By shellyknight
I had been yearning for an adventure similar to the one my then 10-year-old daughter and I took two years ago on the Colorado River. I was also looking for a true adventure. We took a lovely family vacation around our home state over the summer, and visited many places we had never been. Due to lack...
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By Kirsten Lamb
This is an epic summer for my family. First summer with a kiddo -- she's 10 months old -- and we decided to take a road trip to California to escape from our everyday busyness and simplify for awhile. We have a pop-up trailer, and we're hitting a wedding in San Francisco and then camping along the C...
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By Kirsten Lamb
Summer is here. It may only be May, but it's beautiful out and in the 80s! One of my two favorite things to do is go for walks with my husband, baby and dog. The other is to eat brunch.
In my neighborhood, just north of the Highlands in Denver, there are several quaint places to eat, but not ma...
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By Kirsten Lamb
In the Denver doldrums of winter, the landscape can be colorless and local produce can be sparing. Most Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares and farmers markets stop selling food in winter, so organic veggies are only found in the produce section of the grocery store. But now is the time...
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By Katie Neuman
It is late in the day. Our living room is swathed in a sheet of sunlight. My little ones are perched on bent knees beneath this wall of light building elaborate Legoscapes and Playmobil camp spreads. This ethereal scene occurs daily in our home unless the afternoon sun has gone hiding. I hav...
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By Katie Neuman
A candle is burning in the kitchen, the smell of winter and fire and woods wafting toward me and wrapping me in a soft embrace. My little ones are only a few feet away, building pirate ships and get-away boats out of Legos on the rug, the fireplace aglow. I've made a latte, the sound of Norah ...
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By Suzanne
I have to hand it to moms, in most homes I've visited the baby's room is usually one of the more organized spaces in the house. I've wondered why that is and I think it comes down to our hopes. Having a baby, especially a first one, fills us with the desire to get it all right. All the things we en...
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By Katie Neuman
One late April day in 2007, I was 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant. I waddled like a duck, cradled my watermelon shaped belly, rocked back and forth on my heels in the shower. I so wanted to meet my little Buddha. I was ready.
The next morning at 5am, I awoke instantly to a popping sound...
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