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Happy Friday, y’all… and welcome to another edition of We Love Weekends! Sadly, this is also my last installment – but not to worry, the rest of my co-hosts will continue to carry on this great weekly link-up for all your family fun. I have loved getting to know many…
A while back, I wrote about all the reasons moms make the worst drivers. Top among them was my 3 year old, pint-sized backseat DJ. Fast forward 6 months, and my backseat now has two miniature music aficionados, shouting out song requests and belting along with ballads. Which has also…
I’m interrupting my usually scheduled Tuesday Tips to bring you a special math activity for preschoolers as part of the Cool Maths for Cool Kids month-long blog hop, hosted by Peakle Pie! And no, that’s not a typo – Brits are fancy, and don’t say math. For the last and…
TGIF, y’all! Welcome to another edition of We Love Weekends! If this is your first time joining us, welcome to Playground Parkbench – I’m Meghan, the Playground Parkbench Guru. Mom to Big M (almost 4), Lil’ M (almost 2) and M3, coming this Fall. I write aboutparenting tips, mommy sanity…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #QuakerTime #CollectiveBias I can’t believe summer is nearly over, and it’s already time to start preparing the kids to head back to school! We’ve started by stocking our pantry with the Ms’ breakfast,…
With two teachers for grandmas, the girls are frequent recipients of books. The grandmas often think alike too, and this Spring, both gave Big M mermaid-themed books. MerMer, our Texas grandma, gave her Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet when she came to visit for Spring Break. Today, we are…
Last month, on a trip to the local playground, I observed my 3 year old’s first encounter with bullying. Sure, young kids often don’t want to share toys, but this was different. This was her approaching a group of kids, most of which she knew, to play, and being told…
If you have ever seen Lil’ M wield a paintbrush, you will understand why we take many of our crafting activities outdoors when weather permits. At almost 2, she has a fierce independent streak, wants to do it herself, and when I try to help, she gets mad and paint…
Happy Friday, y’all! Welcome to Playground Parkbench, and this week’s installment of We Love Weekends. If you’ve never been here before, I’m Meghan, the Playground Parkbench Guru – SAHM to two girls, Big M and Lil’ M, almost 4 and almost 2, and 7 months pregnant with M3, our first…
I am super excited to join in Study at Home Mama’s 31 Days of Kids Kitchen Activities this month. The girls LOVE to help in the kitchen and run to pull in chairs as soon as I start putting ingredients on the counter. I love to encourage them given all…
Happy Friday, y’all! If you’ve never stopped by my Playground Parkbench before, welcome – I’m Meghan, also known as the PGPB Guru. I write about all the things my fellow parents and I kick around on the sidelines at the playground: at-home activities for kids, parenting tips, financial savvy and…
The girls had so much fun a few weeks back with our patriotic colored-ice sensory play, this week we decided to do it again. Only this time, we traded in the red, yellow and blue stars for neon-colored ocean animals! Ocean-Themed Sensory Play Sensory play with ice is rapidly becoming…
Last week, I discovered an awesome new-to-me social media platform: Yummly! While it has been around since 2010, Yummly is growing rapidly and quickly picking up steam. If you like using Pinterest for recipes, you will LOVE Yummly. It is a searchable recipe database where you can set up your…
Happy Friday, y’all! If you’re new here, welcome! I’m Meghan, the founder of Playground Parkbench. I write about parenting, household tips, and at-home activities for kids. Every Friday, I partner with four of my fellow bloggers to bring you We Love Weekends, an open forum for our favorite family-friendly bloggers…
For those who have been followers for a while, you know we are gearing up to move into our forever home. After two years of searching, another 6 months of designing and contract negotiating, followed by another year of construction, it looks like we are finally moving this month! And…
Last week, the Ms and I upheld one of our favorite summer traditions: strawberry picking! We went with a group of Big M’s friends from preschool. If you are local to Connecticut, Jones Family Farms has a great, family-friendly set-up, and if you go this week, you’ll just catch the…
Last week, we went strawberry picking with a group of Big M’s preschool friends. It was a productive outing, and we came home with over 8 pounds of freshly picked strawberries! Tomorrow, I’ll be sharing over 50 different ways to put all those strawberries to use, but one looked so…
Most of our ‘projects’, as Big M likes to call them, are targeted toward the preschool aged child, and I modify them so that Lil’ M, at almost 2, can participate as well. This week, however, I set up a fun, July 4th Sensory Play activity just for Lil’ M……
Happy Friday, y’all! If you’re new around here, I’m Meghan, the founder of Playground Parkbench. I write about parenting, household tips, and at-home activities for kids. Every Friday, I partner with four of my fellow bloggers to bring you We Love Weekends, an open forum for our favorite family-friendly bloggers…
You know the aisle at the grocery store that always has all the seasonal specials? Like pumpkin puree in the Fall, baking supplies at Christmas, and marshmallows and Hershey bars in the summer? I am a sucker for that aisle. And as much as I love S’mores, when marshmallows are…