Kids can be the hero of a mythic quest during Adventure Quest programs offered throughout the Denver/Boulder metro areas. Since 1995, AQ has provided kids with the opportunity to solve mysteries and riddles, swashbuckle with foam swords, and even negotiate peace treaties. For more information, visit RenaissanceAdventures.com, or call (303) 786-9216.

Avid4 Adventure camp programs offer fun, diverse, age appropriate, and safety focused outdoor pursuits for kids. Each week kids can rock climb, mountain bike, hike, kayak, and canoe. Travel, sleep-away, and day camp itineraries are available. Programs are offered throughout the Denver metro area.

Becoming Mothers features maternity clothing and all things breastfeeding-related. The store is owned by an RN and certified lactation consultant and also offers classes for new and "to-be" parents.

Blue Egg Arts offers arts and crafts classes, summer camps, workshops, studio space, and birthday parties for children and adults. Artistic supplies and gift items are available with free gift wrapping.

One of the most popular activity options is dollmaking using fabric, buttons, ribbons, bangles, scraps of trim, and more to bring new friends to life. All materials are provided. Classes can be held for as few as two participants.

The Boulder Circus Center fosters, incubates, grows, and promotes circus skills, with an emphasis on juggling, as theatrical art forms.

CATZ provides sports-specific strength and conditioning for athletes ages 12 to 18. Programs focus on improving quickness, explosiveness, coordination, balance, speed, flexibility, and leadership for seasoned athletes as well as those that are new to their sport or trying to catch up.

For kids ages five to 12, the Completely Active Training Zone offers fitness sessions that teach kids how to embrace fitness for life by showing them how exercise can be fun.

Situated on a historic farm along the Highline Canal and Toll Gate Creek in Aurora, Delaney Community Farm is one of the only organic farms in the Denver-metro area.

The Erie Community Center has something for everyone in the 63,000-square foot facility.

Aquatics offerings include a lap pool, a leisure pool with play features, a whirlpool, a 2-story figure-8 pool slide with splash tank, the lazy river, and an outdoor water feature and spray area.

Guests can also take advantage of a gymnasium, fitness areas on two levels, climbing walls, an indoor running track, racquetball courts, a child care facility with adjacent outdoor playground, an indoor playground, and a teen room. Multi-purpose community rooms feature attached proofing kitchen for catered events and parties.

The center includes a state-of-the-art teaching kitchen, dance studio, meeting space, and more.

Are the kids bouncing off the walls? Then send them to Jump-Street, Denver’s first indoor trampoline park and family sports fun center.

The 30,000 square foot facility features three jumping areas (two of them netted off for Trampoline Dodge Ball Leagues), eight individual batting cages, indoor practice fields, “Kiddie City”, and private party room. Birthday party packages are available.

Beautiful murals cover the walls in this gym just for young children so they can roll, crawl, climb and create with the safe equipment and friendly staff. Movement classes are for infants, toddlers, and walkers. Craft classes and music classes are designed for kids aged two to six. It's a great place for birthday parties, and the family nights are fun for the whole family.

Kangaroo Kingdom also offers Kids' Movie Night & Parents' Night Out once a month, Spanish Classes for 2-7 years and classes for parents. Lots of other adventures and classes for parents and children are also offered. Visit their web site for complete information and schedules.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop supports creative discovery and renewal by providing the writing workshops and writer services to young authors of all abilities. Talks, events, summer camps, and youth workshops strive to develop the writer in everyone.

At Make Scents!, guests are introduced to the process of creating their own skin nourishing bath and body care products. Experienced employees use a wide selection of all-natural ingredients, including therapeutic-grade essential oils, to help you create products free of synthetic fragrance, preservatives or coloring.

Make Scents! also offers classes for kids and great party packages, both of which are a big hit with seven to 12 year old girls. Everyone gets to create two different items to take home. Parties last 90 minutes to two hours, including time for cake and presents. Week-long summer and holiday break camps allow kids to get a more in depth exposure to the creation of spa and products, essential oils, lotions, potions, and candles.

Northern Colorado Fencers offers beginner, intermediate, and advanced programs for fencers of all ages. Summer camp programs are also available.

This is the place to outfit the family for a foray into the outdoors, whether it's hiking a 14-er, camping in the front range, or heading into the high country for a little skiing or kayaking. REI started out in 1938 as a humble cooperative and evolved into an upscale megastore for people who demand the best in outdoor gear.

