Heading to Summit County for a day of skiing, on a Saturday, with the half the Front Range can take twice as long as the average trip to the mountains. I was proud we made our 6:30 am departure time, but as soon as we hit I-70 out of Golden we realized it wasn’t early [...]

Through August. Escape the cold and snow with “Tropical Odyssey,” returning to the Butterfly Pavilion after an update. The bilingual exhibit follows the life cycle of a butterfly in a tropical rainforest, using games and interactive elements to tell the story. New this time around is a play area with giant caterpillars and butterflies for [...]

Forget Tiger Mom. We should be buzzing about Jailed Mom.
Tiger Mom, if you haven’t heard, is the overbearing, obsessive Chinese-American mom who cares so much about her kids that she never lets them attend a sleep- over, watch TV, play a video game or act in a school play.
Jailed Mom is a woman from the [...]

Valentine’s Day looms, and with it one of the central tasks of one of the holiest periods on the Hallmark Cards calendar: finding the perfect spot in a romantic restaurant for wining, dining and perhaps a bit of canoodling.
Frankly, this is a daunting challenge if you’ve waited this long to make reservations.
But why should an [...]

In November, Mile High Mamas featured the story of Andrea Merriman, the wife of convicted Ponzi schemer Shawn Merriman. Be sure to tune in to get her take on the recent event that made headlines in Denver.
The auction of many of the possessions from my former life took place two weeks ago.
Thank goodness ”We are [...]

Each weekday, students filing into Denver’s Ashley Elementary School come face to face with a relatively rare educational experience.
They call it by name: Mr. Johnson. Mr. Heath. Mr. Walters.
In all, eight of 18 instructors at the K-5 school are men, a proportion that far exceeds the statewide average of 15.6 percent of elementary school teachers [...]

We spent the night plotting the perfect Valentine’s Day box – hoping to win the big prize in class.  My son is gearing for the “most sporty”  and my daughter wants to win the “most pink” (or something like that).  If it were up to me, I would not care so much about the box [...]

**CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNER VERONICA WITTE!**
A couple of weeks ago, I went “Into the Fire.”
Contrary to popular belief, this is referring to a paint-it-yourself pottery studio in Olde Town Arvada and not how I feel every time I do crafts.
Though both are correct.
Windex invited local mom bloggers to attend this evening out as a [...]

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During my single years, the road was rocky as I attempted to find a man who would one day be legally required to be [...]

Valentine’s Day celebrates love. Or maybe it celebrates all the kids in your child’s class with the big exchange of small paper postcards. If they’re lucky, they will get a lollipop attached to the paper card. Woo hoo.
The holiday brings doilies, construction paper hearts, paper Valentines and don’t forget the candy. Come on people, Valentines [...]