Mama Drama: Potty Training On The Go
September 3, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment

Dear Mama Drama:
My two year old is potty training and has moved into wearing “big girl panties.” I am freaked out about taking her out of the house because I’m afraid she’ll have an accident and will become too discouraged. How can I take her out and help her to be successful?
~ Stuck in the [...]

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The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Celebrates Grand Opening Week
August 17, 2010 – 2:00 pm | Comments Off
The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Celebrates Grand Opening Week

Denver’s kids just got healthier!
The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children (RMHC), HealthONE’s “pediatric hospital within a hospital,” will mark the grand opening of a campus expansion at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center Aug. 19-22 and will begin treating patients Aug. 31. Grand Opening activities include:
Kaleidoscope Ball: Through the Eyes of a Child
What: The Kaleidoscope Ball is [...]

Fall 2010 Children’s Consignment Sale Schedule!
August 16, 2010 – 7:45 am | 4 Comments
Fall 2010 Children’s Consignment Sale Schedule!

Twice a year, Mile High Mamas does a round-up detailing Colorado’s popular children’s consignment sales.
And for the second season in a row, Tracey Gifford saved the day. The proud mother of two elementary-age boys is the owner of the Just Between Friends sale in Denver and offered to compile this year’s schedule for me.
As [...]

Must-haves for school: KiDECALS self-adhesive name labels (win them!)
August 15, 2010 – 7:00 am | Comments Off
Must-haves for school: KiDECALS self-adhesive name labels (win them!)

Keeping track of our kids is tough enough. Keeping track of their belongings is even tougher.
That’s why I was thrilled to learn about Boulder mom Hilary Chandler’s entrepreneurial venture: KiDECALS. These affordable self-adhesive name labels are dishwasher- and washing-machine proof and can easily be applied to anything you don’t want to lose.
Note: Mind not included.

Hilary [...]

Colorado schools taste change in student meals
August 10, 2010 – 7:00 am | One Comment
Colorado schools taste change in student meals

One day in April, Durango students sat down to a lunch that included Tuscan blend vegetables, a choice of fresh fruit and a salad bar.
For parents who remember school veggies as limp green or orange wads floating in watery brine and smelling of tin cans and steam trays, Durango’s fancy local produce and grass-fed beef [...]

The Dos (and mostly don’ts) of Letterboxing in Colorado
August 9, 2010 – 8:30 am | 13 Comments
The Dos (and mostly don’ts) of Letterboxing in Colorado

I have always been intrigued by treasure hunts. The prospect of discovering something valuable and cosseted is exciting to me. From the moment I first watched The Amazing Race, I was hooked. Following clues and traveling the world would be a dream come true.
Getting lost in umpteen countries is not.
My kids and I recently watched [...]

Snooked Again: How a Reality TV Star Stole My Moment in the National Spotlight
August 2, 2010 – 8:10 am | 25 Comments
Snooked Again: How a Reality TV Star Stole My Moment in the National Spotlight

I was in New York City this weekend presenting these family travel products on the Fox Network’s morning show, Fox and Friends.
I know. I’m still shocked they would even allow The Amber Show to be broadcast nationally.
Grant, a publicist in Arizona, arranged the gig after I appeared for his clients on the Tom Martino Show. [...]

Boulder seventh-grader summits all 50 high points
July 31, 2010 – 7:00 am | Comments Off
Boulder seventh-grader summits all 50 high points

Matt Moniz hiked to Mount Everest base camp in Asia and climbed the highest peaks in Europe, Africa and South America before he did his first Colorado fourteener last year — at age 11.
So the Boulder seventh-grader established his reputation for precocity well before he and his father, Mike, tackled this summer’s project: reaching the [...]