Oakland County Parks and Recreation celebrates National Kids to Parks Day, a nationwide day of outdoor play on May 19th, 2012.

Make memories and introduce kids to the many wonders parks have to offer. Playgrounds keep young ones active and imaginative, while providing an overall pleasant park outing for families, play groups and individuals. Oakland County Parks and Recreation’s 14 playgrounds each have unique features to create a safe experience.

There's a lot of competition for your youth sports dollars in Oakland County when it comes to flag football. The Michigan Youth Flag Football Leauge is rapidly expanding across Oakland County and Metro Detroit. After a summer league and a fall league stint in i9 Sports, we decided to try the Michigan Youth Flag Football League for this spring for my son. Here is a review... But first, my usual youth sports league review disclaimer...

Valerie van Heest is an award-winning local author and filmmaker with a great focus on Michigan history. Her story for how she began her journey as an author on the subject of Great Lakes shipwrecks is quite intriguing. I interviewed Valerie so she could tell us more.

Troy Gymnastics is offering a special deal for Oakland County Moms readers - Try any 4 of Troy Gymnastics' fitness or martial arts classes for just $30 (a savings of 50%)!

Troy Gymnastics offers fitness, kickboxing, Jiu Jitsu and strength and conditioning classes Monday - Friday for kids and adults. Choose from the following classes: