Ok, so apparently some people actually have this problem because I was asked to write a little something on this delicious Halloween dilemma…and when I did a little research on the topic (yep, I researched it too) I realized it’s a rather common occurrence…one of life’s sweetest mysteries. Now, I’m not sure what the problem [...]

Saturday and Sunday. The “T-rex Encounter” exhibit adds a little extra fun this weekend at the “Cretaceous Dinosaur Carnival” at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Special activities will be set up throughout the exhibit, including a dino-art station, a puppet show and a miniature “dig” for dinosaur bones. Kids can make their own [...]

Welcome back to Spangler Science Saturdays in October. Halloween just isn’t Halloween at my house without a huge batch of slime. At this time of year, my daughters’ friends hang out at our house begging me to make slime with them. It’s sticky. It’s icky. It’s gooey. It’s a must-have at Halloween.
Making slime is also [...]

When I was a kid (yes, it begins that way), I went to school in a small town with 20 people in an elementary school of about 100 students, and then our elementary combined with the other elementary school in the next town for middle and high school, and my graduating class was composed of [...]

I’ve had a question weighing heavily on my mind lately: Am I really teaching my children how to work?
This summer, I asked my children to help me clean our backyard ditch. It was a thankless job and my son, usually an agreeable, happy chap, held an all-out rebellion. First, he was angry and then he [...]

Aim to be different from the average American, who eats only two servings of vegetables a day — and counts French fries as a vegetable (they really don’t count).
Fall is a great time to fill at least a quarter of your plate — the recommended servings — with fresh, colorful, tasty vegetables. Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, [...]

There is only two weeks left. Halloween is coming. Do you have a really fun holiday tradition? Mine is changing a bit this year. In years past, my kids were excited to go to the neighbors to show off their costumes and more importantly fill their bags with treats. This year, they have asked to [...]

My 10 year-old daughter Tessa, her brother Reed and I are watching Soul Surfer, a DVD that Tessa picked out from the local Redbox with Daddy while Mommy was out of town. They’ve already watched it but we see it again together.
It’s a feel-good movie with heartwarming moments of triumph over adversity and portrayal of [...]

On the lawn in front of stately Denver East High School, Isaiah Hendrix reached out and, with the back of his hand, lightly tapped his brother, Kadeem. “He means a lot to me,” Isaiah said. “I love him.”
A few minutes later, Kadeem said of Isaiah, “He means everything to me.”
Isaiah is a senior tailback, Kadeem [...]

Pink. It seems to be everywhere. Have you noticed the color at the local grocery store on cereal boxes, or perhaps on TV during football Sundays? The month of October is known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a movement for 25 years of awareness, education, and empowerment. Breast cancer touches more than just those who [...]