Month: January 2009

Win Two Family Four-Packs of Tickets to the Colorado Garden & Home Show

“It is never too early to think about the growing season.” Thus proclaimed my husband who is obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin. [photopress:EnchantedGarden_1.jpg,full,pp_image]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, at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. Families visiting the show will step into a fantasy world when they are greeted by a 25 ft. tall by 32 ft. long pirate ship, pirates and cannons that come to life staged in the “Secret Garden of Pirate’s Cove” Entry Garden presented by Bank of the West. The show transforms 400,000 square feet of the Convention Center into a virtual marketplace of idea...

Local Impact of a Good Idea Gone Bad

Guest blogger Olivia Omega Logan is the local owner of the home-based infant clothing company, Baby Candy, and mom of two little inspirations. She is also the founder of Congrats from Colorado, a network of over 35 juvenile product manufactures all located in Colorado. With the onset of CPSIA, Olivia has created a blog that encourages small manufacturers to support each other and fight for their business’ survival. Appearing on several local and national news stations, radio shows and in newspaper articles, Olivia hopes to bring awareness to the issues surrounding the CPSIA and the wonderful companies that may be lost. As a local small business owner within the juvenile product industry, the acronym CPSIA has rung in my ears for many weeks now. It stands for the Consumer Product Safety Imp...

Hot Topic: Spring Sports

The snow has barely finished melting but spring keeps arriving in my mailbox, with offers to sign my kids up for all sorts of sports. Spring sports sign ups are happening – What are your experiences with soccer, t-ball, flag football, etc? How “scheduled” are your kids?

Still a Cow Town?

When I announced to my former co-workers in New York that I was moving to Denver, I was pleasantly surprised by their reactions. Even though many of them were born-and-bred New Yorkers who would never think of leaving the city, several commented, almost wistfully, “You know, if I ever left New York, Denver would be one place I might go.” If you know how New Yorkers feel about their city, then you know that’s high praise indeed. It shows how perceptions of Denver have changed, even just in recent years. I recall hearing from Aimee Greeblemonkey that when she invited her east coast friends to her Denver wedding, they asked if cows roamed the streets. In all seriousness. Uh, no. This is Denver, not Bombay. Now, there definitely is more wildlife roaming around here than I was...

Hands-On Mom?

“Dear God –” my mom prayed when I was 2 years old and she was pregnant with my middle sister. You might think she prayed for a certain gender, for a healthy baby, for an easy delivery. But her prayer was along different lines: “Please make this baby not persnickety about its hands the way Lori is.” Apparently I was born fussy. I have always disliked having dirty hands. It doesn’t stop me from doing much because I can accommodate — gloves are my friends. I am always attuned to whether my hands are clean or dirty. Mostly they are clean. But if I handle garden tools, take the kids to Chuck E Cheese, unwrap a package of chicken, pet a dog or hold my son’s hand for any length of time, I am keenly aware of their sullied nature. I do not touch my fa...

How Did You Know “He’s Just Not That Into You” Contest!

[photopress:HJNT1.jpg,full,pp_image]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 that will allow you to vent your lovelorn frustrations. We want to hear about the time when you got dumped or realized “He’s just not that into you.” All entries will receive general admission passes to the movie’s pre-screening on Tuesday, February 3rd. Three winners will be republished on Mile High Mamas and they and a guest will receive reserved seats at the pre-screening. I have not always been the very epitome of romantic idealism you see before ...

One Book, One Denver to hold various free events; what are your favorite children’s books?

I am a huge advocate of reading. One of my earliest memories is snuggling up in my yellow canopied bed, pinning my little brother down, and reading Alice in Wonderland to him for hours. Upon further reflection, he may not share the same fond memories. I started attending storytime at the library when my daughter was six months old. It was initially more of a lifeline to get out of the house and socialize with other moms but it soon became part of our weekly routine. That’s why I was thrilled to learn that the Denver Preschool Program (DPP), in partnership with the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and the support of Kaplan Early Learning Company, have presented the first ever preschool-aged book selection in cooperation with the ongoing One Book, One Denver program. [photopress:chair...

Just call me STOKED

[photopress:catherine.gif,full,pp_image]I don’t like labels. Never have. Even as a kid, I hated being known as The Shy Girl. At one point I tried hard to change it and in fourth or fifth grade I was given the principal’s award for “Outstanding Citizenship.” I really had no idea what it meant at the time except that, “Great, now I’m going to be labeled a CITIZEN.” This loathing of labels, as you can imagine, has done nothing but given me multiple labels throughout my life. I’ve been wishy-washy, noncommittal, lazy, even snooty to some people. I went through this period in college where I was really intrigued by angels. Word got out to my family and pretty soon everyone was buying me books about angels, angel earrings, angel figurines, pillows ...

Win Two Family Four-Packs of Rodeo Tickets to the National Western Stock Show!

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 for the mamas. The entire third floor of the Expo Hall at the National Western Complex is dedicated to entertaining and educating children. The area also features rabbit and poultry displays, as well as Feed the Animals displays, which offer visitors the opportunity to feed baby animals at specific times during the day. Also located on the third floor, Children’s Ranchland offers numerous interactive displays of animals and agricultural facts to bring a balanced agricultural message to the partici...

Mama Blogger of the Month–Amy of Tales from the Crib!

[photopress:Amy.jpg,full,pp_image]We are thrilled to have Amy of Tales from the Crib as our Mama Blogger of the Month. She is a mom of two boys and has recently taken up an important cause for one brave little girl. 1) Tell us about your little family and the overabundance of Y chromosomes at your house. Shawn and I have been married for 7. 5 years, and have two boys: Jackson is 4.5 and Holden is 2. I’m a very girly-girl, and I come from a family filled to the top with women. My boys are the only boys on my side of the family. When we found out we were having a boy the first time I simply couldn’t wrap my head around what to do with a boy. I knew pink and dolls and dress up, not blue and trucks and trains. But oh man, the minute Jackson was born, I was hooked. We were thrilled when we foun...

Skiing: Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be?

This is our fourth winter in Colorado, and I have yet to hit the slopes. I ski – not well, but I do ski. I was never one of those toddlers, flying down the mountain at supersonic speeds, devoid of fear. Instead, I learned to ski as a teen, on a winter break trip to West Virginia with a friend and her family. I’m sure the idea of learning to ski in West Virginia is laughable to Coloradans. Even more hysterical though, most of my friends learned to ski in Ohio. I’ve skied out west once – at Mount Hood Ski Bowl in Oregon. All of my other ski junkets have been in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. We never even made it up to Vermont. I’m accustomed to skiing on ice; fresh powder remains an unrealized dream. Skiing is expensive and inconvenient. I’ve got ...

Resolution #78: Giving credit where credit is due

I had always thought of myself as a fairly conscientious human being before meeting my husband. I balanced my checkbook regularly. I carried a flashlight in my glove box and stayed away from people knowingly infested with flu germs. I voted. I payed taxes. I used my turn signals, visited my dentist biannually, and applied copious amounts of sunscreen to my already tanned skin. But then Allan came around and suddenly I appeared as careless and apathetic as a swindling financier on house arrest… well… without the smug grin and curfew-monitoring ankle bracelet. I just felt very… negligent, reckless even. He was/is the walking definition of pragmatism. He is the guy that doesn’t make any major purchases without seek advice from Consumer Reports first. He is the kind of person who not only carr...

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