Griggs Park in St. Paul has family friendly amenities including a recently renovated playground, sports fields and courts and a picnic area. In the winter families can skate and sled. Nature Themed Play Area at Griggs Park As part of a recent renovation of the Rec Center, a large, nature-themed play area was added. While […]
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Burnsville Center is an indoor mall in Burnsville. It has more than 140 specialty stores, restaurants, and eateries. Larger stores include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Gordmans, JCPenney, Macy’s and Sears. It has a children’s play area and other family-friendly amenities. Nikki at Minnemama lists this mall among her favorites for indoor play spaces (although not actually
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Court Square Park in Belle Plaine is adjacent to the historic Hooper Bowler Hillstrom House (home of the famous two-story outhouse). Amenities include a playground, a picnic shelter with a kitchen and restroom facilities, four barbecue grills, horseshoe pits. Court Square Park Playground This parks playground equipment includes slides, swings, merry-go-round, play system, jungle gym. Restrooms are
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Savage Canterbury Park is a neighborhood park, not to be confused with the track in Shakopee of the same name. The park is 20 acres and amenities include a playground with some tot-friendly equipment, a nature trail, a picnic shelter and grill, and sports fields. In the winter, it has a skating rink with a
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Boudin’s Acres Park is a smaller park, only 5 1.2 acres. Amenities include a playground with a somewhat challenging climbing structure and a smaller tot area. It also has an open picnic shelter and grill, nature area and ball field. There is a seasonal port-a-potty available. Taking the Family Pet to Boudin’s Acres Park Leashed
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Scheid Park in Golden Valley is almost 10 acres and offers families amenities including playground equipment, a four-square court, walking paths, sports fields and winter recreation. There is off-street parking available. Summer Fun at Scheid Park In summer, families will enjoy the playground equipment, which was completely overhauled in the spring of 2019. The new
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Finding Dory premiered on Friday, June 17, and it is a delight. I took my boys to the media preview (thanks to Allied Integrated Marketing Minneapolis) as a surprise and we were not disappointed. It was full of emotions, and I found myself laughing out loud on multiple occasions. While it had some sad parts, the sadness was
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White Bear Lake County Park has a good sized playground and several picnic tables throughout the park as well as a guarded beach during the summer months. There are no shelters or other places to rent for birthday parties at this park. It does have a boat launch. White Bear Lake County Park Beach This
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Twin Cities Dads Group is a diverse community of Minnesota fathers who take an active role in the lives of their children. Several times a month, the group hosts meet-ups with kids at parks, playgrounds, museums, sporting events, parent-and-me classes, and all over the Twin Cities metro. The group also hosts Dads Nights Out to
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The Lyndale School Wading Pool is located at Lyndale Community School, but owned and operated by the Park Board. It is open mid-June through late August, just prior to school resuming. The public is welcome to swim and use the playground when school is not in session.
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