Tracy Ross hopes her third child, due in August, will be the daughter to whom she can give all the things her parents didn’t give her — empathy, validation and safety.
“I want a little girl because I can teach her how to be an empowered person that will stand up for others,” says the Boulder [...]

The budding of life brings a fresh, new beginning – a soliloquy of nature resounding the promise of hope and new life. 
I absolutely love spring break in Colorado…a brief glimpse of what is to come, interrupted briefly by the grand finale of heavy, wet spring snowstorms, culminating just in time to let our hearts fill [...]

Saturday. LoDo will be shamrockin’ at the 49th annual Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Bring along some folding chairs and settle in—the giant lineup features dozens of floats, hundreds of marchers and loads of music, all in celebration of the Emerald Isle. (Don’t forget to wear green, or else brace for a few friendly gibes.) [...]

Nearly everyone with curly hair has been told, “You’re so lucky,” usually by someone with tidy, effortless-looking straight hair.
But nearly everyone with curly hair knows about the endless, sometimes hopeless pilgrimage to find someone who knows how to deal with their waves, kinks and corkscrews.
“They always would cut it, and I would look like Sideshow [...]

This coming Saturday, March 12 the kids and I are really excited to go to the Fraser Tubing Hill.  I can remember doing this as a child and am most excited to bring my kids along.  We have been lucky enough to negotiate a super rate if any of YOU want to join us there.  For [...]

First, there was “Tiger Mom.” Now, there is “Hiroshima Mom.”
Anyone else seeing a pattern with all these Asian references?
In case you haven’t heard all the controversy surrounding Rahna Reiko Rizzuto ‘s memoir Hiroshima in the Morning, here’s the crib-note version. Several years ago, she was awarded a fellowship to spend six months in Japan [...]

Brushing (and flossing) is the best way to protect your teeth and gums — but not if your toothbrush is in bad shape. “Toothbrush bristles that are worn or frayed from use cannot effectively remove plaque, which is critical to maintaining healthy teeth and gums,” says Sebastiana Springmann, a dentist in Williamsburg, Va. Some advice:
Don’t [...]

Poor Ken.
The doll has spent his lifetime toiling, desperately, to please Barbie. He has worn sky-blue short shorts, with a matching man bag — an outfit only Barbie could have endorsed. In the 1990s, he wooed his gal by using styling gel to tease his hair into a slushy pile. And he wore neon. Lots [...]

Ahoy buckos! Denver is being invaded by pirates!
Not to worry though, they are all inside of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science at Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship exhibit.
The exhibit is a winding adventure that teaches everything about pirates while weaving in facts and artifacts [...]

Spring is just around the corner and Colorado Mountain Mamas, a local leader in helping moms get outdoors with their kids, is holding their annual Spring Fling on Monday, March 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Audubon Center at Chatfield.
The free event is open to the public and there will be [...]