Month: January 2010
Daily Deal-Great Trade-In at Babies R Us
Today is the kickoff to the Babies R Us Great Trade-in Event. Bring your old, out dated items into Babies R Us and recieve a coupon for 25% off the purchase of a new product. The nice thing about this is you can bring an old stroller you’re no longer using and use the coupon to buy the new carseat you need. You don’t have to buy the same item you trade-in. There is no limit to the number of items you can trade in, however the coupon is only valid the day of trade-in. This offer isn’t valid with any other offer except the Furniture Gift Card offer. I was looking through the recent ad to see what the Furniture Gift Card offer was and it looks pretty decent. You receive a $50 gift card with the nursery furniture purchase of $399 or more. If you are looking at a more ex...
Mama Drama: Separation Anxiety Blues
Dear Mama Drama: My daughter just started preschool and cries and clings to me every time I take her. This is her first experience away from me. What can I do to help her adjust? ~Struggling to Separate (photo credit) Dear Struggling: Leaving your child when they are crying and scared is one of the most heart wrenching experiences a parent can have. The multitude of emotions you experience can be overwhelming. Heading off to school for the first time can also be a scary experience for many children. If they have never been left anywhere like school or day care previously, they have no idea what to expect. Common fears for first time preschoolers are that mom or dad won’t come back, no one will play with them, and they don’t know what to do if they have to go to the bathroom. Many young chi...
Daily Deal-Possible Free Lunch at Qdoba
Any of you remember playing MASH as a kid? How does this sound for your life: You and military man are getting married. When you leave the ceremony you’ll jump in your Backwoods pickup with your trusty pet Flying Squirrel by your side. Enjoy the honeymoon because your life as a mom and your obession with eating candy and cake are no picnic, especially living in a mansion in Lahaina, Hawaii…. Qdoba is introducing their new Craft2 Menu and giving you a chance to ‘craft your life’ with this fun game. Choose your perfect mate, pet, car, and more to find out your destiny. At the end you’ll see what you win from Qdoba. When I played I got a coupon for a Free Craft2 Meal with the purchase of another one. I’ve seen reports of people getting a free Craft2 Meal...
A New Chapter
We’ve started a new chapter at our house. Literally. We’ve started reading Chapter Books to Claire at bedtime! (Photos provided by The Casual Perfectionist.) When she turned 4-years old at the end of November, I thought it would be a good time to see how she’d do with a Chapter Book. Moving on to books that are more words than pictures is a big step. These books make you create the pictures in your own mind. Sitting still long enough to get the images to form is a skill, and I just knew she was ready to tackle it. And, she was! What books did I decide to use on our maiden voyage to the land of Chapter Books? The Little House on the Prairie series. I loved these books as a child. My school district had a special reading rewards program (RIF = Reading Is Fundamental), and through that progr...
Weekly Event Round-up: Snow Sculpture Championships, World Tea Fair and More!
Friday-Sunday. Snow will be flying in Breckenridge this weekend at the Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships. Now in its 20th year at Breck, the competition features 12 teams from around the world fashioning giant sculptures out of 20-ton blocks of snow. Judging starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, so the artists will be working furiously tonight to complete their pieces — visitors are welcome to stop by to watch them carving. A panel of artists and patrons select their top three choices, but through Saturday, anyone can cast a vote for the People’s Choice award. Kids can pick their favorites for a Kids’ Choice prize, too. The awards are presented at 3 p.m. Sunday, but the sculptures will stand through Feb. 7. Riverwalk Center, 150 W. Adams Ave., Breckenridge. Attendance is fre...
Winter Park Wrapup + 4-Pack Pass Giveaway!
Over MLK day weekend, my family and I were lucky enough to be hosted by Winter Park resort, as part of a group effort from Colorado Ski Country USA to show off how families can have fun at resorts all over Colorado. From the get-go I was honest with them about my lack-luster skiing abilities. I mean, seriously – have you SEEN the Terror On The Mountain video? Grace, agility + snow are not words meant to be in my vocabulary. Luckily, Winter Park has a bunch of other activities for people like me, so Bryan and I did a snowshoe tour while Declan entered his very first day EVER at ski school. (More on that later). Bryan has been trying to get me to go snowshoeing for YEARS, he was always the more adventurous one of us. What I learned? I LOVE SNOWSHOEING. It was perfect for me. Tromping a...
