Win Dad a Family Vacation to YMCA of the Rockies!
May 21, 2012 – 6:15 am | Comments Off

If there is an affordable, fun family vacation that rivals YMCA of the Rockies, I’d like to know about it.
Since I moved to Colorado almost 10 years ago, we have had a family reunion and multiple trips to both of the YMCA of the Rockies’ Colorado locations.
As new parents with an irascible, insomniac toddler, [...]

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Ballet Nouveau Colorado steps up nationwide with anti-bullying program
April 2, 2011 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
Ballet Nouveau Colorado steps up nationwide with anti-bullying program

When President Barack Obama and the first lady convened a White House conference on bullying prevention a couple of weeks back, it was yet another echo of an issue that has been loud in the national dialogue since the Columbine massacre — and which picked up volume last year after a rash of teen suicides [...]

As a family flick, “Hop” needs more spring in its steps
April 1, 2011 – 11:35 pm | No Comment
As a family flick, “Hop” needs more spring in its steps

“Hop” has one of the cutest bunnies you’ll ever see and plenty of other eye candy among its computer-generated visuals, yet there’s not much bounce to the story behind this interspecies buddy comedy. Letting bad-boy Russell Brand supply the voice of the Easter bunny sounds like a promising way to add spice to a warm and fuzzy family flick.

Mama Drama: Jokester’s Painful Punchlines
April 1, 2011 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
Mama Drama: Jokester’s Painful Punchlines

Dear Mama Drama:
My ten-year-old son is always cracking jokes and thinks he is extremely funny. The trouble is that his jokes are usually at the expense of someone else. When people respond negatively to him, he acts like they are overreacting and too sensitive.
I think his has some sharp wit beneath the rudeness, but I [...]

Homeless shelter’s art club brightening kids’ lives
March 31, 2011 – 12:36 pm | No Comment
Homeless shelter’s art club brightening kids’ lives

Julissa Valdivia, 9, and Karen Vazquez, 16, share a smile at the weekly informal art-club meeting at Joshua Station, a homeless shelter. 

Busses rally in protest of budget cuts
March 31, 2011 – 12:02 pm | No Comment
Busses rally in protest of budget cuts

Fifty-one buses from Falcon District 49 in El Paso County drove north to the state Capitol today in an effort to send a message to state legislators about education cuts.

A lesson for all of us
March 31, 2011 – 9:23 am | No Comment
A lesson for all of us

Police have located the family of a toddler who was found alone in the dark in northeast Denver by a passerby who was out walking his dog just before 6 a.m. in the area of Manual High School, 1700 E. 28th Ave..

25 Steps to Becoming a Certified “April Fool”
March 31, 2011 – 7:00 am | 7 Comments
25 Steps to Becoming a Certified “April Fool”

The first day of April, not a legal holiday, but who can resist the fun of a little tease or prank just one day out of the year? This silly tradition has been around for centuries, with the first recorded account in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, dating back to 1392. Some countries end the fun at the noon [...]

5 money myths that can hurt financial rookies as rules, climate change
March 30, 2011 – 1:23 pm | No Comment
5 money myths that can hurt financial rookies as rules, climate change

Steer clear of credit cards. Hoard cash for a big down payment on a home. Put off retirement savings until student loans are paid off.

Event Round-up: Family Field Day, Pirates, a Flauschink Celebration & More!
March 30, 2011 – 12:40 pm | No Comment
Event Round-up: Family Field Day, Pirates, a Flauschink Celebration & More!

Saturday. Get outside and get moving at “Health For All Seasons,” a family field day and fitness fair at the Children’s Museum of Denver. Participate in all sorts of fun games and test your springtime strength: Run a three-legged race with a pal, measure your distance in the long jump and giving hula hooping a [...]

Bronx Zoo’s missing cobra speaks out on Twitter
March 30, 2011 – 8:52 am | No Comment
Bronx Zoo’s missing cobra speaks out on Twitter

NEW YORK—The Bronx Zoo may still be looking for its missing cobra, but a tongue-in-cheek Twitter user is charting its supposed progress.