Beltway Bambinos – Page 136 – (re) discover Washington DC through the eyes of your children

Weekend Picks: Get digging, kicking or just mill around Rock Creek Park

Smithsonian Folklife Festival is happening on the National Mall through Sunday and then again July 2-6. As always, check out the Theatre Roundup page for shows! Saturday- 10:00am-12:30pm: Family Garden Day at The National Arboretum (3501 New York Ave., NE, Washington, D.C.) Family Garden Days is an interactive family gardening, nutrition education, and cooking program. It is designed to bring families together at… Continue Reading…

Weekday Adventures: Summer festivals, The Singing Lizard leaps around and movie nights

The Chautauqua Festival is an free, eight-day (June 21-28) family oriented arts and music festival held each year in Elizabeth Brown Park in Downtown Wytheville, VA. Uno, Dos, Tres Con Andres is playing on Wednesday at 10:30am. Road trip anyone? Smithsonian Folklife Festival is also happening on the National Mall beginning on Wednesday. Looking to escape the warmer temperatures this week? There are some new theatre performances… Continue Reading…

Weekend Picks: Dance, eat and have a good weekend!

Have a baseball fan but don’t want to take the family to Nats Stadium? Check out Bethesda Big Train, a summer collegiate league. The stadium is located at 10600 Westlake Drive, Bethesda, MD 20852 Saturday- 10:30am-11:15am: Saturday Song Circle at Imagination Stage (4908 Auburn Ave. Bethesda, Md. 20814) You and your child are invited to a fun, interactive musical experience. An Early Childhood… Continue Reading…

Weekday Adventures: Frogs, Camping & Sky Watching

Hope all the Dads out there had a nice Father’s Day! We had a fun afternoon at the Bowie Baysox game. It’s a close drive from DC and on Fridays and Saturdays they have fireworks. Check it out, baseball fans. Have a great week. We are counting down the days until DC turns on spray at playgrounds during the week,… Continue Reading…

Weekend Picks: Star Wars Yoga and Pilot for a Day

Saturday- 10:00am-2:00pm: Pierce Mill in Rock Creek National Park (Tilden Street (same as Park Road), NW and Beach Drive, Washington, DC 20015) Mill in Operation (11 AM – 2 PM) – watch the waterwheel turn and learn how the flow of water into the “buckets” brings the wheel to life and sets the machinery inside the mill in motion Visitor Center (10… Continue Reading…

Weekday Adventures: Ukuleles, splish-splash and The Wizard of Oz

Monday- 9:30am: Harambe at Bloombars (3222 11th St NW, Washington, DC. 20010) Think of it as your little one’s first opportunity to express his or her voice (into a microphone), dance, play a drum or percussion instrument, shout, or sing-along to songs that build character, confidence and community. 9:30am-11:00am- Rise and Rhyme at Busboys and Poets (5531 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, Md. 20781) Rise + Rhyme… Continue Reading…

Weekend Picks: Trains, trucks, music and art

Beginning Friday is Celebrate Fairfax! Children’s stage, art stage, beer garden, carnival and many stages that have a great line-up for. Uno Dos Tres Con Andres and The Great Zucchini are just a few of the kids favorites who will be on the Children’s Stage. Check the schedule so you don’t miss them. Beauty and the Beast is also playing at Wolf Trap Friday-Sunday…. Continue Reading…