Play Ideas

Mr. Play Parks spends long hours at his office and yearns to get outdoors on the weekends. Our day trips aren’t really enough for a guy who spent a childhood …

My brain has been working overtime to answer the question of what to do with your kids over this winter break.  You know what?  The answers are so simple! #1 …

One of the pitfalls of a park website is much less readers when the weather is cold or at times when lots of family activities take us away from our …

I strayed from my online duties this weekend and spent time with my family and friends. My Instagram photos turned out to sum up our time away pretty well.  I …

An eye for photography and a place to post my new art is one of the best benefits of blogging. Noel from Bosh Images and Lindsey from Modchick Photography talked …

“I’m just a mom.” (It’s my answer when I’m asked what I do.) “I’m just a mom blogging about playgrounds,” I say. (Hear the crickets?) Lately, I’ve been having a …

I love Yosemite in the fall!  We left at 1pm on Friday and got back at 8pm on Sunday.  We felt like we really “got away from it all” and …

Dear Moms-Who-Worry-They-Are-Not-Doing-Enough: I know you look around and see: sporty families doing sports, artsy families with kids in dance, theater or music, the pressures of test-based schooling and homework. You …

I had the opportunity to go to the Grassroots Gathering of the Children and Nature Network in San Diego last week. I met really inspiring people running amazing programs- and …

Johanna Spyri wrote Heidi in 1884. I’ve been reading it aloud to my family in 2011. Oh, what a story! It’s so poetic with the words tumbling and splashing like …