Baby and kid stuff abounds: look for high-quality baby joggers, bike trailers, and trail packs; family camping gear; kids' bikes and helmets; performance footwear; skis and snow gear; rain gear, outdoorsy toys, and rugged, stylish clothes for kids of all ages (Patagonia, Cherry Tree, Gramicci).

Rent tents, backpacks, sleeping bags/pads, paddling gear, and snowshoes at the store. (Not all stores carry all gear.) Rental fees average about $18/first day - fees depend on membership status and equipment type.

Stores have a full schedule of outdoor-related talks and programs, but these are primarily geared toward adults (although there is an occasional family-related event; check REI's website for details.)

This is the place to outfit the family for a foray into the outdoors, whether it's hiking a 14-er, camping in the front range, or heading into the high country for a little skiing or kayaking. REI started out in 1938 as a humble cooperative and evolved into an upscale megastore for people who demand the best in outdoor gear.

Baby and kid stuff abounds: look for high-quality baby joggers, bike trailers, and trail packs; family camping gear; kids' bikes and helmets; performance footwear; skis and snow gear; rain gear, outdoorsy toys, and rugged, stylish clothes for kids of all ages (Patagonia, Cherry Tree, Gramicci).

Rent tents, backpacks, sleeping bags/pads, paddling gear, and snowshoes at the store. (Not all stores carry all gear.) Rental fees average about $18/first day - fees depend on membership status and equipment type.

Stores have a full schedule of outdoor-related talks and programs, but these are primarily geared toward adults (although there is an occasional family-related event; check REI's website for details.)

This is the place to outfit the family for a foray into the outdoors, whether it's hiking a 14-er, camping in the front range, or heading into the high country for a little skiing or kayaking. REI started out in 1938 as a humble cooperative and evolved into an upscale megastore for people who demand the best in outdoor gear.

Baby and kid stuff abounds: look for high-quality baby joggers, bike trailers, and trail packs; family camping gear; kids' bikes and helmets; performance footwear; skis and snow gear; rain gear, outdoorsy toys, and rugged, stylish clothes for kids of all ages (Patagonia, Cherry Tree, Gramicci).

Rent tents, backpacks, sleeping bags/pads, paddling gear, and snowshoes at the store. (Not all stores carry all gear.) Rental fees average about $18/first day - fees depend on membership status and equipment type.

Stores have a full schedule of outdoor-related talks and programs, but these are primarily geared toward adults (although there is an occasional family-related event; check REI's website for details.)

This is the place to outfit the family for a foray into the outdoors, whether it's hiking a 14-er, camping in the front range, or heading into the high country for a little skiing or kayaking. REI started out in 1938 as a humble cooperative and evolved into an upscale megastore for people who demand the best in outdoor gear.

Baby and kid stuff abounds: look for high-quality baby joggers, bike trailers, and trail packs; family camping gear; kids' bikes and helmets; performance footwear; skis and snow gear; rain gear, outdoorsy toys, and rugged, stylish clothes for kids of all ages (Patagonia, Cherry Tree, Gramicci).

Rent tents, backpacks, sleeping bags/pads, paddling gear, and snowshoes at the store. (Not all stores carry all gear.) Rental fees average about $18/first day - fees depend on membership status and equipment type.

Stores have a full schedule of outdoor-related talks and programs, but these are primarily geared toward adults (although there is an occasional family-related event; check REI's website for details.)

This is the place to outfit the family for a foray into the outdoors, whether it's hiking a 14-er, camping in the front range, or heading into the high country for a little skiing or kayaking. REI started out in 1938 as a humble cooperative and evolved into an upscale megastore for people who demand the best in outdoor gear.

Baby and kid stuff abounds: look for high-quality baby joggers, bike trailers, and trail packs; family camping gear; kids' bikes and helmets; performance footwear; skis and snow gear; rain gear, outdoorsy toys, and rugged, stylish clothes for kids of all ages (Patagonia, Cherry Tree, Gramicci).

Rent tents, backpacks, sleeping bags/pads, paddling gear, and snowshoes at the store. (Not all stores carry all gear.) Rental fees average about $18/first day - fees depend on membership status and equipment type.

Stores have a full schedule of outdoor-related talks and programs, but these are primarily geared toward adults (although there is an occasional family-related event; check REI's website for details.)

