Saturday. Salute the nation’s fallen servicemen and women at the Denver Memorial Day parade. A tradition for more than 80 years, the parade includes military personnel and veterans marching through downtown Denver. All branches of the service are represented. The parade is sponsored by the Denver United Veterans’ Council, Denver County Veteran Services Office and [...]

Saturday-Sunday. If there’s one Cinco de Mayo party to hit this week, it’s the 23rd annual “Celebrate Culture” festival at Civic Center Park. The huge fiesta runs all weekend, packing the park with food, entertainment and shopping. Three stages of entertainment will be running each day, featuring a variety of live acts from rock bands [...]

Want to instill a healthy pro-environment mentality in your children? Check out this Green Reading List from the National Environmental Education Foundation, which includes a fantastic selection of new and classic books for all ages.
Elementary School:
The Berenstain Bears Don’t Pollute (Anymore) by Stan & Jan Berenstain
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Where There Once Was a Wood [...]

Earth Day is officially celebrated April 22 but dozens of events in Colorado in the days before and after have popped up, all intended to encourage folks to love Mother Earth. Organizers of the big-deal global celebration say Earth Day 2010 represents the opportunity to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs.
Here’s [...]

A Johnson family tradition is to duke it out every year at the community Easter egg hunt.
It’s been a long road. When our daughter Hadley was little, she mistook the eggs as “pretty balls” and hucked them in the air. Then there was the year we couldn’t drag her off the playground equipment. Another Easter, [...]

CONTEST CLOSED. Stay tuned for details on the winner!
Do you have a cute kid?  Well, if you have a kid then of course you do.  Every mom thinks her kid is the cutest on the planet.  That’s the way it should be of course.
The good news is now your cute kid has the chance to [...]

Mile High Mamas will be on hiatus the week following Christmas to spend time with our families. We will still continue to post special events and contests during that time but regular blogging will return on Monday, January 4.
We will also be gearing up for a fabulous kick-off to 2010 with giveaways such as a [...]

When I’m dissatisfied with someone, I can usually trace the feeling to a dissatisfaction with myself.
So, if I could truly love myself, would I more easily love those around me?
I’m critical. Don’t know if I get it from my dad or if I’m hard-wired for it. My dad always wants to make things better — [...]

If you think Nintendo is just for kids, think again!
My family was thrilled to teach residents at Harvard Square Retirement Community how to play the new Super Mario Bros.™ Wii. Nintendo organized this memorable event that gave Denver seniors, their children, their grandchildren and their friends an unforgettable hands-on introduction to the year’s hottest [...]

Child No. 1: Bode.
I hate swimming.
OK, let me qualify that. I don’t actually hate being in the water. When I did a study abroad in the Middle East, I relished my early-morning swims in the Sea of Galilee. But due to two failed operations on my nasal passages, I just hate getting my face wet.
Kind [...]