Month: February 2009

Colorado Products and other cool stuff

This time around, our round-up of reviews includes two interesting products made right here in Colorado! Personally, I think these would make great gifts for families with new babies – easy, organic meals delivered to their door or a very cool teether that can be personalized – useful and a keepsake! Viki P reviewed meals from The Organic Dish: I was feeling a bit uninspired and, yes lazy. I want to create clean, yummy meals but wasn’t in the mood. Lucky me, The Organic Dish laid some serious yummies on me. Full review here. Alexa reviewed the teether from Toofeze: Experts recommend, among other things, a cool spoon for soothing the sore gums of teething babies. However, spoons are unmanageable for small infants who are just beginning to develop their motor skills. They’ve just added...

Little Boys 101

I have four kids — three girls and one lonely little boy. Coincidentally, I grew up in a house with three sisters and one lonely little brother. What these two things basically mean is that I have a very limited knowledge and understanding of little boys. As an older sister, I basically let my brother exist in his Inspector Gadget world while I existed far far away in my Young and the Restless one. I can’t do that with my son if I want him to, you know, not sniff paint, beg for food or abuse small helpless animals someday. It’s kinda my job as his MOM to be an active member in the Inspector Gadget world… or Chowder and Flapjack, as it were. I don’t always relate to my own kind. In fact, I’m confounded by the behavior of the members of my gender, myself i...

Party People in the House

I’m lucky; two out of my three kids still don’t really care about having a birthday party with their friends. Get them a bouquet of mylar balloons, let them lick the icing off the tops of a few cupcakes, and they’re set for another year. Presents are even optional at this point. Unfortunately, the simple approach won’t suffice for my oldest. She’s got to keep up with the Joneses – all of her friends who’ve had slumber parties and bowling excursions. To be honest, I’m putting the pressure on myself not to skimp on the festivities. She’s attended some nice, but not over the top, parties and I want to reciprocate. It’s not a matter of outdoing anyone, but merely returning the favor. While she’s thrilled to spend the night at fr...

It’s Confirmed. I am a Disaster.

Earlier this month the Denver Museum of Nature & Science invited Mommy Bloggers to a sneak preview of their new exhibit, Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters. The kids and I were greeted by Twitterer Tara (a hostess-with-the-mostest who allowed Tessa to carry her cell phone and who remained good-natured [punny, no?] as Reed dragged her from disaster to disaster). Curator and new blogger David Grinspoon joined us as well, sharing his expertise and enthusiasm for all things disastrous. Rounding out our group were the families of Mile High Mama bloggers GreebleMonkey and AMomintheBurbs. Would it surprise you that among the devastation, we grownups talked blogging? It’s a fun exhibit for kids 8 and up. Tessa and Reed were all about the buttons. Buttons to create their own digi...

Win Tickets to Disney on Ice!

[photopress:HRP_DOI26_02_THE_20MAD_20TEA_20PARTY_20RIDE_20AT_20DISNEYLAND.jpg,full,pp_image]Mile High Mamas is thrilled to offer SIX family four-packs of tickets to the hottest show in town: Disney on Ice. Performances will be March 12 – 15 at The Denver Coliseum and March 19 – 22 at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. Mile High Mamas is also offering a 4 Tickets for $44 Discount! Log onto Ticket Master, select a performance, and enter the coupon code: MOM in the MomCentral promotion box. We have four family four-packs of tickets to the Denver Coliseum Show and two family four-packs for the Budweiser Event Center in Loveland. To enter, simply email us at [email protected] with your preferred venue in the subject line. Then, include your mailing address and briefl...

Wrinkled (and other laundry pet peeves)

Guest blogger Terra turned to blogging at The Emerson Family as a quicker, easier way to chronicle her days of motherhood and she hopes it will be something her two young daughters will refer to for guidance and remembrance. Her candid posts are humorous, often interactive, light, and entertainingly appropriate for all to read and enjoy. She has always loved to write and aspires to write children’s books. Sorry Ladies–I am not here to talk about an amazing product I found to stop the formation of the hideous ones around my face…. Do you remember this I love Laundry? Well then here goes: I am here to talk about the ridiculous ones in my daughter’s sheets. The sheets on our bed are fine and wrinkle-free but they only make them in fancy, deep, boring old adult colors. I have...

