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Trick or Treat, Cordially Speaking by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann This harvest season, Just Add Kids has given you the Festive Fall Family Destinations , Community Trick or Treat Directory , and last week we shared a piece on Halloween Safety Tips . This week, I want to touch upon etiquette. Please parents, if you haven't already, teach your children to say "Thank You" when they receive their Trick or Treat candy/item. Pretty simple. Read more... Seems over the last several years, proper manners have gone out the window as we welcome the culture of entitlement. Well, baby, I ain't buying it. And I will remind those whose children come to my door this Saturday to receive for free the treat I have worked hard to afford to buy, that a thank you is expected. I do hope to hear it. But, if I don't, I will kindly respond "Thank you, and you're welcome" with a smile on my face, only because, really, it's not the child's fault that they don...

Halloween Safety Sourced from Children's Safety Network Did You Know? The most dangerous day of the year for child pedestrians* is Halloween. On average, over two times as many child pedestrians die on Halloween compared to other days. Average Deaths Per Day (Laxton, 2012; Sperling, 2012) Halloween: 5.5 Other Days: 2.6 Halloween Safety Tips Costumes should be made of fireproof fabric and include reflectors and bright colors. Costumes should not obstruct vision or movement. Bring flashlights or glow sticks to increase visibility. Adults should accompany children under 12. Children over 12 should go in groups and stick to familiar areas. Always cross at street corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks. Look left-right-left when crossing and keep eye contact with drivers to make sure they see you. Watch out for cars backing out of driveways. Have a safe and happy Halloween! *A child pedestrian is defined as a pedestrian under 18 for the purposes of this infograph (to left) For mor...

Wise-Ing Up on My Role [caption id="attachment_3557" align="alignright" width="225"] Artwork designed by Doucette Designs. Made by Case-Mat in Norcross, GA. Sold by Zazzle.[/caption] Written by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann Creative people. Are you one? For some of us with right brain tendencies, we tend to think in images rather than words. We focus on the big picture rather than the details. Right-brainers go through life in a somewhat flyin-by-the-seat-of-our-pants manner. As long as we ain't hurtin' anybody (other than sometimes ourselves!) I'd say we're pretty okay. Righties are visually oriented. And when I ran across this meme on Facebook, it totally resonated with me. You RB types will totally crack up... Read more... Yah, that's me. Hand raised. All in. I'm fessin' up. If you recall in last week's blog, "Speaking the Language: M.O.M., M.O.A., D.O.A., L.O.L." I let you in on me putting some skin i...

M.O.M. M.O.A. D.O.A. L.O.L. Written by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann Here I am. It's Thursday. Blog day. Newsletter day. Now Cross Country Meet day. And out to dinner day. Hey, it's life. I'm a Mom On a Mission, Mom On Assignment. Dead on Arrival. Laugh Out Loud (or I could be crying). It's Just Add Kids birthday. Early October 2009 was JAK's launch. Lights went on with www.JustAddKidsOnline.net and we went LIVE. The mission of connecting families with kid-oriented, family-friendly activities, events, businesses/organizations was realized. Along the way and during this tenure, I've connected with, joined, participated in so much. I'm humble, but here's a list of the on-going items: Racine County Network Providers; Eastern Racine and Western Racine County Networking Breakfasts; Kenosha Turn the Town Blue (Stop Child Abuse and Neglect Awareness Month Campaign); Focus on Fatherhood Coalition; Evening of Elegance, Day of Dreams, and Wishes in Wonder...

Trick or Treat! Smell My Feet! Written by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann ~~~~~ Well, what a treat! Halloween, October 31st, lands on a Saturday this year.  That means most communities have scheduled their Trick or Treat times on Halloween.  Whoah...Not all, though. No fear, my peeps! Just Add Kids has got ya covered with our 2015 Community Trick or Treat Listing  Read more... 2015 Community Trick or Treat Directory sponsored by Educators Credit Union Click here for a downloadable/shareable PDF. Bay View, October 31st 5 – 8pm Big Bend, October 31st 6 – 8pm Bristol, October 31st 4 – 7pm Burlington, (City of), October 31st 6 – 8pm Caledonia, October 31st 5:30 – 7:30pm Cudahy, October 31st 5 – 7pm Dover, October 31st 6 – 8pm Elmwood Park, October 31st 4 – 7pm Franklin, October 31st 4 – 7pm Greendale, October 31st 4 – 7pm Greenfield, October 31st 1 – 4pm Hales Corners, October 31st 4 – 7pm Kansasville, October 31st 6 – 8pm Kenosha, October 31st 4 – 8pm Lake Geneva, October 31st 1 – ...