Month: March 2009

When Mamas Go Wild–Mile High Mamas Night Out Revisited!

[photopress:Dnote.jpg,full,pp_image]Let’s face it: being a “mommy blogger” does not just entail writing about the kids. Sometimes we like to break out and have a Moms Gone Wild Mama’s Night Out. Because great eats + live music – the offspring = good times. Many of Colorado’s most prominent mommy bloggers gathered at the D Note in Arvada for food, drinks, mingling and live music last Wednesday night. Freebies were in abundance and giveaways came from Random House, a Potty Tots Potty Training Kit (which a few mamas fought over), BornFit, (our favorite activewear for moms that is also locally-based), a gift certificate for Menu of the Week, and the grand prize was a professional teeth whitening from Town Center Dentistry and Orthodontics, a $350 value! I di...

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Share Your Recipes at Mile High Mamas’ Spring Recipe Swap and Win!

I recently attended an event where Qdoba Mexican Grill unveiled their tasty new Chile Verde. The Colorado-based head chef gave us a tutorial on cooking with chiles and best of all? He divulged some of his favorite recipes such as the restaurant’s to-die-for mango salsa. To quote my 2-year-old son: “DEWICIOUS!” After sampling Qdoba’s fresh, healthy food my cravings for more fresh, healthy recipes kicked in. And so Mile High Mamas is launching our own Spring Recipe Swap. Simply go to our Recipe forum and share your favorite dishes for spring and summer. Got a favorite salad? What about a great marinade for grilling? And please don’t leave out dessert. If you have a favorite site with great recipes, please share that, too! [photopress:babyfat.jpg,thumb,pp_image]Y...

My Dad Gets Schooled in Facebook

Returning guest blogger Heather lives outside of Denver with her sons who are five and two-and a-half. When not blogging at A Mama’s Blog, Heather is an almost full-time stay-at-home mama, who works part-time as an office administrator. Heather enjoys blogging about daily life with her sons, pregnancy and birth, and everyday life as a mother. In her spare time Heather enjoys spending time with her family in Denver, catching up with her friends, attending Mom’s nights out whenever possible, reading, and exercising. My dad is a Baby Boomer. He is going to be 60 in a few short weeks. I love him to death, but he is not–shall we say–very fast to embrace technology. He loves to take pictures. For years, my siblings and I encouraged him to get a digital camera. We told him how m...

Lunch will be served in the machete aisle

When I nurse in public, I am nervous. Is someone going to glare at me? Will they abruptly steer their children in the opposite direction once it’s clear the baby hidden under the green blanket isn’t simply asleep? What if a security guard, store manager, or Citizen Busybody leaps into action, operating under the authority of protecting the masses from the threat posed by a 12-pound bundle of sweet instinct? What would I do? I’ve heard the stories and so have you. Nursing moms have been confronted in restaurants and lingerie stores, shoe stores and at 35,000 feet. Word spreads, indignation grows, polls are taken, opinions are divided. Meanwhile, another baby is hungry and another mom must wrangle with the logistics of lifting her shirt while trying to live a public life. I...

Secret Questions

Why do you REALLY want to know what color mascara I wore in high school? My employer has finally gotten with the times and decided that, in order to secure the very important and confidential information on our intranet, I need to answer five personal, random questions lest I forget my coveted password. There are several questions to choose from on a variety of arbitrary subjects. Pseudo examples: What top secret name did you give to your favorite childhood teddy bear? What book have you STILL not returned to the public library after twenty five years? Which of your body parts is screaming for plastic surgery? Where have you hidden the paper trail that leads to the boots that you bought online three months ago? Random my butt. My bank did this to me back when I was setting up my online ban...

To spank or not to spank?

While there were definitely some parenting philosophies on which my husband Kyle and I had to compromise, one area where we were in agreement from the start is physical punishment. We don’t spank. We think it’s illogical to tell children not to use physical force against one another, and then use it ourselves against them. Beyond that, we believe there are better ways to get a child’s attention. I’m actually working on my own tactics in that area, as I tend to raise my voice more often and with less provocation than I probably should. Yelling loses its desired effect when it’s employed so often. Also, I have to admit that when I yell, it’s usually more about me than the kids. My fuse is significantly shorter when I don’t have an inbox full of fires...

Tough mom decisions: how did you decide?

I never aspired to be a stay-at-home mom. Reflecting back upon it, I never aspired to do much of anything. It was not that I was lacking in ambition. I was that annoying overachiever in athletics and academics but I just didn’t know what I wanted to do when I “grew up.” I didn’t declare Broadcast Journalism as my major until my junior year of college. Even upon graduation, I did not know if I wanted to purse journalism or a career in public relations. Decisions were made day-by-day, minute-by-minute and I ended up dabbling in both. Getting married and having a family were not on my radar in my 20s. I was too busy “finding myself,” traveling the world and having a good time. I never aspired to be the president of a company but opportunities came–an ...

Special Needs Children Given a Voice

Mia Hysteria shares her inspirational, humorous and sometimes heart-wrenching journey of raising 3 young children, one with special needs, while managing a life of chaos, in her blog: General Hysteria. Mia has been blogging on General Hysteria since September 5, 2008 about her son, Ben (1), her daughter, Violet (2) and her oldest son, Alex (6). Alex has cerebral palsy, autism, sensory processing disorder, developmental delays, epilepsy, and ADHD. On a laptop, in a cul-de-sac, somewhere in Colorado, Mia is single-handedly attempting to share her stories, thoughts, frustrations and elations so that no person feels isolated, forgotten or unworthy of their own journey. Alex is a kindergarten student at The Elementary School with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. Alex’s parents reported that Alex ...

Schooltime Interrogation

Has anyone else noticed that when kids finally go to school, they clam up? I mean, literally STOP TALKING. “How was school today?” “Good.” That’s it. That’s all I get. Sorry, kid, but when you’re out of my sight for a full day, one word answers do not pass muster. This is the same kid who used to be a constant flow of chatter from the minute he woke up till his head hit the pillow at night. A stream of words and commentary on anything and everything he saw. And now I just get “good?” We have resorted to making him think we are playing games, but we are actually engaging him in conversation. For example, we will ask him what his most favorite thing about his day was. What his least favorite thing about his day was. List three kids you pl...

Having fun for FREE!

The economy is facing uncertain times. Pennies are being pinched all over the place. Many of us are sitting down and re-prioritizing where our money is going. The necessities get taken care of first, with hopes of there being something left over for the fun stuff. They say, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” That may be true, but if you’re careful with your planning and do a little research, you CAN have lots of fun in the Denver Metro Area for FREE! (And, I’m not just talking about all our wonderful parks or indoor play areas.) Having fun for FREE? For real? Yes! Where? Well, here are some great places to check out…for FREE! First, we have The Children’s Museum of Denver. The Children’s Museum of Denver is open to the public for FREE on the first Tuesday of the month. From 4 p.m. to...

Being a Mom vs. Being a Wife

Recently, Momversation asked 3 bloggers to tell which is harder: being a mom or being a wife. Dooce, having experienced post-partum depression, says that marriage was much easier, and she shares many good reasons why. She votes for motherhood as the more difficult. Finslippy says (among other things) that it’s easier to neglect marriage, making it the more difficult of the two. GirlsGoneChild, who experienced marriage and children in rapid fashion, also agrees that marriage is the more challenging. I came to Motherhood on a windy, twisty, difficult path — with a years-long detour through infertility. Conventional wisdom might say that for women experiencing infertility, motherhood will be incredibly rewarding after that long and tortuous route. And that, consequently, achieving...

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