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Xfinity Introduces ‘Free This Week’: Unlocks Access to Premium Networks

Xfinity Introduces ‘Free This Week’: Unlocks Access to Premium Networks and Streaming Services Every Week of the Year Is your family always looking for new entertainment to stream? You may soon have more free options to explore! Comcast announced, “Free This Week,” a new year-long program that will deliver Xfinity customers more value by unlocking a new selection of free content each week from top streaming services and premium networks, no strings attached. “Free This Week” programming will be available for Xfinity customers and curated into one simple-to-navigate destination available on X1 and Flex. A selection of “Free This Week” programming will also be available on the Xfinity Stream app and Xumo’s XClass TV. “Free This Week” comes ten years after Xfinity’s inaugural free content sam...

Spring Break in Denver: 75+ Family-friendly Activities 2023

Spring Break in Denver can be difficult to plan. Will there be snow? Will it be a balmy 70 degrees? Fortunately, we have you covered with our guide to Spring Break in Denver 2023 with indoor and outdoor activities, categorized by geographic area. Don’t miss: Family Vacation: Your Guide to Spring Break in Colorado  15 Affordable Family Spring Break Adventures in Colorado Denver Free Days 2023 Guide to Family Ski Vacations in Colorado Colorado Family Outdoor Adventure: An All-Ages Guide to Hiking, Camping, and Getting Outside 20 Best Places to Go Sledding in Colorado Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Skating in Colorado WHAT IS THERE TO DO IN COLORADO FOR SPRING BREAK 2023? CENTRAL DENVER Bad Axe Throwing. (downtown and Central Washington locations). They claim to be the world’s largest urban a...

Colorado winter family vacation guide: 50+ activities kids will love

Colorado is experiencing a beautiful, snowy winter and we’re here to share the fun the whole family will enjoy, indoors and outdoors! Keep your Denver kids busy with our Colorado winter family vacation guide with 50+ activities: everything from zoo camps to hands-on science to outdoor eco-adventures to snowshoeing to a cookhouse on a mountain.  HOT TIP! Be sure to keep your family bundled up for their outdoor adventures.  Obermeyer’s I-Grow Ski Jackets and Pants provide a simple way to lengthen the sleeves and cuffs of your child’s jackets and pants (our quickly-growing kids could wear them 2-3 seasons!) Columbia has a similar line of expandable winter jackets for kids.  Colorado Outdoor Fun for Kids Ice Skating. Colorado’s outdoor ice-skating rinks are open....

Celebrate Valentine’s Day in Denver 2023: Romantic Dining, Family Fun & Gift Ideas

Valentine’s Day in Denver 2023 has it all: romantic and delicious restaurants, family fun, Colorado-crafted gifts, indoor and outdoor entertainment with enough choices for everyone.  Scroll down to the bottom for our guide to creating your own fondue and Valentine’s Day charcuterie boards as well as family-friendly activity ideas.  Valentine’s Day in Denver 2023 GIFTS Denver has plenty of  Valentine’s Day gift options. Sound of the Rockies Chorus will deliver a Singing Valentine to serenade your love by quartets formed from an award-winning chorus in the Denver area. Explore The Mile High City’s vibrant art districts, which are filled with galleries, boutiques and craft stores. For stylish boutiques, head to Larimer Square in Lower Downtown...

Denver snow day! 80+ activities for playing inside and outside

It’s a snow day in Denver and we have rounded up some activities for playing in the snow or cozying up indoors. Fun Activities for My Denver Snow Day Want to go sledding? Don’t miss our Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Skating in Colorado. Is skating more your speed? You’ll love our Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Skating in Colorado. Nothing beats a ski day in fresh powder. Don’t miss our 2023 Family Ski Guide for Colorado.  Make an abominable snowman. It’s like a regular snowman, but less friendly to passers-by. Watch the movie Snow Day with that gloriously psychotic snowplow driver.  Practice multiplication and script with your kids. That’ll put them in a REALLY good mood. For older kids, break out the practice tests. Delete all of the ex...

Loveland’s Valentine Re-Mailing Program & Sweetheart Festival

The season of love is right around the corner and no city loves love more than Loveland, the nation’s Sweetheart City The Loveland Chamber of Commerce, Visit Loveland and partners unveiled details and plans for the 77th annual Valentine season including the Valentine Re-Mailing Program, Sweetheart Festival, exclusive Valentine wine and coffee, the Loveland Sweetheart Classic 4-mile race, and the Valentine Group Wedding being held on the ice (NEW) at the Budweiser Event Center prior to the Feb. 14 Sweetheart Game featuring AHL hockey’s Colorado Eagles vs. Bakersfield Condors. The event, including the Valentine-themed game takeover, is part of the Colorado Eagles’ 20th-anniversary celebration. All Valentine season activities and events take place during the first two weeks of February. ...

