You need to win this weekend stay plus breakfast at one of the area's newest hotels, element Lexington, Starwood's first green hotel. You'll enjoy a state-of-the-art gym, refreshing pool, and healthy food choices. Bright and open, multi-purpose public spaces offer inspiring backdrops for work, play, and socializing.

Your open-flow guest room can be customized to meet your needs. Outfitted with many unexpected delights, including fully-equipped kitchens and the signature Heavenly® Bed, these thoughtfully arranged rooms rejuvenate and energize you for work or play. Conveniently located at Routes 95 and 2A.

Enjoy a weekend in historic Lexington Mass, at the aloft, Starwood's sassy new hotel located minutes from Minuteman National Park. The two of you can visit the site where Paul Revere was captured, and then head over to the battleground in Lexington Center and lunch at Via Lago restaurant.

Explore Massachusetts with this package of passes to the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Old Sturbridge Village, and Mass MoCA. We'll throw in some gourmet popcorn, and a Harry Potter book on tape to entertain the kids. Use your $50 Home Depot gift card to pick up a cooler & thermos, and you're on your way.

Pack a picnic from Wilson Farm (using your $50 gift card) and head up north for some family fun. You'll get 4 passes to York's Wild Kingdom & Amusement Park, passes to the Children's Museum of New Hampshire, and enough trail mix for the car ride. Note: the trail mix contains nuts.

Love Math? Find it hard to take? Atrium parent Wendy is an experienced middle school and high school math teacher, and is quite familiar with our beloved "Investigations" curriculum. (TERC math). Here's your chance to spend 3 hours with an incredible math tutor. Sessions can be split into 2 or 3 parts- you do the math! (OK- it's either three 1 hour sessions or two 1.5 hour sessions.) Mutually agreeable time and location.

Okay, so you have some questions about your child -- who doesn't? Perhaps an autographed set of five books by nationally known child psychologist (and former Atrium parent) Michael Thompson will help! He's also donated a copy of the DVD of the PBS show Raising Cain.

Included in this set of books are:

• Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys (book and DVD)
• Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Emotional Lives of Children
• The Pressured Child: Freeing Our Kids from Performance Overdrive
• It's a Boy!: Your Son's Development from Birth to Age 18
• Mom, They're Teasing Me!

Matthew, Atrium parent and senior trust and estates attorney at a downtown law firm, will provide an assessment of your estate planning requirements (1 1/2 hour session), providing advice as to federal and state estate taxes, guardianship issues, and legacy and succession concerns involving trusts or otherwise.

Matthew, Atrium parent and senior trust and estates attorney at a downtown law firm, will provide an assessment of your estate planning requirements (1 1/2 hour session), providing advice as to federal and state estate taxes, guardianship issues, and legacy and succession concerns involving trusts or otherwise.

Two professional, well-published authors will team up to help you develop and/or edit your book proposal or article-length non-fiction manuscript. Susan and Mark are experienced editors and writing coaches. Includes 1 consultation and 5 hours of intensive editing time. Valid through June 2009.

Help your child improve his or her learning skills. Robert Babigian, a licensed school psychologist, will provide one in-home academic executive skills session, to include identification of student learning profile & provide suggestions for effective individualized academic interventions. The consult will take one hour and the offer is valid through May, 2010.

Definition of a teenager: "A mammal found extensively throughout the planet, often clustered in groups in front of television sets. Thought to be a member of the Homo Sapiens due to physical similarities, though social and emotional behavior leads many researchers to consider teenagers to be a completely different species altogether." Help is on the way. Renowned counselor extraordinaire Timothy will schedule two meetings to help you learn the "growing with your adolescent" technique.

Find a little piece of mind, especially in these trying times, when you have a two hour session with financial planner Bev Chapman, with Values Financial. From Bev's website: "Why do I call my practice Values? The underlying principle in all my work -- whether in financial planning, coaching, or seminars -- is helping clients align their life choices with their own core values."

Have you any questions or concerns about your or your child's diet? Spend an hour with Nixie, a registered dietician and Atrium parent. Session can include a review of your usual intake with recommendations for improvement.

