It was the holiday season, and Teresa Mendel’s to-do list could fill a book the size of “War and Peace.”
“I was planning a party for my husband’s company, on top of the usual chores and the extra holiday tasks,” she says. “I was delivering cupcakes to my daughter’s class when I thought, ‘I need help.’ [...]

Our boys had a great summer in 2010. Why? Because it was the first summer that they each went to sleepover camp. Although they didn’t go to camp together, they both went to the same freestyle skiing camp: Woodward at Copper.
Woodward at Copper is a relatively new, year-round addition to the [...]

Mile High Mamas has the biggest, baddest round-up of overnight camps in Colorado. Be sure to use this this search tool to narrow down your options. Also, don’t miss our extensive listing of summer day camps.
Academic Treks
June-August: College-accredited summer adventures abroad with hands-on learning, community service, cultural exploration and adventure travel. Study includes: marine science, [...]

Want to enroll your kids in summer camp but have nowhere to start? This day camp round-up (the largest in Colorado) is searchable by type, location, age and more! Be sure to also check out our extensive overnight camp listing.

A woman gave birth to a baby inside an SUV on the side of the highway this morning with the help of emergency personnel.
The mother gave birth about 6:10 a.m. on the shoulder of eastbound 6th Avenue near the Knox Street overpass, said Lt. Phil Champagne, a Denver Fire Department Spokesman.
The mother and child are [...]

Last weekend, my first grader Hadley competed for the first time in Jefferson County Schools Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament at Alameda High School.
Not familiar with Destination ImagiNation (DI)? Join the club.
Actually, “club” may not be the correct word for this international organization that caterers to kindergarten through university students. The concept is simple: teach [...]

Jefferson County Public Schools has proposed nearly $40 million in budget cuts for 2011-12 that would ax jobs, trim workers’ pay, close two elementary schools and suspend outdoor education for sixth-graders.
The proposed package — which the school board will vote on in May or June — also would impose transportation fees and and increase athletics [...]

The budding of life brings a fresh, new beginning – a soliloquy of nature resounding the promise of hope and new life. 
I absolutely love spring break in Colorado…a brief glimpse of what is to come, interrupted briefly by the grand finale of heavy, wet spring snowstorms, culminating just in time to let our hearts fill [...]

Spring is just around the corner and Colorado Mountain Mamas, a local leader in helping moms get outdoors with their kids, is holding their annual Spring Fling on Monday, March 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Audubon Center at Chatfield.
The free event is open to the public and there will be [...]

Telluride Ski Resort has created a road-less-traveled impasse for families: Register the kids in ski school and conquer the terrain of Colorado’s most awe-inspiring resort.
–OR–
Enroll in Eco Adventures, a one-stop adventure shop designed to connect the entire family to the surrounding Telluride region.
Ever the fence sitters, my family did both. And sorry, Mr. [...]