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Twin Cities Youth Sport Atlas
From Hedberg Maps
Are you a youth sport family? Does your child’s involvement with traveling teams have you scouring the Twin Cities for the umpteenth elusive ballfield? This 112-page atlas is an essential guide for active families, offering maps identifying 3000+ soccer fields, ice arenas, parks, golf courses, high schools, YMCA’s and more. Bonus sections include an organization and club directory, sports shops, outstate cities and detailed locator maps. Can also be used as a team fundraiser with special pricing and prizes offered. Sells for $11.95. www.youthsportsatlas.com.
How To Make Big Money Mowing Small Lawns
Robert A. Welcome
Like the rest of the job market these days, a teen summer job is hard to come by. With many jobs now filled by older displaced workers, teens who are entrepreneurs have the edge when it comes to summer earnings. Author Robert Welcome revisits the time-honored, teen do-it-yourself business – lawn mowing and offers motivated workers the secrets to making it pay off. He addresses specifically: how to set prices, how to get customers, scheduling, maximizing earnings and more, all undertaken with little investment. As he points out – grass grows and this book can help your teen be the one to earn the dollars invested to cut it. 166 pages, AuthorHouse, Softcover, $19.95.
Cliff Notes for Parenting
Parenthood has a great many perks, but extra time for reading generally isn’t one of them. Yet great books on the challenges and hurdles of parenting are being published every day; books that just might hold the key to the childrearing issues you may be facing. What to do? Check out www.parentsdigest.com. The founders of this innovative site do the reading for you! An experienced editorial team writes concise eight page snapshots of parenting books so parents don’t have to try to comb through them. Topics range from baby proofing your marriage to dealing with meltdowns to handling poor sleep habits to the special challenges that teens pose. A three-month trial subscription is $19.45 and delivers two summaries of your choice per month sent via email. They also offer a one-click link to Amazon, if you would prefer to by the full book.
Fun Times!
Hey kids! What time is it? It’s Time for Fun! As a resource for parents, Family Times offers articles that address the hard work of parenting and resources to help make that challenge easier. But for kids, it’s all about the fun and our new mascot, Cooper, is bringing it! Cooper, just like kids everywhere, loves to play games, do projects, tell silly jokes and try new things. Now, in the pages of Family Times, he is able to bring his ideas for low cost, do-it-yourself fun to your kids. Look for his special camp packing tips in this issue and for his new kids’ page coming soon!
Local Entrepreneurs Offer Moms Support
Autism Resources in One Click
It goes without saying that parents want the best for their children and we live in an age when parenting resources are plentiful. But any parent will tell you that finding the time to find the resources is the real trick. For parents of kids with special needs, the urgency of locating needed resources is even greater and the time available to ferret them out is even less. When Minnesota mom, Eileen Kelly found herself in this very bind, she resolved to do something about it. Her website, Padraig’s Place (www.padraigsplace.org) is the result of her efforts to make the help she sought for her son Padraig, diagnosed with autism and retardation, readily accessible in one location. Visitors can find activities, support groups, caregivers and schools serving families with special needs kids.
Sweet Eats
Starting a child on solid foods, especially one who has been exclusively breastfed, always seems like such a leap of faith. You go from nature’s intended nourishment to … what?… Cheerios?! Lori Karis, a Twin Cities area professional nanny, has created a business out of bridging the gap. Her Sweet Cheeks TM baby and toddler food is made from all organic, largely locally grown fruits, veggies and grains, creating a good and good-for-you product that any mom can love. Pesticide and chemical free, the baby food is made fresh weekly and frozen in individual servings. You can find Karis every weekend at the St. Paul Farmer’s Market and many of the local natural food stores carry Sweet CheeksTM. Find more locations or order online at: www.sweetcheeksbabyfood.com.
Mother’s Day, Any Day
You gotta love Mother’s Day – presents, hugs & kisses and the feeling for this one day, you get to do whatever YOU want to do. And then it’s over. But what if you could grab a little bit of Mother’s Day any day? Local entrepreneur, Gena Gerard had the same idea and her business, Mother’s Day, was born. According to studies, only 10% of women feel they have balance between their lives as moms and as individuals and even fewer make the time to take care of themselves. The mission of Mother’s Day is to give moms the time they need for themselves by pairing fun, fulfilling activities with convenient on-site childcare. Currently held at the Eden Prairie Pump It Up location, moms can relax and enjoy classes such as yoga, pilates, scrapbooking or creative writing once a week, while the kids get to run, jump and play in a supervised setting. Happy Mother’s Day! www.mothersdayclasses.com.
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www.mommyfuel.com
Mommy Fuel is a mom-blog website dedicated to energizing and enriching the lives of busy moms everywhere. In addition to product reviews, moms can leave a daily intention, check out easy-to-cook recipes, ask a parenting or product related question, listen to music, get a book recommendation and much more.
www.nextworth.com
Kids have a way of wanting the latest and greatest gadget on the market, but it can be hard to off-load the outdated model. At this site you can sell or trade-in your used iPod or iPhone, in any condition (from brand new to broken), for cash or an Amazon gift card. Or buy one of their many low cost, used products in the easy to use iPod exchange section. Instant estimates offered.
www.kidpub.com
KidPub was created in 1995 as a safe, fun place for kids to improve their writing skills by sharing their stories, poems, reviews, and other creative writing with a worldwide audience. It’s one of the oldest web sites still in operation. There is a $12.95 per year membership fee that is only required to publish stories...anyone can come to KidPub to read. Members can also enter writing contests, comment on stories that they have read, leave notes for other members, and add to the never-ending stories.
www.heyitsfree.net
Who doesn't like free stuff? These guys go the extra mile to screen out scams and referral pyramids. Besides shipping charges or providing contact information, the offers are genuine freebies.
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