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Because You're Worth It Mother's Day is just around the corner. Can you believe it?  Honestly, I don't know where the heck the month of April went.  With that, Just Add Kids is in the heat of contest time!The Just Add Kids "Color Mom Beautiful" Kid's Coloring Contest is in full swing.  As in the past two years, Educators Credit Union is sponsoring this awesome promotion, with awarding the winner child artist with a gift basket including a $100 Toys R Us gift card...sweet! Timber Ridge Lodge & Waterpark is also sponsoring. Wanna know what our winning mom prize is? Read More... ...Mother's Day Overnight Stay Package* (min. value $199) for the winning mom's family. Download your child's/ren's contest entry form here: "Color Mom Beautiful" If you are having problems downloading PDF file, please email your request to  contest@justaddkidsonline.net Ready? Set. COLOR! Entries will be accepted/received through Friday, May 4th, 2012.....

Again! by JAK's guest mom blogger from Caledonia, Mollie Bartelt Do you want to make a difference in your life this spring? Or make a difference for a child who has a life threatening illness? Or win $500 in a fun challenge? The game is on again! As a mom of a child who had successfully came through a life threatening illness, I am so excited to invite you to MINUTE TO WISH IT! -  a super fun family fundraiser set to go this weekend. Would you please consider joining us Sunday afternoon and celebrate the blessings in your family's life by playing some fun Minute to Win It games?. Read More MINUTE TO WISH IT Sunday, April 22nd, 1 to 4 pm Racine Family YMCA Our second annual event, this is a family fundraiser where people compete in a fast paced series of challenges ($1 each) where winners will proceed to the next challenge. The final team left will have the opportunity to win up to $500 in the Final Round of Minute to Wish It challenges. There are a ton of activities for the ...

Check "Yes" or "No" by JAK's guest mom blogger from Racine, Jenni Monteblanco Four months ago, I said "yes." No, it wasn't to anything fancy like saying "yes to the dress". I did that twelve years ago. I said yes to a slew of things to add to my already busy life. It was the beginning of a new year and somehow each item fit into my "goal" for 2012. I had this great idea (ok, so I stole it from a post on Facebook ) in late December/early January to choose a word for 2012. This word was going to be the focus of everything I did. My husband and I discussed it and decided we would make this goal together. Our words (yeah, we couldn't just choose one) for 2012 are... Read More... “discipline” and “balance.” You would think that this would have helped me as I started to say yes, but somehow I found a way to fit all my yeses around my goals. Four months ago I said yes to becoming an Uppercase Living Demonstrator (shameless plug: ...

Autism and Running. Everything IS possible ! by JAK's guest mom blogger from Burlington, Colleen Nagle Watching my 13 year old nonverbal son sitting lazily on HIS oversized chair, legs sprawled across the ottoman, concern drifted through my mind. Not unusual to worry over my son with Autism, but now it was extending to his physical or lack of physical activity. So many kids today seem to be less active than when we were kids due to video games, texting, iPods, computers, etc.. For my son Dylan his lack of activity is related to his disability. He has no friends, there is no riding his bike to a friend’s house, no football or soccer, no gym class because he is home schooled. He and I, his mom, both needed to find a way to incorporate activity into our lifestyle. It began simply by getting outdoors. Going anywhere we could wander...we took our first steps at outdoor garden centers, park paths, outdoor art expos, farmers markets, anywhere we could stretch our legs. It was easy to see ...