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April – Monthly Roundup
Welcome to the first post of my new Monthly Roundup series. I will be recapping the things we did and places we went at the end of each month. I hope this will help you to discover something new you want to do with your children!
April was a really fun month full of gorgeous color from all the spring blossoms. My girls were eager to spend time outdoors as the weather got nicer.
Places we visited:
• Burnside Farms – blog post here
• Meadowlark Botanical Gardens – blog post here
• Brookside Gardens
• Lake Frank – blog post here
• Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Events we attended:
• Meadowside Nature Center‘s Annual Easter Egg Hunt
• Blue at Imagination Stage – no longer showing but I recommend any of the shows in the “My First Imagination Stage” series for ages 1-5. We’ve seen all of them and they are all great! The next show is Aquarium, June 27-July 26.
Classes/Camps we attended:
• Ballet Petite
• Kids First Swim School – blog post here
• Funfit Tots
• FS Soccer
• My Gym
Parks we played at:
• Hadley’s Playground – Potomac, MD - #41 in a list of the top 50 playgrounds in the US
• North Farm Park – Rockville, MD
• Cabin John Park – Bethesda, MD
• Gravelly Point Park – Arlington, VA
• Montrose Park – Washington, DC
• Avenel Park – Potomac, MD
I hope this roundup has given you some ideas and inspired you to explore something new with your kids!
I use instagram as my everyday blog and share a lot of photos from our adventures on my feed.
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POSTED IN: April Monthly Roundup, Avenel Park, Ballet Petite, Brookside Gardens, Burnside Farms, Cabin John Park, FS Soccer, Funfit Tots, Gravelly Point Park, Hadley's Playground, Imagination Stage, Kids First Swim School, Lake Frank, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Meadowside Nature Center, Montrose Park, My Gym, North Farm Park, Smithsonian's National Zoo
Burnside Farms
Burnside Farms
2617 Longmill Road
Haymarket, Virginia
www.burnsidefarms.com
•Admission is $4 for a day pass, children under 12 months are free
I was online searching for spring festivals in the DC area a couple months ago when I came upon Burnside Farms. After seeing just one photo of the tulip fields, I decided this was a place that we needed to get to this year one way or another. I have a love for flowers and nature and so do my girls. They are happier and behave better when we spend time outside around pretty things!
We arrived at the farm shortly after opening last Sunday morning. We paid the entrance fee and picked up baskets for our tulips. We walked over to the fields and first stopped to try on the wooden clogs. My girls got a kick out of trying these on!
Of course when they saw the giant pair of clogs they had to take turns standing in them!
Then we headed out to find a good picking spot in the fields. There were only a handful of people there early in the morning, so we had plenty of picking space to ourselves. There are advantages to having early rising toddlers!
The view is a feast for the eyes! Absolutely gorgeous!
The girls were really enjoying picking and would have kept going if I let them. But at $1 per stem, I had to cut them off eventually!
We had a wonderful first time at Burnside Farms and definitely plan on going back next year!
Good to Know:
•Admission is $4 for a day pass, children under 12 months are free
•$1 per tulip, $.50 per daffodil.
•45 minute drive from DC.
•Baskets are provided.
•You pay for what you pick. So if you have toddlers picking and they break the tulips, you are still paying for those!
•They do accept credit cards.
•Don’t wear nice shoes because the fields can be muddy.
•Port-a-potties on site.
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