Now in its fifth year, the Cambridge Science Festival is bigger than ever before.

Navigating the complex schedule of over 200 events over a nine-day period, April 20-29, can be a little overwhelming, especially if you’re trying to figure out which activities are best for your kids. I’ve picked a few great events for kids and families – read on for details about a few family-friendly highlights of this year’s festival.

Spring Break is gone and it's time to be dreaming about summer vacation plans and long Spring weekends. Perhaps a special Mother's Day trip, hint, hint? This week's round up of family travel deals features some big dream vacations to places like Thailand, China, Mexico and a sweet road trip package to the Southwest US. Because some of these deals are so good, these vacations might become more than just a dream.

If you’re living in the central Connecticut area then Massachusetts is a great place to visit for a day trip. Being our neighboring state it’s only a quick car ride away and offers plenty of fun locations to check out with your family. Filled with an array of historic sites and entertaining tourist attractions you will have no trouble finding a choice for your one day getaway.

It's been a relatively quiet week in terms of posts at Mommy Poppins as we've been spending quality time with our kids over spring break. If you follow our Facebook page, then you know we've been on lots of fun NYC adventures, like strutting our bonnets in last Sunday's Easter Parade, checking out the cool cars at the New York International Auto Show and getting our hands dirty (literally) at the New York Botanical Garden.

Our sister sites have also been enjoying some well-earned downtime over break but there are still plenty of great posts, especially if you're looking for a last-minute day trip. We've rounded up great things to do with kids in Connecticut's Litchfield County and Long Island's Oyster Bay, or you can check out Adventure Aquarium's brand-new KidZone in Camden, New Jersey.

Here's what else we shared this week on our NYC site.

With the spring weather warming up, we are all searching for outdoor activities that the whole family can enjoy. Who doesn’t love to find hidden treasure? I was excited to bring my son along and go on our first geocaching adventure together as research for this post! Check out some information about geocaching in New Jersey and join the NJ kids and families that are already out there treasure hunting!

This weekend, Long Island is celebrating spring with lots of outdoor activities (and we're finally supposed to have beautiful weekend weather as well). Long Island state parks are offering lots of spring activities this weekend: Take the kids fishing at Caleb Smith or Belmont parks, or celebrate spring at Nissequogue Park. Or you can check out the Ants Alive exhibit at Garvies Point Museum and Preserve. Whatever you do, get out and celebrate spring!

Now that we've all (hopefully) recovered from our spring candy sugar coma, I'm sure getting out there to enjoy a beautiful weekend with your kids is at the top of your to-do list. We've got tons of activities to get you started; like a bug and dino festival, a birthday party for wolves, a seeing eye dog demonstration, and a day at the fair. Read on for our picks and remember, you can always find a full list of all NJ weekend activities for kids in our Event Calendar.  Enjoy this springtime weekend, NJ!
 

This weekend kicks off a whole host of special events, starting with April vacation and Patriots Day, to the Boston Marathon, the opening of the Swan Boats and Earth Day celebrations. Read on for our top picks, and be sure to check our calendar for more activities.

This week, we launched our Weekend Getaway series with some great ideas of things to do with kids in Portland, ME. Look for future posts about great weekend family destinations, and please let us know if there’s an area you’d like us to investigate! And Tara gives some insights into her daughter's experiences with the Boston Children’s Chorus, a wonderful organization in which kids from all around Boston come together to make beautiful music.