Here in Colorado, as well as around the country and Northern Hemisphere, it’s been cold. Very, very, very cold. Because of this weather, we all need to take a moment for a mental exercise. Let’s think about spring break: maybe you envision palm trees, beaches and cocktails, or maybe you see ski slopes and hot [...]

This Christmas, my husband’s parents gave our family a wonderful gift: they took us all to a Colorado Ballet performance of the Nutcracker. Grandparents, parents, aunt and children, all excited for the kids’ first ballet. Their only previous experience with the Nutcracker was in the form of a Barbie movie. To sum up, the Barbie [...]

The days are shorter, the bad weather is coming and the children are stir crazy- what’s a parent to do? My six year old daughter frequently keeps herself busy writing and illustrating books on construction paper, so I was thrilled to find out about a website called Storybird. Storybird is a unique site filled with [...]

Here in Colorado, we’ve been through some interesting weather already this fall. Ten days ago, there were two feet of snow on the ground, which of course brings it’s own kind of fun. We shoveled, threw snowballs and went sledding. It was so deep my 3 year old had fun “swimming” through the snow! This [...]