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: People’s Fair, Arvada Trails Day and more!
May 31, 2011 – 10:18 pm | Comments Off
Event round-up: People’s Fair, Arvada Trails Day and more!

Saturday. Hit the road at the 10th annual Arvada Trails Day. Held at two locations, the outdoorsy event includes all sorts of trail-related fun, including two 5K walks and a 20-mile bike ride. Start your day at either Majestic View Nature Center or Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge: Both locations will feature live animal demonstrations, [...]

Father’s Day Pick: Metro-Denver’s Guide to Everything for Dad and Kids
May 31, 2011 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
Father’s Day Pick: Metro-Denver’s Guide to Everything for Dad and Kids

The Perfect Gift for Father’s Day: Wonderdads! The Metro-Denver’s Guide to Everything for Dad and Kids. A Great Resource to Help Dads Explore the City with their Children.

15 Ideas for Keeping the Learning Fun in the Summertime
May 31, 2011 – 7:00 am | 5 Comments
15 Ideas for Keeping the Learning Fun in the Summertime

Imagine your child’s teacher sitting you down during conferences and telling you that your kiddo is about to lose 2 months in his reading ability, and 2.6 months of math skills—as scheduled.
That’d be a jagged little pill to swallow.
Let me then, as your new BFF blogger break the news to you: The average kiddo who [...]

Mile High Mamas Memorial Day Wishes
May 30, 2011 – 7:00 am | Comments Off
Mile High Mamas Memorial Day Wishes

As you enjoy your Memorial Day with family and friends….
Just take a moment to remember what it is all about.
Love,
The Mamas

Mile High Mamas Memorial Day Wishes & Events
May 30, 2011 – 7:00 am | Comments Off
Mile High Mamas Memorial Day Wishes & Events

As you enjoy your Memorial Day with family and friends….
Just take a moment to remember what it is all about.
Love,
The Mamas
P.S. For an extensive of list of Memorial Day events, please go here.

Study finds fewer newly homeless in Denver, but more are families
May 29, 2011 – 8:15 am | 3 Comments
Study finds fewer newly homeless in Denver, but more are families

The number of newly homeless people has dropped significantly over the past two years in metro Denver, but an increasing number are adults with children, according to the 10th Homeless Point-in-Time Study, conducted on Jan. 24, 2011, by the Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative.
In 2011, the number of newly homeless — which means homeless for the [...]

Magnet school first-graders take hands-on approach to studying dinosaurs
May 29, 2011 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Magnet school first-graders take hands-on approach to studying dinosaurs

Aidan Hartman squatted near the 152 million-year-old fossil and studied it with a critical eye.
The only other dinosaur bones he had seen before Monday were in a museum and were well- scrubbed, connected and intact. But this piece, excavated by a group of Northglenn High School educators just a few months ago, held a special [...]

“Kung Fu Panda 2″ offers eye candy, wisdom for kids
May 28, 2011 – 7:00 am | 3 Comments
“Kung Fu Panda 2″ offers eye candy, wisdom for kids

***1/2 more panda-monium
“Kung Fu Panda 2″ makes one thing clear from the get-go: Lord Shen, he’s one angry bird.
Gary Oldman voices the peacock whose pride may goeth, but not before he causes a storm of destruction in the lovely sequel to the 2008 surprise that introduced us to Po.
Jack Black returns as the voice of [...]

Nothing to wear? Shop offers a designer dress good for one night
May 28, 2011 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Nothing to wear? Shop offers a designer dress good for one night

or her 26th birthday, Kellie Hernandez wanted to get all glammed up for a night on the town, but her champagne tastes — designer dresses and professionally styled hair and makeup — didn’t quite square with her modest salary as a medical assistant.
Fortunately, she had an inside line to a modern version of Cinderella’s godmother [...]

Cancer-survivor mom’s mission to help parents with cancer
May 27, 2011 – 7:10 am | Comments Off
Cancer-survivor mom’s mission to help parents with cancer

Now that she no longer feels like the Sword of Damocles is hanging by a slender thread over her head, mother-of-two Jen Singer can at last get her dream off the drawing board.
That dream is Parenting With Cancer — the website she wishes had existed when she was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma on [...]