We've compiled info on parades in Litchfield and New Haven counties for you.  Rowayton, Danbury and Trumbull are just a few Fairfield County towns hosting parades and you'll find many more on our events calendar.

The Annual Carnival at the Danbury Fair Mall begins on Saturday and runs through June 9th.  Rides, games and food provide fun for the whole family.

Trans Am Weekend at Lime Rock Park kicks off the racing season.  This annual Memorial Day weekend event will once again be jam packed with top-rank sports car series races featuring the SSCA Pro-Racing Trans-Am Series. 

There's a Free Family Day at the Litchfield History Museum where you can meet live animals, learn a new dance, play old games and make a craft.

The WalkCT Family Ramble begins this weekend at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden.   Each weekend now through October, your family can tackle a new challenge hiking different routes through the park. 

 Following Fairfield's Memorial Day Parade, the town will celebrate with a Memorial Day Picnic at the Fairfield Museum and Historical Society complete with sack races and water balloons. After the Darien Parade, head to Tilly Pond for the Memorial Day Food Fair.  Festivities include live music, games, crafts,a photo booth and of course favorite foods.

Two events on our Best Things to Do in CT in May 2013 list are taking place this weekend.  Crack your first lobster claw of the season at Mystic Seaport's butter-dribbling, shell-sucking, quintessentially New England Lobster Days. The seaport offers a variety of fun and educational activities for kids. In fact I took my children there last weekend and we spent an entire day climbing aboard ships, making toy wooden boats and watching historic demonstrations.  Also on Saturday, root for your favorite rubber duckie to cross the finish line first in Newtown's Great Pootatuck Duck Race and Town Festival.

History comes to life in battlefield reinactments at the Revolutionary War Encampment in Weathersfield. 

Enjoy a free Riverfront Summer Pops Concert in East Hartford.  The Middletown Symphonic Band will kick off the start of the summer concert series with by playing songs that celebrate our wonderful nation this Memorial Day weekend.

It's Splashpad Opening Weekend at Dinosaur Place.   Dinosaur Place is also celebrating Heroe's Weekend by offering free admission for members of the military, police, EMTs and Fire Department.

Attention sports fans: taking the kids to sporting events doesn't have to involve traveling far or going into debt.  We've got the scoop on some Spring and Summer Sporting Events in CT that are closer to home and won't break the bank.  We've also created a list of businesses in Hartford County that offer Autism Resources for families. 

We have a cool project we are working on that you might really like. The Mommy Poppins App will allow you to find all the great places we write about on our sites—spots to create, be active, learn, shop, eat and more—easily on your phone. We've been working on it for months and we are on track to launch in June. But we have a few final hurdles to jump and we're hoping you can help. And we've got some great incentives if you do.

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Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend with your family!