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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Shredding Myself Silly
March 12, 2009 – 12:02 am | 5 Comments

Last fall, I posted here at Mile High Mamas about my first sprint triathlon and how I’d caught the competitive bug. Granted, I was pretty competitive already, but only where it came to Scrabble games. Athletics, not so much.
But I’m really excited to begin this year’s triathlon season, starting at the end of [...]

Party People in the House
February 25, 2009 – 12:00 am | 10 Comments

I’m lucky; two out of my three kids still don’t really care about having a birthday party with their friends. Get them a bouquet of mylar balloons, let them lick the icing off the tops of a few cupcakes, and they’re set for another year. Presents are even optional at this point.
Unfortunately, the [...]

A Horse of a Different Color
February 11, 2009 – 12:09 am | 13 Comments

Last May, my son Oliver and I went to Chicago together. It was the first time we’d been to the Denver International Airport since the big blue horse had been installed.
Have you seen the big blue horse? It’s actually a fiberglass sculpture by Luis Jiminez. Commissioned in 1992, it killed Jiminez in [...]

Still a Cow Town?
January 28, 2009 – 12:00 am | 7 Comments

When I announced to my former co-workers in New York that I was moving to Denver, I was pleasantly surprised by their reactions. Even though many of them were born-and-bred New Yorkers who would never think of leaving the city, several commented, almost wistfully, “You know, if I ever left New York, Denver would [...]

Skiing: Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
January 15, 2009 – 12:05 am | 7 Comments

This is our fourth winter in Colorado, and I have yet to hit the slopes.
I ski – not well, but I do ski. I was never one of those toddlers, flying down the mountain at supersonic speeds, devoid of fear. Instead, I learned to ski as a teen, on a winter break trip [...]

He’s been a good boy; I’ve just been a bad mom
December 18, 2008 – 12:00 am | 13 Comments

I’ve got a Christmas confession to make: I’m not sure there’s going to be anything under the tree for
my baby boy to unwrap.
No, there’s not a budget shortfall. No, I don’t love his older sisters more than I love him. No, there haven’t been any major toy recalls (that I know about, anyway).
Really, [...]

New Branches on our Family Tree
December 9, 2008 – 12:00 am | 5 Comments

Saturday afternoon, I took Tacy and CJ to the Family Tree of Hope in south Metro Denver to drop off a box of toys, books, educational DVDs, and baby toiletries for the families living there.
A couple months ago, my friend Whitney – one half of the dynamic Rookie Moms duo – sent me two Caring [...]