**CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO SARAH CORNELSON**
The Denver Outlaws, our very own Major League Lacrosse (MLL) organization, invited my family to check out a game by this top-rated outdoor professional team. It was a lively, entertaining, family-fun event for us and now you get a chance to win four tickets to see the Outlaws on Saturday, May [...]

This weekend, April 27-29, the Colorado Convention Center comes alive with LEGO ingenuity and child-like creativity. The giant traveling LEGO expo, LEGO KidsFEST has arrived in Denver!

In October, I shared on Mile High Mamas that I made two goals for our homeschooling year – on top of the regular goals I hold each school year, that my kids will learn new things, expand their minds, and all that. To that, we adopted two border collie puppies. Yes. Two. Puppies.

Maternity care in the United States is in crisis. In many ways it’s a disaster, says Ricki Lake’s documentary journey, The Business of Being Born (BOBB). She made the film to learn more about the system of birth in this country after the birth of her first child left her feeling cheated.
In part one a [...]

Under the Christmas tree last year was a set of The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, a gift to my son. Having heard for months how great the books were, I decided to get the set so we could all read up before the movie release.
My 11-year-old, my husband and I were hooked from page [...]

 ”What is the point of learning math? It’s just busy work! I’ll never have to use this!”
It’s the cry of injustice! Innocent children uprising against the irrelevant subjects foisted upon their brains. My son says he knows he won’t need this, this math stuff. Can’t you just see his indignant finger waving at the open book [...]

Pink Slime in processed meats has recently made headlines across the country. In an in-depth investigation on The Doctors television show airing Monday 2/27/12, called What’s REALLY in Your Food?, the docs shared that a chemical found in lice shampoo also shows up in our food and that chickens destine for our dinner table are [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen…This Is Homemade Jeopardy!
My kids are enamored with Jeopardy! I’m not sure how it happened but my, 8 and 11 year olds clamor to watch Jeopardy most nights of the week. This is one of the few TV shows that I can say my kids gain something worthwhile.
My son, the 11-year-old, can answer [...]

I came across a title at the library that I couldn’t resist picking up, not uncommon. The Expert’s Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Samantha Ettus. Bring it. This clearly was a challenge of my skills. More than a challenge, it was a double-dog dare. It was personal. How many could I check [...]

When I was a kid, Thursday was cleaning day. Every Thursday the entire house was cleaned from top to bottom. I can’t remember at what age I began doing chores but I remember doing chores as far back as I can remember. These days, it seems that fewer children are doing chores. Is this media [...]