What parents should know about the conflicting news on school food
January 27, 2012 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments

The very same week we learned about the push to ban trans fats from Colorado school food, both at lunch and in before- and after-school snacks, another study asserted that junk food in school vending machines has no impact on students’ weight or obesity levels.
It’s confusing. Kind like all the conflicting studies about coffee [...]

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Event Round-up: Kite Festival, Cities of Splendor & More!
April 6, 2011 – 7:59 am | Comments Off
Event Round-up: Kite Festival, Cities of Splendor & More!

Sunday. Discover the roots of the Renaissance at “Cities of Splendor: A Journey Through Renaissance Italy” at the Denver Art Museum. Opening Sunday, the exhibition features a variety of Renaissance artworks from all over Italy. See how the styles of different cities—like Milan, Venice and Siena—helped shape the aesthetics of the era. The exhibit also [...]

Getting to the Heart of Organ Donation
April 6, 2011 – 7:00 am | 7 Comments
Getting to the Heart of Organ Donation

Did you know that April is National Organ Donation Awareness Month?  I know it’s probably not marked on your calendar because it’s not celebrated by drinking green beer or setting off illegal fireworks.  But I feel that it is my duty to bring it to your attention so that in the future, when you think [...]

Denver Deal: Kids Eat Free
April 5, 2011 – 7:11 am | 5 Comments
Denver Deal: Kids Eat Free

When you are watching your budget nothing is better than kids eat free.  Yes!  You have to love the word FREE! 
Daily/Weekends:
Through October 31, Garbanzo’s Mediteranian Grill is offering a free healthy kids meal on weekends with purchase of an adult meal.
Melting Pot kids eat free on Sundays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Bono’s BBQ offers kids [...]

Female-owned firms pursue sales goal of $1 million
April 5, 2011 – 7:09 am | No Comment
Female-owned firms pursue sales goal of $1 million

Annie Freedom, left, owner of the Samadhi Center for Yoga, makes a namaste salutation after giving her two-minute pitch for her business. Meg Connell, center, and Antoinette A’Lire also pitched their company plans. Make Mine a Million $ Business — a national initiative to help small female-owned businesses grow — held a one-day event Monday.

Chinstrap time travel
April 5, 2011 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
Chinstrap time travel

I see my present-day kids riding their bikes to school. In the moment it takes to snap my chin strap, I time-travel back to the time they were babies and forward to the time they are parents themselves. And back to now.

Five groups found unique ways to cut $40M from Jeffco schools’ budget
April 5, 2011 – 6:53 am | No Comment
Five groups found unique ways to cut $40M from Jeffco schools’ budget

Whacking nearly $40 million from Jefferson County Public Schools’ proposed budget last month proved no easy task.

Denver Deal: Harkins Theaters, CU Spring Game, Kite Festival and more
April 4, 2011 – 9:46 pm | One Comment
Denver Deal: Harkins Theaters, CU Spring Game, Kite Festival and more

Spring brings with it longer days – and more time to have fun outside with the kids!  I would love to hear what any of you are doing to make those last few months of school more bearable.  Are you already buying your kids summer wardrobe?  Check out the consignment sales for some great deals on where you can [...]

Too real means too creepy in new Disney animation
April 4, 2011 – 7:07 am | No Comment
Too real means too creepy in new Disney animation

LOS ANGELES—Computer animation has a problem: When it gets too realistic, it starts creeping people out.

Most recently, moviegoers complained about the near-realistic depiction of humans in Disney’s 3-D flick “Mars Needs Moms.”

How you know you’re a Colorado kid (and what cute things have your kids said recently?)
April 4, 2011 – 7:01 am | 9 Comments
How you know you’re a Colorado kid (and what cute things have your kids said recently?)

Mile High Mamas has had some fun conversations on Facebook (are you a fan yet?) Denver mom Becky posted this hilarious vignette based on a conversation she had with her 3-year-old daughter, Rosie:
“Rosie drew a picture of a mountain this morning. I asked her what the name of the mountain was. She said ‘Rocky Mountain [...]

Children injured after bounce house goes airborne
April 4, 2011 – 6:55 am | No Comment
Children injured after bounce house goes airborne

TUCSON, Ariz.—Authorities in southern Arizona say a boy and a girl were seriously injured after strong wind lifted the children’s bounce house they were in and deposited it on a road.