Charmed by Snakes at The Denver Museum of Nature and Science
February 7, 2012 – 7:00 am | 7 Comments

There’s a zoo at The Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
But it’s not lunchtime in the atrium or the parking lot on a free day. 60 creepy, slithery, and totally fascinating creatures have been collected into one fun-filled new exhibit called Lizards and Snakes. Recently, our family spent an evening getting to know the critters [...]

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Mama Blogger of the Month–Amy of Tales from the Crib!
January 16, 2009 – 12:07 am | No Comment

We are thrilled to have Amy of Tales from the Crib as our Mama Blogger of the Month. She is a mom of two boys and has recently taken up an important cause for one brave little girl.
1) Tell us about your little family and the overabundance of Y chromosomes at your house.
Shawn and I [...]

How Chicks Who Click Are Changing Society
January 12, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
How Chicks Who Click Are Changing Society

I received my first email account in a college Communications class back in 1994. While I thought it was innovative to interact electronically with my classmates and professor, I did not know anyone else who was online. I decided then and there this Internet thing was just a fad.
I assure you it is the only [...]

Win One of 20 Passes to the The Denver Art Museum’s Create Playdate
January 8, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

Playdates have many redeeming qualities that include adult conversation for Mom and social interaction for Child. But my favorite aspect? My kids are exposed to new experiences that I do not have to clean up.
Mile High Mamas is teaming up with The Denver Art Museum to bring you the ultimate in smudge, squiggle and splatter [...]

Dear Santa: All I Want For Next Christmas is My Own Bingo Set and an Exemption from the Naughty List
January 5, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Our Christmas was all about giving each other “experiences.” My brother and sister-in-law threatened to take us to the killer workout Ripped but I mercifully got sick and they instead porked us up at the city’s nicest steakhouse. And for The Parents Who Have Everything, my husband Jamie and I decided we would whisk them [...]

Start Your New Year Off Right: Win a Session With a Professional Organizer!
January 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

Did you know that some people actually like to organize? Even more mind-boggling is they make a career out of it!
I was contacted a few months ago by professional organizer Meighan Meeker of Simply Put Organizational Solutions for the Home. She recently left a successful career at The New York Times and moved to Colorado [...]

What your holiday photos look like when the fifth member in your family is orange
December 25, 2008 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

I told my pumpkin-obsessed husband we needed to have some Christmas pictures taken of our family.

This was his solution.
Happy holidays from all of us at Mile High Mamas!
We will be taking a blogging break over the Christmas holiday to spend time with our families and will return afresh in the New Year. Our mama-to-mama [...]

Fantastic Local Bargains and Enter to Win Another Great Congrats from Colorado Gift Basket (a $350 value!)
December 21, 2008 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

Congratulations to Lucretia Pruitt, grand prize winner of our Wii and Wii Fit! Thank you to all who entered.
In case you missed our first fabulous gift basket, we’re giving you another chance to win!
If you were to take Colorado’s trendiest and cutest mom, dad and kid items and put them in one place, where [...]

My $1,000 Christmas Almond Rocha Recipe (and let’s hear your favorites!)
December 15, 2008 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Christmas Baking Week is upon me. I approach it each year with great alacrity, as Christmas Baking Week = Christmas Eating Week.
My bakefest generally consists of egg nog snickerdoodles, cream cheese cutout cookies, homemade chocolate suckers, caramel toffee squares, sugar ‘n spice cookies, white chocolate snowball swirl cookies, vanilla fudge and of course, my [...]

Enter to Win Mile High Mamas’ Wii and Wii Fit Giveaway!
December 14, 2008 – 12:05 am | 765 Comments

Our Wii and Wii Fit contest is over and we are thrilled to announce Lucretia Pruitt is our winner. Thank you to all who entered!
I’ll admit it: I have never liked video games. So, when Nintendo contacted me about becoming a Wii Fit “Brand Enthusiast,” I chuckled. Me? Pimp a gaming system?
But then I threw [...]

Partying Nintendo Style and a Wii and Wii Fit Giveaway Announcement!
December 8, 2008 – 12:00 am | 41 Comments
Partying Nintendo Style and a Wii and Wii Fit Giveaway Announcement!

‘Twas a few weeks before Christmas, when all through my place,
Several creatures were stirring as they didst race.
Nintendo had come and a Wii Fit Party they did throw,
For 10 of my friends…for what they did not know.
They thought it was to eat and to laugh and to play.
As Wii Fit rudely divulged we were “unbalanced” [...]