Daily Deal-Printable Subway Coupon
When we travel we tend to stop at Subway or Quiznos to take a break from traditional ‘fast food’ and seem to feel better eating a sub. Occasionally we get coupons in the mail for Subway, but I don’t recall seeing a printable coupon for them. Here is a coupon for a free 6 inch sandwich when you purchase a 6 inch sandwich of equal or greater price and a 32oz soda. If you drink soda and would normally buy it could be a good deal. You’ll build your desired sandwich then a coupon will be emailed to you immediately. It only took a minute or two when I did it. We usually forgo soda when we eat out so I’m not so sure I’d use this coupon. For us a $5 footlong and water is the best route! There is a slew of printable coupons available right now. Be sure to c...
Daily Deal-$15 off $15 Purchase at The Limited
You just might have some Christmas money you want to use to splurge on yourself! Print this great coupon and head into The Limited to see what you can find for cheap! The Limited has a printable coupon good for $15 off any purchase(no minimum purchase except for excluding accesories). If you plan on spending more you can receive $30 off a $100 purchase or $50 off a $150 purchase. I would stick to the $15 off! The coupon is valid online or in-stores. I just browsed the ‘Final Sale’ section of their website and found plenty to choose from in the $9.99-$14.99 price range! It looks like standard shipping is around $5.95. Enjoy! Email me with any Denver deals or free/cheap attractions you find! Looking for some clothes for the kids? Don’t miss Kid to Kid’s Semi Ann...
The Complete Scaredy-Cat’s Guide to LASIK
Updated December 2021. People who’d undergone LASIK were quick to tell me “Nothing to it!” or “Best thing I ever did!” Occasionally, someone would say, “I had to go back in for a tune-up.” or “I had to rest a few days afterward.” But no one ever told me about the procedure itself. Like I am about to tell you. 1. Decision: Remember when the I, World’s Biggest Chicken, reversed an iron-clad ban on sharp things near my eyes and chose a LASIK provider? 2. Pre-op appointment (7 days pre-surgery): I was greeted by the smiliest optical tech imaginable. Lisa rechecked all the previous measurements on my eye — the laser will be set with these numbers so accuracy is imperative. She then had me watch a 15 minute video. In t...
Mama’s Night Out at Sephora Redefines a “GHD” (Good Hair Day)
Every other month, Mile High Mamas throws a Mama’s Night Out to bring Colorado’s social media moms together to collaborate and connect. And to party. Big time. On Tuesday evening, the Sephora in Boulder hosted a pamper party wherein I experienced an unprecedented transformation. (Spoiler alert: some women equated my metamorphosis to that of Clark Kent.) But first things first. A Mile High Mamas party is not a party without a great cause. We partnered with charity-minded Mom It Forward and all attendees donated make-up and beauty products to support SafeHouse of Denver, a women’s shelter that serves victims of domestic violence and their children. As moms, we were deserving of a few indulgences of our own and Sephora invited some of their leading vendors to help us in our ...
Children awake? They’re probably online
Children awake? They’re probably online By Tamar Lewin The New York Times (stock photo by mzacha) The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Those ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven and a half hours a day with such devices, compared with less than six and a half hours five years ago, when the study was last conducted. And that does not count the hour and a half that youths spend texting, or the half-hour they talk on their cell phones. And because so many of them are multitasking — say, surfing the Internet while listening to music — they pack on average nearly 11 hours of media content into that seven a...
Daily Deal-Free WiFi at McDonald’s
Are you sick of paying for WiFi at some restaurants and coffee shops? McDonald’s has the perfect solution for you! Bring your kids, let them play, grab a quick, inexpensive bite to eat, and find a comfy seat to get some work done(or catch up surfing the web) with free WiFi. McDonald’s now has free WiFi at all the Denver locations. This doesn’t stop in Denver; they’ve included all U.S. locations with this treat! This justifies my desire to buy an Ipod touch. We’ve decided to forgo wireless capabilities on our cell phones because it’s an unnecessary expense for us each month(my husband has a Blackberry for work in an emergency). However, I’ve been eyeing my father-in-laws Ipod touch. I wouldn’t have to pay for the monthly subscription beca...
