Fun and Free Friday: Go to a New Park!

You guys, kids' activities are expensive. I love a good trip to the museum or zoo or Lego Land but you can't do it every day. On Fridays, I am going to highlight fun and free activities to do with your kids.

My hope is for this day to be taken over by you all, my friends. I want you to showcase what you know about fun and free things to do in your cities. So, if you have a hot tip to share with us or just want to show off how awesome your city is for kids for when we come visit, just let me know! I'd love to share this space with you.

For now, I'm going to give you ideas that you can find in almost any city.

Let's go to a free park. If you live in our neighborhood, you know that I'm at local park every stinking day pushing kids on the swing. I'm close to hiring myself out. I can handle pushing swings after a long work day, but on the weekend I can't handle pushing one more swing. You know what makes Bo not even realize there is a swing- going to new a brand new park (or at least one that you haven't been to in a while). It might not even be a cool park. It might even look the exact same as your normal park. It could even be worse than your park, Whatever the case, since it's new, your kids are going to play for a long long time and have tons of fun. What else could be better! Look, I know that this is not a groundbreaking idea but I feel like  I often forget the old standbys.


How do you find these new playgrounds? A good old Google of "Best  Playgrounds in _______". Here is a list of the best playgrounds in Chicago!

Hope you enjoy a fun and free Friday! (or any day!)