Kid Art Auction for Earth Day 2009!

In the springtime last year, my son Declan had this amazing idea. He decided that, instead of a standard lemonade stand, he wanted to have an Art Sale in the backyard. When I posted about it, friends contributed ideas and we had an ONLINE version that raised nearly $800 for environmental causes – in just a few weeks. This year, we are trying to spread the word early so people have plenty of time to participate! Whadya say? Wanna play? [photopress:ArtAuctionLogo2009_300px.jpg,full,pp_image] This year, the beneficiary will be The Nature Conservancy. It is their mission to “preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.” Kinda perfect for Earth Day, right? All the det...

The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Skinny Dip at Park City Mountain Resort

Some people have a propensity for making a lot of money. Others for being great with kids. Mine is for repeatedly getting locked out in precarious situations. With the kids. And without any money. My family just returned from a ski trip to Utah. I am a proud contributor to Park City Mountain Resort’s new social media site, Snowmamas and Marketing Director Krista Parry pulled all the stops with showing us a great time. Hitting the slopes is a lifestyle that affords itself all kinds of pleasures and for us those included two days on the mountain, a daughter in ski school, a son in childcare, riding the alpine-coaster and fine-dining at Zoom and Butcher’s Chop House & Bar. (Read my official write-up here.) [photopress:hot_tub1.jpg,full,pp_image] We stayed in a beautiful two-b...

Win One of Five Family Four-Packs to the All About Kids Expo!

[photopress:allaboutkids_1.jpg,full,pp_image]Winter doldrums getting your little ones down? Set them loose at the All About Kids Expo on February 28th and March 1st at the Colorado Convention Center. The Expo returns for the 17th year, making it Denver’s longest running children’s and family expo. There are plenty of free activities such as pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, and roaming clowns, as well as live performances on the main stage. For a full schedule, checkout the All About Kids Expo’s Web site. We are thrilled to offer five lucky winners a family four-pack of tickets. Simply email us at [email protected] with your mailing address and “All About Kids” in the subject line. The deadline is February 21st at noon.

Facebook Aficionados, Fanatics, and Freaks

Melissa Howell blogs about her life with her three princesses and her one Superman-look-alike husband at The Howell Herald. She is also an administrator at Bloggers Annex and is a professional photographer specializing in babies and children. You can see her work at her website, Blue Prints Photography. My freshman year of college I met a boy named Stan. Stan was completely obsessed with me, which was flattering and frightening all at the same time. He nicknamed me “Swiss Miss” and wanted to marry me and move to the Alps. Or make me stay home and whip up hot chocolate all the time. I’m a bit hazy on the details. Anyhow, as luck (or divine providence) would have it, I left on a mission for my church one week before he got back from his, and he got engaged to someone else j...

Hilarity Ensues With “He’s Not Just That Into You” Contest Winners

[photopress:cupid_1_2_3.jpg,thumb,pp_image]Mile High Mamas asked and you delivered. A couple of weeks ago, we issued the challenge for you to share a time when you found out “He’s Just Not That Into You.” We picked our three favorites who received reserved seats to the movie’s pre-screening. We are also publishing their entries here today. Christie Lawrence Some years ago I met and connected instantly with a guy. He was charming and made me feel like the center of the universe. I was the only woman in the crowd. I was perfect for him. The boy’s name is Darrin (like the character from bewitched). Darrin is interchangeable with Derwood, Derdum or Dumbell with Derwood being preferred. Derdum and I dated for 2 years. There were hints that he would not be my future husba...

A Horse of a Different Color

[photopress:mustang.jpg,full,pp_image]Last May, my son Oliver and I went to Chicago together. It was the first time we’d been to the Denver International Airport since the big blue horse had been installed. Have you seen the big blue horse? It’s actually a fiberglass sculpture by Luis Jiminez. Commissioned in 1992, it killed Jiminez in 2006 – part of it fell on him, injuring him fatally – and was finished by his sons. Personally, the big blue horse is not my cup of tea – and it has nothing to do with my dubious view of the Broncos. If the horse was made of metal or sculpted from rock, and perhaps a little less wild-eyed, I’d think it was a great monument to the West. But it’s blue – bright, cobalt blue – and not a little frightening. An...

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