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Mission Viejo Fairy Village for the Holiday Season 2019

by Michele Whiteaker

Mission Viejo Fairy Village Holiday Season fairy home

The Mission Viejo Fairy Village is back for the Holiday Season 2019. The Caring Fairies will be at the Potocki Center for the Arts and the lower Oso Creek Fairy Trail for the holiday season from November 3rd though the end of December. This post has everything you need to know about the 2019 Holiday Season. However, if you want to learn more about the history, I wrote … [Read more...]

El Dorado Park in Mission Viejo

by Michele Whiteaker

El Dorado Park Mission Viejo featured image of neighborhood playground

El Dorado Park in Mission Viejo is such a great little park near an elementary school. I'm so surprised I've missed it all these years, but I think it's because it got a recent upgrade. It happens to have "Swing with Me" swings, so some readers pointed me in the direction of El Dorado Park in Mission Viejo. I love the tall slides and the sand play! Directions to El … [Read more...]

Parks with “Mommy and Me” Baby Swings

by Michele Whiteaker

mommy and me swings parks with swings

Families are looking for parks with "Mommy and Me" baby swings, also known as Expression Swing by their manufacturer (GameTime). I like the Expression Swing because it puts the older rider at the same eye level as the baby or toddler. Another manufacturer has a model called the Generation Swing (by Little Tykes Commercial). The Generation Swing is also a tandem swinging … [Read more...]

Melinda Park in Mission Viejo

by Michele Whiteaker

Melinda Park Mission Viejo

Melinda Park in Mission Viejo sits right along Rancho Santa Margarita Parkway on the border of Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita. It has great views of Saddleback Mountain. Directions to Melinda Park: Sits at the corner of Melinda and Rancho Santa Margarita Parkway. Melinda is between Alicia Parkway and Marguerite Parkway. It's also reachable by taking Olympiad … [Read more...]

Cordova Park in Mission Viejo

by Michele Whiteaker

Longtime reader, Jennifer, told me about Cordova Park in Mission Viejo getting an upgrade in June 2018.  I didn't even have the old playground on my blog. It's a nice park right next to Carl Hankey Elementary and Middle School. It's not a playground you'd drive by unless you lived in the neighborhood or really know your way around Mission Viejo. So when she told me about … [Read more...]

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