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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Great Hawaii Travel Deals for Denverites!
May 19, 2011 – 7:00 am | Comments Off
Great Hawaii Travel Deals for Denverites!

Hawaii is at the top of my bucket list and I have resolved to go within the next year to find my long-lost love. During my only visit (when I was five years old) a Hawaiian hunk gave me a lei at that Honolulu airport and I have never forgotten him.
Talk about a lasting impression.
Hawaii [...]

Staying in Colorado? Don’t miss our top 10 choices for family travel!
May 16, 2011 – 7:05 am | 7 Comments
Staying in Colorado? Don’t miss our top 10 choices for family travel!

Summer is just around the corner and you don’t need to look far to have a world-class vacation with your family. From a new zip line tour to free events galore, we have the inside scoop on All Things Colorado.
Aspen/Snowmass
It may be summertime but Snowmass has returned to the Ice Age with the new Snowmass [...]

Tips for Feeling Disneyland’s Magic (and be sure to share your own)
May 9, 2011 – 7:00 am | 16 Comments
Tips for Feeling Disneyland’s Magic (and be sure to share your own)

I have figured out the “Magic of Disney.” It has nothing to do with Disneyland’s characters, rides, parades, shops or food. That magic has to do with how two children–completely overwhelmed, overheated and exhausted–can whine for hours about the conditions….
….and yet at day’s end forget it all and attest they had the most fun of [...]

Celebrate Earth Day and Reduce Carbon Emissions With Your Kids On…the Bus?!
April 13, 2011 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
Celebrate Earth Day and Reduce Carbon Emissions With Your Kids On…the Bus?!

So want to celebrate Earth Day with your kids in a fun, interesting, cheap way that might just save the planet? 
Well, let’s head on over to the bus stop…

One person switching to public transit for just one day can reduce daily carbon emissions by 20 pounds – over a year that’s more than 4,800 pounds. [...]

When mom is a poor sport, everyone loses
April 12, 2011 – 7:00 am | 11 Comments
When mom is a poor sport, everyone loses

Over Spring Break, our family traveled to the capital of Colorado’s left coast and my hometown, Grand Junction.
One of the biggest attractions in the region is a family fun center called Bananas. It has a mini golf course, go-carts, a huge enclosed pavilion packed with bounce houses and slides, batting cages, an arcade, laser [...]

Places to go and things to do: Denver’s must-sees for families!
April 3, 2011 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
Places to go and things to do: Denver’s must-sees for families!

The Beautiful City of Denver has so many great things to see and do. So with the help of Mile High Mama’s Twitter followers and Facebook friends we have come up with a list of must-see and reasonably-priced attractions for families in Denver and the surrounding areas. These are just a few of the many great things [...]

Woodward at Copper: The Coolest Summer Camp on Earth
March 17, 2011 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Woodward at Copper: The Coolest Summer Camp on Earth

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 [...]

Summer Camps 2011: Overnight Camps
March 16, 2011 – 7:00 am | 4 Comments
Summer Camps 2011: Overnight Camps

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, [...]

Choose Your Own Adventure – Spring Break 2011
March 9, 2011 – 7:00 am | One Comment
Choose Your Own Adventure – Spring Break 2011

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 [...]

Telluride’s Eco Adventures is the Road That Should Be Taken
March 3, 2011 – 7:00 am | 4 Comments
Telluride’s Eco Adventures is the Road That Should Be Taken

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. [...]