Denver Deals: Best Colorado Vacation Deals, Free Days

How are your New Year’s resolutions going? I actually joined a gym for the first time in years – and I’ve gone. Yay me. This year I tried to go in with a little different mindset. The mindset was not all or nothing. It was not getting to a certain weight. But more of feel better than the time before. Just like these resolutions for my health, I have the same for my finances, a little bit is better than nothing. Save here and there in small ways that add up. That’s why we take advantage of things like free days!  Free Days. We have posted the list of all the free days again this year. Mark this page and make a New Year’s Resolution to go to a few of these! This week: free days at Denver Art Museum, Clyfford Still Museum, Four Mile Historic Park and next Monday, National...

National Western Stock Show 2023: Family-friendly Activites and Events

Yee-haw!  The National Western Stock Show & Rodeo is galloping back into Denver on January 7-22, 2023. In addition to what traditionally feels like Denver’s coldest weather, you’ll enjoy pro rodeos, premium livestock, a horse show, livestock competition auctions and plenty of family fun.  Events will take place at the National Western Complex in Denver.  Scroll down to learn more about our National Western Stock Show deals including free admission day. And be sure to dress for [cowboy] success with this darling junior cowboy hat with buffalo bandana! National Western Stock Show Highlights Stock Show Parade The sight of over 30 Longhorn cattle walking through the streets of downtown Denver can only mean one thing…it’s Stock Show time! On January 5 at noon, the...

Denver Free Days for 2023

UPDATED: Denver Free Days 2024. Don’t miss our guide to Denver’s free attractions, museums and more.  Welcome to Denver Free Days in 2023! Enjoy free admission to some Denver’s most family-friendly attractions and museums including the Denver Zoo, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Denver Botanic Gardens and more.  If you are new to Colorado you may not be aware that we have a special tax for Scientific Cultural and Facilities (SCFD). Because every Coloradoan that pays taxes helps fund these institutions, we are all given free access to them on specific free days during the year. And some are even free all the time! Love Denver? Keep exploring with the Essential Denver: Discovery and Exploration Guide (many attractions are free!)  Also, scro...

New Year’s Eve in Denver: 15 Family-friendly Events

Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Denver with family fun in Denver with these New Year’s Eve events. Fireworks, skate parties, a replica of Times Square for Kids and so much more!  Plan Ahead: Don’t wait until the last minute for all your New Year’s Eve party favors. Check out these goofy 2023 New Year’s Eve glasses, plastic disposable champagne flutes for your kids’ Martinelli,  and this fun New Year’s Eve party kit for kids.  Scroll down for our Denver guides to the holidays!  NEW YEAR’S EVE FIREWORKS IN DENVER WHEN: Dec. 31, 2022; 9 p.m. and midnight​ WHERE: 16th Street Mall  The sky will once again sparkle over downtown at the close of 2021 with the New Year’s Eve Fireworks. The two spectacular fireworks shows will occur at 9 ...

Snow Days at the Denver Children’s Museum is now open!

Snow Days opens TODAY at the Children’s Museum Denver Marsico Campus.  Not familiar with this fabulous homage to all-thing winter? Spend your day gliding around the rink, sledding on real snow, building a snowman, warming up by a toasty fire and much, much more.  Here are a few fun highlights: The Snow Hill, features REAL snow for sledding, snowman building and creative winter play A special outdoor sock skating rink for sliding, gliding, spinning and racing your friends  Cozy fire pits and a hot cocoa bar  Icehouse fishing experience  Life-size snow globe to climb in (perfect for a photo op)  Giant “snowballs” for rolling and bopping  A curling rink for future Olympians  And other wintry surprises! Cold-Weather Gear Need to bundle up so you ca...

Ultimate Colorado Family Ski Vacation Guide 2022/23

Don’t miss the ultimate Colorado family ski vacation guide for 2022/23–from fun on the slopes and off the slopes as well. Scroll down for insider tips on Colorado’s best outdoor ice skating and sledding hills.  Mile High Mamas is a top resource for planning your Colorado family ski trip. A few years ago, we launched the Colorado Family Ski Guide that focuses exclusively on families–from daily lift ticket prices to the cost of childcare to where to get the best deals. But we’ve taken it one step further! Click the hyperlink for each resort name below for more in-depth details including additional deals, at what ages kids ski free, lessons, family-friendly activities, area attractions for playtime off the slopes and more. Best Gear for Keeping Families...