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Hi y'all!

Happy Friday everyone... and welcome to all our new subscribers! We all welcomed the official start of Fall this week. And with it, baby watch is in full effect in our house. M3 is officially due next week, so be on the lookout for a birth announcement! Things will likely be a little quieter than normal once he arrives, but you can check out our Fall posts here all season long and all the posts in our latest series, Art History for Preschool to stay entertained.

New and Noteworthy

Art History for Preschool

Since many of you new subscribers are here due to the latest post in my Art History for Preschool series, I'm sharing the Elmer Meets Kandinsky printable again! You can download the free, printable Elmer template here. All the posts to date can be found on the series landing page, as well as on our Art for Kids board on Pinterest, along with countless others we have found from around the web! What artist or famous work of art would you love to see us take on next?

DIY Fall Leaf Garland

Monday, I shared the girls and my latest home decor creation... they painted, I cut and assembled this awesome DIY Fall Leaf Garland. If I may say so, it looks even better than the one that inspired us at the craft store AND cost us half the price! Win-win!

We shared this on Monday to go alongside our post in the weekly #KidBloggersofIG Activity Round-Up, featuring 12 Leaf activities from some of our favorite Kid Bloggers on Instagram. Don't miss this Monday's round-up, featuring SPIDERS! Follow me on Instagram @PGPBMeghan and check out #KBIGRoundUp for the last two week's activity posts!

Bella Gravida - Subscription Service for Maternity Wear

What I wouldn't have given for this service 4 years ago?!?! The first thing you will discover, as your first trimester comes to an end and your normal clothes no longer fit, is that maternity clothes are a) not very attractive and b) the ones that are, are super expensive. Enter Bella Gravida - with monthly subscriptions starting as low as $39/month, you can set up a rotating maternity wardrobe, including shipping and laundry service.

September Selection for Mom's Book Nook

Who's reading The Nightingale with us this month? Join us by reading along and participating in our online discussion on Facebook - this Monday, 9/28 at 9PM ET. Learn more about the book, the author and all the details for Mom's Book Nook in our monthly post. All discussion participants can enter for a chance to win a $10 gift card to buy next month's book, and give your input for next month's book selection!

Fall Favorite: Caramel Pecan Apple Cupcakes

Today we are sharing one of our family's favorite recipes - my Great Grandmother's Lazy Daisy cake - kicked up a notch with caramel, pecan and apple flavors! This is a sponsored post, and includes a giveaway for a KitchenAid Mixer, so be sure to check it out and enter to win!

It's Friday, We're In Love

It's Friday, We're In Love is our Friday series we share with eight other co-hosts to bring you weekly, round-ups featuring posts we LOVE on themes you'll LOVE too! The first round-up, featuring 50+ Apple Activities, Crafts and Recipes, was published by Laura at Sunny Day Family last week. Last week, I published 50+ Autumn Leaf Activities, Crafts and Decor! And this week, Crafty Kids at Home is featuring a great round-up of Owl posts!

We are still gathering posts to feature on our other great Fall topics (pumpkins, Fall decor and more!) - and just announced all our Holiday topics open for new link-up submissions! You can find all the themes on the series landing page.

Getting to Know You...

Each week, you get a little glimpse into my life... I'd love to get know all of you better too! Drop me a line anytime just by replying to this email - tell me what about Playground Parkbench you are loving and wish we did more of, what you could live without, and why you follow us. Are you a parent? A preschool teacher? A grandparent? How old are your kids? And invite your friends to join us on the Playground Parkbench too!

Monday Activity Round Up...

Instagram Activity Hop - this Fall we will be doing a micro-blog hop each week on Instagram with 12 kid bloggers. What does that mean? It means you can quickly flip through 12 images to get inspired with great ideas for kids' activities in 2 minutes! Follow us @PGPBMeghan or #KBIGroundup to see all the posts every Monday at 10AM ET (new time!). Next week will feature Spiders!