Serving Colorado Springs & the Pikes Peak region since 1872 | Monday, May 20, 2013
A child's room is truly his or her castle. In this space, the beginnings of learning evolve; what is experienced through all the senses most likely will be seen, smelled and felt here. Parents think long and hard about what furniture to buy, how to decorate, what toys, books, puzzles and...
NEW YORK (AP) - For some hopeful parents, summertime is "tinkle time," as in setting toddlers free and diaperless outside while potty training. And like so many aspects of life with kids, potty training means gear, lots of gear. Something happened on the road to bathroom independence. The...
Here are links to help keep you and your family busy, including things to do and places to hold birthday celebrations. It is not a comprehensive list, but there are lots of options. Best of the Springs The Gazette's 2013 Best of the Springs edition points out the year's best offerings...
Pizza Hut recently unveiled Crazy Cheesy Crust Pizza, the latest mad plot to jam more cheese into America's belly. Remember Pizza Sliders from, oh, 20 minutes ago? Imagine 16 mini Pizza Sliders - or cheese pockets, as they're called now - stuck to the outer rim of a large Pizza Hut pizza. That's Crazy Cheesy Crust Pizza. You just grab a...
Playing in the Rockies takes on new meaning - and a scaled-down scope - at Chapel Hills Mall, with the opening of a soft play area inspired by the natural beauty of the Front Range. The 'Pikes Peak Play Park, ' an indoor children's recreation area created by Playtime, a Denver company that specializes in soft-sculpted installations, features...
KFC is blaring that Original Recipe Boneless is 'revolutionary ' - I'll just say 'bigger. ' KFC already has chicken tenders and bites, so consider this an upgrade. You know our mantra in the drive-thru: Less is NOT more. More is more. Make everything extra-large. We can spend one more summer covering up at the beach. We'll get in shape next...
More than six of 10 women who give birth in their early 20s are unmarried, the Census Bureau said last week in a report that shows sharp discrepancies in single mothers related to income, education and race. Census demographers said that single motherhood, while on a steady uptick since the 1940s, has accelerated in recent years. The birth...
These moms curse a lot, drink to excess, reveal scary truths and draw twisted little stick figures of their kids pooping and whining relentlessly. And this Mother's Day, they're bringing their derelict parenting to you. The authors behind a fresh round of parenting books love their munchkins, to be sure, but there's something about the...
Are you a 'chow and chat ' or a 'grab and gulp ' family? It makes a difference: Your household eating style influences the physical and emotional health of each family member. While 60 percent to 70 percent of folks, including teens, say they sit down together most nights, the majority of people admit they eat with the TV on (always or...
I always have said that the world would be a better place if everybody dropped what they were doing and went fishing — even if we all just fished for an hour before heading back to our daily grind. Spending time on the water keeps us grounded and humble during a time when it’s easy to forget how small we truly are. Fishing is therapeutic...
We were on a mission to find the perfect high school graduation gown for our 17-year-old granddaughter. And what better place to look than Las Vegas? “OK,” you might be thinking, “take an underage child to Sin City to go shopping?” While it’s true that Vegas is the hot spot for nightclubs, strip clubs and adult pool parties, it...
Rihana President, like seniors everywhere, was anxious to find a college. So the Sierra High School student sent out 35 applications and received 28 acceptance letters from Denver University, Colorado College, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, UCLA, New York University, Cornell and Brown, to name just a few. President, who is...
“Would you wear paper underwear?” It’s a question cloth diaper enthusiast Kelly Epstein sometimes poses to parents who choose disposable diapers for their little ones. The answer was apparently “no” for 81 area parents who showed up to the Southern Colorado Great Cloth Diaper Change, held Saturday morning at Chapel Hills Mall....
The first time Bob Falcone nearly was bitten, he was scrambling around the hill just east of Garden of the Gods, trying to get the perfect photo of the rocks. The hill is known, appropriately enough, as Rattlesnake Ridge. “It had four chances to bite me in the hand and it missed,” the avid hiker recalled. He’s had four more close...
