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Jump into fun with the top kids indoor playgrounds and play spaces in Boston! Photo courtesy of Boston Playground
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Big league fun awaits at Boston's top attractions for kids. Photo courtesy of Fenway Park
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Vermont's Mountain Top Resort is as picturesque as a New England family getaway could be. Photo by Gary Hall
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Indoors and out and about, there are so many thing to do in Boston with kids before they grow up! Photo courtesy of the Rose Kennedy Greenway website
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Take flight at Story Land in New Hampshire, one of the top New England theme parks for kids and families! Photo courtesy of the park.
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Teatime meets playtime in Beverly. Photo courtesy of the Children's Piazza
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Hiking is just one of many things to do in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire, but it sure delivers great views!
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Step into family fun in the Merrimack Valley. Photo courtesy of the Salisbury Beach Partnership.
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The Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial. Photo courtesy of the National Parks Service
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Science experiments and STEM activities for kids entrance children with their
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New England sleepaway camps get kids out into nature. Photo courtesy of Night Eagle Wilderness Adventure Camp
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No messy, dripping fingers when you eat watermelon on a stick.
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8/30/16 - By Stephanie Ogozalek

Top 3 Boston Besties Category as of November 20, 2016

 

Category WINNERS 1st Place 2nd Place
Local Social Media Mom or Dad Boston Mamas/Christine Koh Misadventures in Mommyhood/Kristin Quinn Keeping Mommy Sane/Jessica Grimes
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 Jam Time The Little Gym
Birthday Party Entertainer Jeff Jam Jungle Jim Boston Jenny the Juggler
Birthday Party Venue Sky Zone Boston JumpOnIn Legoland Discovery Center
Kids' Museum  Boston Children's Museum  Museum of Science The Discovery Museums
Family Dining Spot Not Your Average Joe's Regina Pizzeria Legal Seafood
Local Kindie Band or CD Karen K and the Jitterbugs Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys Josh and the Jamtones
Independent Book/Toy Store The Curious George Store Henry Bear's Park  Magic Beans 
Place for Animal Encounters The New England Aquarium Franklin Park Zoo Southwick's Zoo
Pediatric Dentist The Center for Pediatric Dental Care and Orthodontics Boston Children's Hospital Department of Dentistry Smiles by Rosie
Place to Learn a Foreign Language Pine Village Spanish Immersion Preschool ABC Spanish in Motion Yak Academy
Sports Program or Class My Gym The Skating Club of Boston Skating Academy Super Soccer Stars
Kids Theater Class or Program Wheelock Family Theatre Boston Children's Theater  Watertown Children's Theater
Place to Learn to play an Instrument Brookline Music School Groovy Baby Music School of HONK!
Baby & Me Class Music Together Jitterbugs Music  Mama & Me 
STEM Program MIT Museum Einstein's Workshop  Harvard Museum of Natural History
New Business/Family Spot Boston Public Market Assembly Row   Goldfish Swim School
Swimming Class YMCA of Greater Boston Goldfish Swim School Dedham Health & Athletic Complex
Kids Clothing/Baby Gear Store Hanna Andersson Two Little Monkeys Growing Up Children's Resale Boutique
Art Class or Program Museum of Fine Arts Boston Kidcasso Art Studio Arlington Center for the Arts
Dance Studio Boston Ballet School The Dance Academy Joanne Langione Dance Center
Summer Day Camp Mass Audubon Camps JCC of Greater Boston  Steve & Kate's Camp
Family Theater Wheelock Family Theater Puppet Showplace Theater North Shore Music Theater

 

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Stephanie Ogozalek

Stephanie was only eight-years-old when she watched Rhoda Morgenstern attempt to toss her hat into the air in the middle of a busy, '70s NYC street. She knew right away that she had to live there. Nearly 40 years later, Stephanie does live here, is married with a son, and can’t imagine residing anywhere else. In addition to being mom and all the “jobs” that come with that title, she is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the magazines Saveur, Chile Pepper and Family Fun, and on Disney’s website Go.com.

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