to-generation.
In my family, our inherited trait is bad luck.
And also the aforementioned misfortunes.
We come up a wee bit short in the gene pool.
I hail from an uproarious, fun-loving Canadian family but if anything bad can happen, it usually does. [...]

At first, Mary Pierce thought her 2-year-old couldn’t stop throwing up because she had a typical stomach bug. A few days later, she watched in terror as the lethargic little girl was rushed by helicopter to The Children’s Hospital, her little kidneys shutting down.
Then Nicole’s 5-year-old brother, Aaron, fell ill, following her into the hospital [...]

What makes for a good people-watching spot?
Is it the sheer flood of eye candy? The diversity? The ease with which you can project fake histories and personalities onto your subjects? A comfy bench?
For most people, it’s a mix. Airports and hospitals are fascinating people-watching spots, but unless you’re on vacation (or returning from a disastrous [...]