Mama Drama: Respectful Independence
March 12, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment

Dear Mama Drama:
My eight-year-old son has recently become very rude and disrespectful. Every time I ask him to do something he argues with me. When I try to help him with something he becomes surly …

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Weathering a Wonderful Storm!
February 18, 2010 – 12:00 am | Comments Off
Weathering a Wonderful Storm!

Kristine Kahanek loves everything weather! She’s a 20-year veteran television meteorologist and author of the celebrated children series Katie and the Magic Umbrella. Furthermore, she is a mom just like us, trying to do it …

Fall in love with Denver again…with a little help from your local guidebook author
February 17, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Fall in love with Denver again…with a little help from your local guidebook author

Mindy Sink is the author of the guidebook Moon Denver, a co-author of Colorado Organic: Cooking Seasonally, Eating Locally and has written extensively for The New York Times. Learn more about Mindy at www.mindysink.com.
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A New Chapter
January 28, 2010 – 6:30 am | 6 Comments
A New Chapter

We’ve started a new chapter at our house.
Literally.
We’ve started reading Chapter Books to Claire at bedtime!
(Photos provided by The Casual Perfectionist.)
When she turned 4-years old at the end of November, I thought it would be …

Bookalachi: Where parents can get the 411 on content in kids books!
January 20, 2010 – 7:00 am | 8 Comments
Bookalachi: Where parents can get the 411 on content in kids books!

You know when your kid hands you a book and asks, “Can I read this?” and you have no idea what the book is about? You flip through it, hoping to find an age-range or …

About Face
January 14, 2010 – 7:00 am | 6 Comments
About Face

Have you read Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking? It chronicles the period after the sudden death of the author’s husband’s and the concurrent illness of her adult daughter. It is starkly written and …

Glorious One-Pot Meals Cookbook Giveaway
December 18, 2009 – 12:37 am | Comments Off
Glorious One-Pot Meals Cookbook Giveaway

This giveaway is CLOSED:)
Cooking takes on a whole new meaning when we become moms.   I mean between changing diapers, cleaning house, playtime and fixing boo boos when are we supposed to make the time to …

Personalize a Book With Your Child for Story Tots’ Giveaway!
May 9, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments Off
Personalize a Book With Your Child for Story Tots’ Giveaway!

**CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNER JENNIFER VANDER HAMM**
It’s official: Colorado is the Mecca for talented MOMpreneurs.
My interactions with Denver mama Jessica Ziegler confirmed this. She has launched Story Tots, a line of super-personalized children’s books …