Children's Museum of Sonoma County

Peanuts headquarters: comic-strip exhibits and hands-on cartooning at the museum, then public skating across the street in the rink Charles Schulz built.

Santa Rosa's original play cafe: a real breakfast-and-lunch restaurant with a supervised play area built in, so kids roam while you finish a hot coffee.

A toddler play area for ages 4 and under, a mega play structure for 4 to 10, and a Saturday-morning Little Leapers hour at Sky Zone for ages 6 and under.

A renovated motor lodge on Cleveland Ave with an outdoor pool, fire pits and family rooms, minutes from the Schulz Museum.

Burgers with a play area, chalkboard walls and foosball tables, and a kids menu for 12 and under.

A shallow instructional pool next to the lap pool and a 140-foot water slide; kids need to be 48 inches to ride it.