Month: October 2015

Happy Halloween: Event, Activity & Recipe Guide!

We hope your day is full of hauntingly good fun. If you need ideas to have fun with your ghosts and goblins, here are a few resources: 10 Last-minute Halloween Treats & Hacks Halloween happenings–an extensive list of area trick-or-treats, discounts and fun Be sure to tag your costumed cuties #milehighmamas on Instagram to win some fun prizes. How teal pumpkins could mean a safer Halloween for kids with food allergies. Happy Halloween!

10 Last-minute Halloween Treats & Hacks (as seen on 9News)

Mile High Mamas is appearing on 9News My 20 this morning in the 8 a.m. hour to share some of favorite last-minute treats and hacks for Halloween. Free Printable Tic Tac Halloween Favor Labels by Somewhat Simple  This surgical glove bag by The Queens Card Castle  is great to stuff with treats or non-food items for kids with allergies. These DIY Mummy Candy Cups by The Taylor House are a super cute and easy craft for kids. While you’re at it, why not make Frankenstein cups? All that you need: grapes, googly eyes and a Sharpie! Baskin Robbins’ Piñata Pumpkin Patch Cake. Perfect for candy lovers, this new ice cream cake is dressed up like a jack-o-lantern and features a candy-filled center. Reece’s Peanut Butter Cup Ball. Made with cream cheese, chopped Re...

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cream Cheese Ball Recipe

My sister-in-law recently shared this recipe for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cream Cheese Ball and has earned a new nickname: Satan. But with cream cheese, Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups AND Reese’s Pieces, this delicious treat is a crowd-pleaser. Plus, if served with fruit, the calories don’t count, right? [yumprint-recipe id=’87’]

Contest: Colorado Ballet Nutcracker Market and Breakfast with Santa (Win Tickets!)

You don’t need to be a ballerina to enjoy this fairy tale-come-to-life! On November 5-8, 2015, Colorado Ballet will host the first annual Colorado Ballet Nutcracker Market in a heated tent in Skyline Park in Downtown Denver at 16th and Arapahoe Streets. The market will consist of an upscale retail market, with additional artisan and high-end craft booths.  In addition to the holiday market, Colorado Ballet will host other events and activities including a kick-off cocktail party, two Breakfast with Santa events, a food court with a variety of food trucks, and live music by local chorale and music groups.  Colorado Ballet Academy students will also perform on November 8. “Colorado Ballet takes great pride in hosting our first annual Colorado Ballet Nutcracker Market, which w...

Bully experiment has inspiring results as concerned strangers step in

At least 1 in 3 kids will be bullied during school. UP TV set out to answer the question “in an increasingly disconnected world, who will stop the bullying?” They conducted a social experiment where they placed hidden videos across the street to secretly film two tween girls being cruel bullies to a younger classmates at a bus stop. One by one, strangers took a seat on the bench just across the way from the girls as they overheard nasty comments and insults, like “You definitely need makeup.” “Do you have any friends… ones that aren’t imaginary?” If these kind, concerned strangers are any indication, we all will put an end to bullying.  

Where To Turn After a Poor Parent-Teacher Conference

It’s that time of year…. Parent-Teacher Conferences. Some parents love hearing about their child’s successes, but some parents don’t have that experience. Instead they receive a troubling report. If you’re reading this, you probably sat in the tiny chair in front of your child’s teacher and absorbed the classroom your child occupies five days a week.  You scoured the walls looking for your child’s artwork and reminisced on your own school days for a minute. You were a little excited and a little nervous to get the scoop on how your brilliant child is excelling in school but the teacher spent about 30 seconds on your child’s strengths and the rest was about how he’s struggling. Struggling to grasp academic concepts… Struggling to stay focused… Disrupting the class… Not performing ...

VIDEO: If mothers talked to each other the same way they talk to their kids

Do you ever really pay attention to what you say to your children? In this new video from the hilarious moms of The BreakWomb, they are having an adult conversation…as if they are talking to their kids.

What You Need to Know About Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery (VBAC)

Mothers who have given birth via cesarean delivery (C-section) are not automatically reserved to deliver the rest of their children in the same way. Many of my patients come to me asking about vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) as an option for their next delivery. I often field a number of questions from my patients regarding the viability and safety of VBAC. Here are a few of the most popular: Do I qualify for VBAC? Many of my patients who gave birth via C-section qualify for VBAC. Perhaps the most important qualification for VBAC is the type of incision made on the uterus during your previous delivery. Moms wanting to give birth vaginally after a C-section must have given birth with the assistance of a low transverse incision. Performed in a majority of C-sections, a low transverse inc...

Denver Deal: Halloween Happenings, Chipotle BooRito and More

Halloween is Saturday, which means the next few days are jam-packed with hauntingly good fun.  Be sure to check the websites for admission prices and additional details. Wednesday, October 28.  Colorado Adventure Point’s Halloween Adventure in Lakewood will have cauldrons of homemade root beer and apple cider, creepy games with tasty prizes 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. South High School Trick or Treat Street in Denver will have games and treats for kids ages 2-8 from 5-7 p.m.  Help throw a Halloween party for families in need for Volunteers of America’s Halloween bash at their downtown headquarters from 4-6 p.m. Sign up to bring treats and meet the Great Pumpkin (1,400 pounds!) Thursday, October 29. Denver Union Station Kids Halloween Parad...

The Game is Afoot at the DMNS’ new Sherlock Holmes exhibit

 221B Baker Street has been transported to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science from now until January 31, 2016. The interactive International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes has several parts, but starts with the history of this character and and includes a replica underground train station (circa 1895) where you can receive detective’s notebooks (available in English and Spanish), and go station-to-station to learn about the different techniques and aspects for solving crimes. At each station, you stamp your detective notebook or receive a decoder (read the instructions or ask for help), because each station is different. At the end of the station, you get a special decoded message from Sherlock Holmes that tells you what to do next. The game is definitely afoot, as you examine a c...

Cute Kids Halloween Pics on Instagram

You requested and we responded. Mile High Mamas finally has an Instagram account and you may follow us at instagram.com/themilehighmamas. We hope to build our community as THE place to find awesome activities, cute kid pics and feature awesome moms. Tag your pictures #milehighmamas and #DenverKids! To kick off our Instagram account, we want to see your cute Halloween pictures! Tag us #milehighmamas and we’ll share–we have some spooky prizes for our favorites. Next challenge: share your fun with leaves.  

Soybu’s Gorgeous Fall Starmaze Collection: Get 25% off!

Have you ever been SOOOO over your summer clothes that you wanted to weep for joy at the thought of your cozy fall sweaters, hot cocoa and fireplaces? That is exactly how I felt when I caught a glimpse at Soybu’s Starmaze and fall collection.  A nod to romantic, dark grounded florals, Starmaze is the signature print of this collection, balanced by the textured simplicity of Denim Stripe. This mixture of feminine pinks and purples is grounded by season favorite Malachite. Here are a few more of our fall favorites. Deal You have just a few more days to get 25 percent off your order at Soybu using promo code MILEHIGH25 through October 31, 2015. In partnership with Mile High Mamas.

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