The Kid Blender:  A Single Mom’s Attempt to Find Joy in an Unexpected Life
February 8, 2012 – 8:00 am | 3 Comments

In this series of blogs, the “Kid Blenders,” I will be addressing our challenges, trying to blend our two families together. The names of the children will be changed to spare the easily embarrassed. And let me be upfront about this: I’m no clinical expert. I’m just a single mom trying to figure life out as I go. But knowing that there are around 14 million single parents out there…I’m guessing that I’m not alone in this venture.

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10 Tickets up for Grabs to Denver Art Museum’s Create Playdate!
February 7, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

Do not fret if you missed The Denver Art Museum’s first Create Playdate last month. Mile High Mamas is once again teaming up with this popular event to bring you the ultimate in smudge, squiggle and splatter. Held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month, these playdates are catered [...]

Win Two Family Four-Packs of Tickets to the Colorado Garden & Home Show
January 31, 2009 – 12:01 am | Comments Off

“It is never too early to think about the growing season.”
Thus proclaimed my husband who is obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin.
He is not alone. More than 70,000 green thumbs and home improvement enthusiasts are expected to celebrate the arrival of spring and attend the 50th Annual Colorado Garden & Home Show Feb. 7-15, [...]

How Did You Know “He’s Just Not That Into You” Contest!
January 25, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Valentine’s Day is a time for many lovers to rejoice and for singles to ignore. Hate it or love it, we all agree that the path to true love is not always smooth.
Mile High Mamas is teaming up with the sure-to-be hit movie He’s Just Not that Into You to bring you a contest [...]

Win Two Family Four-Packs of Rodeo Tickets to the National Western Stock Show!
January 17, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

Every January is the same: The National Western Stock Show comes to town and we get sick with The Plague. But this year will be different. Not only am I plague-free but little did I know my reoccurring illness has left me bereft of a slew of fantastic activities for children.
And cowboys in chaps [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

Fantastic Local Bargains and Enter to Win a Congrats from Colorado Gift Basket Giveaway (a $400 value)
December 7, 2008 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

If you were to take Colorado’s trendiest and cutest mom, dad and kid items and put them in one place, where would you find them?

Olivia Omega Logan is the PR-savvy mastermind behind Congrats from Colorado, which acts as an online portal for gift giving with a twist of Colorado chic. All of their featured products [...]