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Winner of "connect at mealtime" give-away

And, thanks to the random selection by my 4 yr. old...the winner is: Allison!  Congratulations!  Email me and we'll work out the details of getting this fun prize to you.

Everyone else, keep an eye out for the next give-away coming soon!

connect at mealtimes - GIVE AWAY!

I love this give-away.  I hope that you will too.  It offers you or whomever you share these with another opportunity to connect in fun and meaningful ways with the people you care about.
Here's what you get:

• FIVE packages of "Kids Lunch Box Cards"
• Friendship series Mat Chats

Here's why you'll want them:

• Each package of Kids Lunch Box Cards is a week's worth of colorful lunch cards full of fun facts and cool ideas with scratch-off answers in a variety of topics that your kids will love such as: Mystical Little People, It's a Wacky World, Riddles, Looney Laws, and Eeeew that's gross! but true!  There is space to write a little personal note on the back or to turn these cute cards into postcards.
• Mat Chats are disposable paper place mats used at meal times to promote discussion with family and friends. They come in a variety of topics including attitude, gratitude, health, reflection, fun/work, mindfulness and vision.  The pack I'm giving away is the friendship pack - with thoughtful quotes on each mat and several simple questions, there won't be need for any lack in conversation at your table.

All you need to do to enter is leave a comment...no need to write anything fancy, just a hello will do.  The winner will be randomly selected and announced on Friday, August 29th!

And the winner is.....

Hope has randomly drawn the winner for the current give-away, so congratulations to Julie Kenyan!

There's a new give-away coming...look for it on Monday!

Back-to-School give-away #2

Here are the great prizes you can win:

• cool "camo" spiral notebook from Street Science
• hip "blueprint" composition notebook from Street Science
• School Zone's "Big Alphabet Workbook"
• the latest issue of the amazing Craft: magazine

Here's why you'll love them:

• Street Science leverages Urban and Youth Culture as a vehicle to incite a pursuit of knowledge by selecting motifs, that in some way, parallel learning.  This company collides style with learning to create a spark of inspiration in all students. 
• School Zone is a well known publishing company for an amazing and creative variety of educational products.  Their Big Alphabet Book is just one example of how they make learning fun for little ones.  It covers letter recognition, beginning sounds, manuscript writing, and more all in one jumbo-sized, colorful, approachable book of 320 fun pages.
• Craft: magazine has got to be one of the coolest mags I've seen lately.  I personally love it! It's "the first project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance that is occuring within the world of crafts. It celebrates the Do-It-Yourself spirit with projects that are hip, desirable, fun, inspirational, relevant to today's style and approachable.  The design of the magazine itself is trendy and attractive, you'll love to slip it in your purse for perusing any time.  In this issue: build a set of portable speakers, DIY roller skates, Map coffee table, herb pots, jewelry stand, and more....

How to enter to win:

    It's easy - just leave a comment.  No need to say anything clever, a hello will do.  My daughter will randomly pick a winner on August 8th. 

EZ pack giveaway WINNER

My daughter Hope drew #4 to win my EZ pack giveaway - so a big congratulations goes to Linda!
I hope the rest of you will continue to check back as I'll be posting about my next give-away soon!

give-aways

I just wanted to remind everyone that the deadline for the current give-away is Friday, anyone can enter.  Also, my friend Wendy is a super-creative mother - you'll love her blog too - and I noticed that there is a give-away in her post today as well, so go check it out.  Keep an eye out for more chances to get great free stuff here in the future too. 

Back-to-School give away

Yes, I know you aren't ready for summer to be over yet.  Neither am I.  But, I'm beating the stores here, which is a very difficult thing to do! Very soon the stores will be packed with back-to-school supplies hankering for your financial investment.  So, let me first tempt you with a prize. I'm giving away an great "EZ pack" complimentary of EZschoolsupplies.com   You can shop here for all your student's school needs at comparable prices without fighting any crowds...plus you can register your school to see 10% donated back to your school, and you can even enter your child's favorite teacher for a chance to win $1,000 in supplies.
Here is what is in my EZ pack give-away:

• Hi-Liter brand marker
• Expo2 dry erase marker
• bic pen
• paper mate pen
• Magic Rub eraser
• 100 pack of Oxford 3x5 index cards
• Imation rewriteable CD
• 10 pack of Crayola classic markers
• Fiskars safety edge scissors with blade cap plus eraser
• ruler
• black pencil box
• blue 3-ring binder
• package of subject dividers
• 4x4 Quad pad of grid paper
• 1 subject college-ruled spiral notebook
• 2 subject folders
• package of 12x18 Tru-Ray construction paper

All you have to do to enter the drawing is to leave a comment below and tell me something you remember from your own school days.  A winner will be chosen on July 18th.

Free Cone Day

Don't forget! - tommorrow is free cone day at Ben and Jerry's.

Winner of "Rock-Solid Families"

Our randomly drawn winner for the free copy of Rock-Solid Families is........Heather! Congratulations!
You were the fourth to comment on that post and I'm so excited to send you your free book.  Please email me your address so that I can get that in the mail to you...and congratulations again! 

last chance to WIN this book!

There is still time to enter to win a free copy of Rock Solid Families.  Just click here to learn more and leave any comment to enter.  I'll announce the winner on this Tuesday, April 1 - and that's no joke!

WIN this book!

For five years I lived next door to a woman who was not just a friend but someone who profoundly affected my faith and the mother I am today.  I am sure she has not known this - but simply observing her and her family was so meaningful and helpful to me that I still think of them often.  Recently, realizing that her eldest daughter must now be graduating from college, I was curious to touch bases with them again.  I was excited but not surprised to find that Janell has published this book. I am so thrilled to be able to GIVE AWAY a FREE copy (you know you want it :) and to highly recommend it as a must read.  Just leave me a comment on this post between now and April 1 and I will randomly draw a winner and send a free book.