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The Peanuts Holiday movies are one of my favorite holiday traditions.  I remember watching It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A Charlie Brown Christmas each October, November and December for as long as I can remember.  And I have loved passing this tradition on to my kids… albeit when…

How many of you have participated in a book club before?  Get together on a Sunday afternoon for wine, cheese, yummy snacks… and of course some discussion of the book, and at least, selection of the next great book to read.  Post kids, my book club sadly seems to have…

How do you do gifts for the holidays?  Do you have some awesome DIY gift ideas?  Or the perfect holiday gift guide?  Maybe you have a post for the perfect holiday gift wrap! If it features Gifts and is family-friendly, we want to see it!. Link-up below to automatically be…

We want to see all your best Christmas ideas! From holiday gift ideas and decorations, to activities and crafts for kids, DIY and wreaths, and more. If it features Christmas and is family-friendly, we want to see it! Link-up below to automatically be added to our Christmas round-up by Our Good Life.…

It’s Friday, and this week, We’re in Love with Leaves!  This is the second week of our weekly link-up party, It’s Friday, We’re In Love!  Each week, one of our 8 co-hosts will share featured ideas we LOVE from that week’s theme… and best of all, the link-ups will remain…

I am super excited to be participating in Crafty Kids at Home’s A-Z of Pretend Play series.  All month long, a different blogger will feature a different letter of the alphabet with a pretend play activity.  Today, we are sharing F is for Storytelling Finger Puppets.  I am endlessly amazed…

Have a great recipe for Halloween?  Or how about Halloween activities or crafts for kids?  Maybe some amazing DIY costumes? Or best of all, maybe some great Halloween decorations and party ideas?  If it features Halloween and is family-friendly, we want to see it! Check out our Halloween Features by…

 “I don’t care if Monday’s blue Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too Thursday I don’t care about you…” It’s Friday, We’re In Love Welcome to our thematic, permanent link-up, with featured round-ups every Friday.  So how exactly does this all work? Each month the co-hosts will open up 6-8 new thematic…

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…

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…

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…

Happy Friday, y’all!  It’s time for another edition of We Love Weekends – a chance for all our favorite family-friendly bloggers to share their great ideas with you for inspiration to help you and your family love the weekend too.  This week, we are our featured favorites from last week’s…

Every parent has had one of these days… from the moment your child wakes up, they are crying about something.  Or maybe you didn’t get enough sleep last night, and you are the one with the short fuse.  Regardless of who the grump is, the day starts off all wrong,…

Nothing provides more entertainment at our house during warm weather than bubbles.  And after three summers of blowing bubbles until I was breathless, Big M has hit an awesome milestone: she can now blow her OWN bubbles!  However, this leads to Lil’ M wanting to as well, and mostly she…

Happy Friday!  And welcome to another We Love Weekends link-up, featuring content from family-friendly bloggers around the web to inspire you and your family to love the weekend too!  Be sure to check out our favorite picks from last week, a Summer School Ideas for Preschoolers round-up. Last Weekend Summer…

Last week we had beautiful, perfect pre-summer weather: blue clear skies, sun for days, and that temperature that is warm enough for water play, but not so hot you are melting.  I promised the girls a pool day in the backyard, and of course, that morning, Lil’ M woke up…

Happy Friday… and welcome to We Love Weekends!  A place where our favorite bloggers from around the globe link up their best family-friendly content to inspire you and your family to have fun together and love your weekend. Last Weekend Last Saturday had been highlighted on our calendar for a…

Happy Friday!  It’s that time of the week again – where I share all about my weekend and bloggers from around the web link up their best family-friendly content to make you and your family love the weekends too! Last Weekend Here in the US, last weekend was a long,…

Earlier this week, I shared my book reviews for two books from Hands-On-Prints, Around the World from a to z and Nuts for Coconuts.    Be sure to check out the book review for a chance to win a free book for yourself!  Big M has become quite taken with both,…