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Hi y'all!
Happy Friday everyone... and Happy Halloween weekend! Thanks for bearing with me this last month. Last we spoke, we were waiting for Baby M to make his appearance, and what an arrival it was - you can catch the full birth story here, as well as the first pics of our new little man! We are finally falling into a new rhythm with 3 kids 4 and under, and fortunately, the little guy is super mellow! Check out all that's happened so far this month, and what's in store for the coming weeks! As always, you can find all our Fall posts here all season long and all the posts in our latest series, Art History for Preschool on the landing page.
New and Noteworthy
Since many of my new subscribers sign up for printables from a specific post (which may or may not be a current week's post), I now have a password protected landing page for ALL my printables. This is being made available ONLY to you, my awesome newsletter subscribers. To access all the printables and related posts, visit PGPB Printables and enter password: thankyou2015
Please do not share this page or password with others. The password will be updated regularly, and provided to subscribers in my weekly newsletter.
No new posts in the series this YET - but we did get back to it this week! Stay tuned for our post next week featuring Rousseau's The Jungle! 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?
Happy Halloween!!!
A baby sure slows down the editorial calendar... but we still have been busy doing holiday activities, and I finally got a few of them posted this week. Check out our Halloween Sensory Bin with Creepy Crawly Critters and FREE STEM Printables, featured in this week's Halloween-themed #KBIGRoundUp on Instagram.
On Tuesday, I gave the how-to on our Pottery Barn-inspired $5 DIY Halloween Banner. I am not uber crafty, and Big M, my 4 year old, did the stenciling - if we can do it, anyone can!
And finally, Big M's first ever post idea and self-made recipe - Candy Corn Cupcakes, an easy and festive Halloween dessert! And now that she has started, she is on a roll - stay tuned for her next inspired idea, Play Dough Princess Dresses, coming soon!
Holiday Brunch Inspiration
Hosting house guests this holiday season? Or a holiday brunch? You may want to once you see how easy our Cranberry Rosemary Egg Strata with bacon is to prep and serve!
Thanks to all who joined in our discussion of Girl on a Train Monday night. You can catch all the books we've read for Mom's Book Nook to date on the new series landing page. We announce a new book on the 1st Monday of the month, and host a discussion via Facebook event on the last Monday of each month - participants can enter to win next month's book FREE. Stay tuned for the announcement of our November book on Monday, 11/2.
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! Check out all our co-host round-ups to date:
We are now gathering posts to feature on all our Winter and Holiday topics! You can find all the themes and check out the posts shared 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? I love all the replies I get to my intro welcome email, but if I didn't hear from you then, feel free to introduce yourself now. And invite your friends to join us on the Playground Parkbench too!
Monday Activity Round Up...
Instagram Activity Round Up - this Fall we started 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 Monday will feature ways to Give Back, Give Thanks!
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Happy Friday everyone!
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