With this certificate, you will get two separate sessions with a specialist with Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, an organization dedicated to helping students learn to their potential. Both meetings will be held at their Arlington office. The first session, typically lasting 3-4 hours, will cover an individual Diagnostic Learning Evaluation & Consultation that will measure oral vocabulary, oral language comprehension, visual memory, oral directions, phonemic awareness, visual-motor performance, word attack, word recognition, reading comprehension, spelling, and math.

The second session is a one-hour consultation, scheduled after the evaluation, during which strengths and weaknesses are explained. Lindamood-Bell instruction has been recognized as effective for individuals with the symptoms of dyslexia, hyperlexia, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorders.

Does your mouth feel dry? Are your knees knocking? Do you sweat profusely when called on to speak? Become more competent and comfortable in front of any group and improve your ability to communicate. Timothy will work on relaxation, effectiveness and style in 2 one-hour sessions!

Steve, photographer and Atrium parent will spend a week documenting your child's activities at the Atrium and will capture the little nuances that make your child unique. He will then use the images to create a beautiful photobook plus CDs that include the high-resolution images. This is sure to become a valuable childhood keepsake for both parents and children. Mutually agreeable dates.

Buy a cozy throw from Pottery Barn with a $50 gift card and curl up with your family for the evening. You'll get crafts and some toys from Henry Bear's Park, a DVD of March of the Penguins, playing cards, a play tent kit (easy to assemble), and a Monopoly game featuring a new "speed die." And we didn't forget the snacks: Equal Exchange hot cocoa and 15 bags of microwave gourmet popcorn!

Create an heirloom! Celebrate and encourage your little artist. Atrium parent and graphic designer Pat will make a 24 page, 4-color hardbound book of your child's artwork.

Studio Eleven's approach is professional yet casual. They encourage each subject to relax, revealing their distinctive qualities and allowing their true spirit to shine through. For an individual or family photo session, plus an 8 x 10 portrait, either in black & white or color.

What's in Arlington? Find out when you use a customized map to find your way to an array of wonderful shops (Artwear, Book Rack, Maxima Gift Center, Munroe Salt Works, Mr Sushi, Inside/Pink Dolly). And be sure to check out the parks and historical sites.

You and your family will enjoy learning about the history of Lowell's fascinating textile industry. The museum is a treasure trove of gadgets, inventions, and artifacts. As if this isn't enough, the Museum has graciously donated a lovely heirloom pouch complete with an activity book and crayons!

Take a day trip to Providence with three others to explore the world-class Museum of Art, at the Rhode Island School of Design. The museum traces the history of art from antiquity to the present through special exhibits and a nearly 84,000 piece collection of art in all media representing cultures around the world. You'll also get a gorgeous catalog of the work of photographer Adolphe Braun.

Admission for six people for a set tour of FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman, the national PBS children's television show. The kids will also get some gift bags. The visit will be scheduled Monday - Friday, August 10 - 18 at 4:30 (after taping concludes).

Use this $25 gift certificate for Sunday brunch (or any other meal) at JP Seafood Cafe, then do some shopping at Boing! JP's Toy Shop ($30 certificate).

The suspense builds! You'll have to wait until the Shine On! evening to see what games this Watertown game company has donated to the auction.

Need some new rainy day ideas? Pick up this basket of fun activities and you'll be all set! You'll get a family membership at Brookline's Puppet Showplace Theatre (good for discounted tickets), 14 visits to the Tumble Gym at Together in Motion and a playdate at Artbeat (both in Arlington). Valid through April 30, 2010.

Come spend a few hours with our ponies! Learn how to groom and lead a pony, feed them treats and go for a pony ride! Even play dress-up with our good-natured equine friends. And during your visit, check out our playful chickens and see the neighbors' cows, sheep and llamas. This afternoon on the farm will end with a short walk up to famous Kimball's ice cream for a yummy treat! Farm is located in Carlisle, MA. Date to be a mutually-agreed upon weekend afternoon between May and October, 2009.