Be the hero of a mythic quest. Since 1995, Renaissance Adventures has offered Adventure Quest summer camps, birthday parties, storytelling, sword dueling games, overnight camps, after-school programs, and holiday events in the Boulder/Denver area.

Adventure Quest is an active outdoor Renaissance-themed theater game designed to develop self-esteem, team-building, and creative problem-solving skills. Kids and teens create and playact the heroes of a dynamic quest, working together in a mythical world to overcome challenges, solve riddles, brainstorm solutions to puzzling dilemmas, and swashbuckle with foes using safe foam swords. Family Quests and girls-only Pegasus Camps are also offered.

Sawhorse Gang provides children the opportunity to easily participate in woodworking projects with high quality woodworking kits for individuals and groups. Kits are great for birthday parties, camps, and school programs. They come complete with pre-milled solid wood pieces, glue, nails, and easy-to-follow instructions.

For birthday parties, Sawhorse Gang brings all of the necessary project kits, work benches, tools, and supplies to your location. The group is instructed through the process of building a project using basic hand tools. Included in parties are use of work benches, aprons, safety glasses, hammers, tape measures, sand paper, glue, and nails. The instructed building process takes about an hour, up to two hours if the projects are painted. Everyone gets to keep their completed project along with a carpenter pencil.

The Signing Smart program works with hearing babies, toddlers, and their parents, teaching when and how to sign most effectively with pre-verbal children. Classes are taught at various locations. Visit the Signing Smart website at www.signingsmart.com for more information and a list of instructors, classes, and prices.

Sweet Beginnings is a maternity/nursing retail boutique and wellness center that offers product lines and supportive educational classes for the prenatal and postpartum family, gifts, and a registry. Services include access to a baby weigh station, lactation consulting, mommy support groups, professional bra fitting, complete pump demonstration, and personalized setup and breast pump cleaning and repairs.

The Little Gym offers age-appropriate movement and gymnastics for kids at all levels of experience, from ten months through 12 years.

A room painted with brightly colored murals, filled with gymnastics equipment of all sorts, offers lots to do and plenty of room to run around. Instructors are friendly and professional, and work at knowing children by name and at including them in the action.

Classes for younger children follow the same pattern every week, so kids know what to expect. The instructor leads songs and fun group activities and teaches basic gymnastics skills, and kids have time for free play and ball play.

Older children learn tumbling and apparatus skills, while gradeschoolers build on those skills in a non-competitive environment. Advanced gymnastics classes, by invitation, are also available for kids ages three to 12. Infants to three-year-olds attend with a caregiver, while kids over three attend on their own.

Birthday parties are held on Saturday afternoons and Sundays only. Summer and holiday camps are also offered.

The Little Gym offers age-appropriate movement and gymnastics for kids at all levels of experience.

A room painted with brightly colored murals, filled with gymnastics equipment of all sorts, offers lots to do and plenty of room to run around. Instructors are friendly and professional, and work at knowing children by name and at including them in the action.

Classes for younger children follow the same pattern every week, so kids know what to expect. The instructor leads songs and fun group activities and teaches basic gymnastics skills, and kids have time for free play and ball play.

Older children learn tumbling and apparatus skills, while gradeschoolers build on those skills in a non-competitive environment. Advanced gymnastics classes, by invitation, are also available for kids ages three-12. Infants to three-year-olds attend with a caregiver, while kids over three attend on their own.

Birthday parties are held on Saturday afternoons and Sundays only. Summer and holiday camps are also offered.

Parents' Survival Nights are held on the first and third Friday evenings of every month. Drop off the kids for a night of fun under the watchful eyes of The Little Gym instructors.

The Makery is more than just your basic bakery. In addition to the traditional wedding and birthday cakes, and custom made-to-order desserts, The Makery offers drop in decorating, decorating classes, espresso, decorating supplies, and more.

Kids love to celebrate their birthdays at The Makery where they can decorate and take home cookies, cupcakes, even a birthday cake - with all the supplies included.

Xylem Family Resource is a non-profit organization whose goal is to help parents learn effective parenting techniques as well as provide skills and support that will help make the parenting experience more enjoyable.

Classes include Baby & Me, Toddler & Me, parent discussion groups and playgroups, Anger & Conflict Management Workshops, and Bringing Home Baby. Advance registration is required for most classes.