Make pumpkins part of your family Halloween traditions.
First, when you buy a pumpkin, consider picking a pumpkin patch that supports a cause.   Even better, have your kids help you make this decision. (Boy Scouts, Habitat For Humanity, etc. are some of the pumpkin patch causes I’ve seen.)
Pumpkin Family Night Event:

Obviously young children [...]

Saturday. It’s a sure sign of fall when the scarecrows start appearing, and Arvada is the place to see them: The Festival of Scarecrows fills the city’s historic downtown with the floppy fellows. Businesses, organizations and citizens build scarecrows to enter in a contest — festivalgoers can vote for their favorites in different categories. This [...]

Come fall, just as you pull on layers of clothing, it’s also nice to add seasonal layers (not clutter) in your home. Here are 20 ways to express fall. Try a few on at your place. Maybe your family will notice — and care:
1. Stacks of firewood, outside or in, say we’re ready to put [...]

Last summer, my daughter Hadley and I went on a mother-daughter trip to the San Juan Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino in Puerto Rico.
Three months later, she is still raving about it.
And what’s not to love? For a parent, the great thing about Puerto Rico is it feels like an exotic international adventure with all [...]

I live in Highlands Ranch where I have seen a sign for the holiday craft fair coming this weekend.  EEKS!  Are the holidays really that close?  I suppose they are, as we are already well over a week into October (although, I’m usually not organized enough to know that Christmas is close until it is [...]

An inventory of a woman’s handbag can reveal her age, the roles she plays in her own life and, sometimes, a glimpse of her soul.
That’s the thesis of “The Contents of Her Purse,” a documentary that treads the line between wry humor and sociological treatise. The movie is the centerpiece of “The Purse Chronicles,” billed [...]

CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO RENEE DUNN.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is frequently ranked as the top zoo in the United States and they are ready to party this Halloween!
It’ll be all treats and no tricks (except the magical kind!) for your little ghosts and goblins at this year’s Boo at the Zoo. The event is a fun [...]

What is it like to be a LEGO figurine? What do they do all day?
Based on the LEGO figurines in our household, they lead an exhilarating lifestyle of piloting spaceships and braving the g-forces of the spin cycle, the heat of the dryer, and the humiliation of finding Chewbacca’s head on Princess Leia’s body. [...]

On Wednesday evening, Mile High Mamas went wild.
Or rather, into the wild.
We were among the first to see the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s newest exhibit, “Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches.”
The museum hosted 40 of Colorado’s social media moms to a gourmet South American buffet dinner that included Columbian Sirloin Empanadas, Acarajé-Brazilian [...]

Question: What do you get when you mix Halloween “Boos” with bugs?
Answer: The Butterfly Pavilion’s Bug a Boo!
This Halloween celebration will be held October 23 and 24 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Follow Rosie and her friends on a search to discover the 8th wonders of the world – arachnids! Discover how fascinating spiders, tarantulas, [...]