Memorial Day weekend is coming up and there's lots going on this week to get you ready for the holiday. It might be nice to take a moment to explain to your kids what Memorial Day is about, and why it's important to honor those who died while serving our country. With summer right around the corner, check out our CT Beach and Water Fun Guide for fun ideas about where to cool off.

We only highlight one event per day in this post, but there are many other suggestions in our Event Calendar. Camps still have spaces open so be sure to check out our Camp Guide for info on day and sleepaway camp options.

The week ahead offers an eclectic mix of things to do around Westchester—everything from farm fun to a museum opening—and we've gathered all the details to help you plan your week!

It isn’t every day that the opportunity to churn butter comes along (especially in suburbia), but that’s just what’s in store at Make Break. Find more hands-on excitement at the opening day of the Westchester Children's Museum, and wee ones will love meeting animals at Little Folk Farm Days.

Read on for our top picks, and check out our Event Calendar and May GoList for lots of other activities you won’t want to miss!

With Memorial Day coming up, there are some early ways for NYC families to get into the spirit of the holiday, like Fleet Week's annual Parade of Ships and the Intrepid's FREE Top Gun screening. A visit to one of NYC's National Parks, strawberry picking and a FREE screening of Big Hero 6 round out the awesome activities on tap this week.

Although we only highlight one event per day in this post, you can find plenty of other options in our Event Calendar and our Spring Fun Guide.

If you've been slacking on your summer camp plans, take note: students only have a few weeks of school left before the season kicks in. Happily, our sponsors are here to help make your search a little easier with deals on summer camps and drop-in classes for a variety of ages and interests.

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The Waldorf Astoria Boca Raton Resort & Club is the most luxurious U.S. vacation destination my family and I have ever visited. The sprawling property feels more like a Caribbean resort than the other beachfront hotels you find in Florida. With a surfing school, a kids’ camp, water sports, the new FlowRider wave simulator, fantastic restaurants, plus a world-class spa, tennis program and golf course, the Waldorf Astoria Boca Raton lets everyone in your family feel entertained, pampered and restored by the time you go home.

The resort is not all-inclusive, and what you save on airfare you’ll easily spend on meals and activities. But the Waldorf Astoria Boca Raton offers an incredibly luxurious and family-friendly Caribbean-style vacation located just an hour's drive from the Fort Lauderdale airport, so no need for passports.

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In first grade my son's teacher noticed that there was a large discrepancy between his capability to verbally demonstrate knowledge and his ability to write and memorize simple three letter sight words. This turned out to be the first clue we had that something was off. When things didn't get easier, we had him tested and found out that he had dyslexia, a learning disability in children affecting reading, writing and spelling. After going down the IEP path, we were fortunate to get him into an incredible school in Manhattan built just for kids with learning differences called The Churchill School. Because, day in and day out, they dealt with kids like my son it was soon suspected that dyslexia wasn't the only issue. Surprise, surprise! ADD was also part of his brain package. We figured that out in 3rd grade. It took a while because there are two types of ADHD: the part with hyper-activity and the part without - called Inattentive Type (which is what my son has). Having these issues definitely serves up some challenges, however with education and clear communication with a child's teachers and pediatrician we can make a world of difference in a child's life. ‬

Some say having ADHD can even be a gift. Come to find out, many famous and brilliant people had ADHD brains. Beethoven, Hans Christian Andersen, Winston Churchill, Leonardo da Vinci, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Benjamin Franklin, Ernest Hemingway, Michael Jordan, Picasso, and the incredible list goes on and on.

Many people are still  unaware of what ADHD really means. The more we all know, the more we can accept and help those wired differently. The other day my younger son was sitting in class while the teacher was explaining to the children what dyslexia and adhd are. My son proudly stated, "Hey! That's what my brother has!" He thought it was pretty cool.

(Read on for lots of facts and resources about ADHD).

There's lots of cool kids' culture happening this week, as well as a slew of awesome outdoor activities. Also, just in time for summer—a new water park!

Ready for a rootin'-tootin' good time? Kids will love the 17th annual Buffalo Watch at Readington River Farm in New Jersey, complete with Wild West cowboys, live music and pony rides. Or spend the day among 30,000 organic flowers at the Tuplic Festival in Riverhead, Long Island; kids can also enjoy hayrides, baby animals and mom, you can pick a bouquet to take home! Enjoy more farm fun at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center's Spring on the Farm Festival Weekend featuring sheepshearing and llama trekking. Also on tap, STEM-tastic Saturday in Westchester, where you can catch a drone and robotics demo, and hit 3D printing, coding and soldering stations.

Our Travel site has details on a new indoor water park, the largest in the northeast, at Camelback Mountain Resort. Zip-lining, an alpine coaster and a treetop adventure course are also offered.

Here's what else we covered on the NYC site this week:

So here's the funny thing (and I'm sure it will make you laugh): I'm going through and updating events, and I'm noticing that a lot of annual summer favorites already have their schedules up. A summer concert series here, a movie series there; no surprise that baseball games are up—they already started—and Hollywood Bowl, of course.

But I'm seeing more and more summer series locked and loaded, ready to go, which is weird, because it's totally still spring; I can tell that from the calendar. May is spring unless there was some act of Congress I missed, and then it hits me: next weekend = Memorial Day. Memorial Day = unofficial start of summer. Transitive property, yada yada, I'm sorry, what? Summer???

And now you see that the laughing I said you would be doing is of the "or else I might cry" variety. Schools start letting out over the next few weeks; I'm sure you've got your camps picked out and know exactly what you're going to do with your kids all summer, and all I have to say to that is, "Ha! Ha Ha!"

Keep reading for some seriously funny events this weekend...