PawSox: An Alternative to Fenway for Boston Kids

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Watching the Red Sox play at Fenway can be a magical experience. But when you’re bringing young children, it can turn into something, well, less than magical. Instead of being awe-inspiring, the massive and crowded stadium might be terrifying to your little one. You end up leaving before the end of the first inning or spending the entire game at the overpriced concession stands. That’s a whole lotta moolah down the drain.

There is one day a year when you can experience the magic of watching a game at Fenway without breaking the bank: Futures at Fenway. For the rest of baseball season, there's the Pawtucket Red Sox (PawSox), welcoming Boston families to their home stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.  Read on for 5 reasons to go to a PawSox game, plus 5 tips for getting the most out of the experience.

Ice Castles NH: A Real-Life Frozen Palace in Lincoln

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Whether you’re planning a skiing and snowboarding trip in the White Mountains of New Hampshire or you’re a world-class armchair traveler, the Ice Castle is a must-see on your Lincoln, NH winter itinerary. These glimpses of Ice Castles New Hampshire's magnificence are for your enjoyment, enchantment and daydreams. Maybe you'll even be inspired to create your own ice palace at home. 

Kennett Symphony of Chester County's Annual Children's Concert and Instrument Zoo

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Are you tired of listening to The Wiggles, Kidz Bop or Nursery Rhyme CDs with your children? Then, why not open your kids’ eyes (and ears) to the sounds of the symphony!

The Kennett Symphony of Chester County is offering a family-friendly concert, Sunday March 1, 2015  at Lincoln University. On Sunday, March 8, 2015 the same concert is performed at West Chester University. Admission is only $5 per ticket. I have taken my three kids as well as my husband to this concert in the past and it truly is a wonderful experience for children of all ages.

Maple Sugaring in Fairfield County

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First, a confession: I feel a little like this prolonged winter may be my fault. For the last few years, my family has ushered in spring by adopting a maple tree at the New Canaan Nature Center (one of our favorite outdoor spots in Fairfield County), and we have happily counted down the last few days of winter by wandering out into the snow to collect our sap and appreciate the arrival of the spring thaw.

This year, however, our schedules got busy and we decided to forgo this ritual, and now we appear to be stuck in endless winter. Coincidence? I think not.

This Week: Best March Events for NYC Families, Camelback Mountain Resort in the Poconos, St. Patrick's Day Celebrations for Kids

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With ice and dirty snow piled up everywhere we turn, it's hard to believe that spring is just three weeks away. Our just published March GoList highlights balmy seasonal favorites like Macy's Flower Show and St. Patrick's Day Parades. And yet with temperatures below freezing for the foreseeable future, I bet we're going to be consulting our list of 50 things to do indoors with kids in NYC for a while longer.

But even though it feels like winter is going to last forever, it won't, so it's getting down to the wire for ice-skating, snow tubing and skiing. Our Travel site just posted a review of the popular Camelback Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains if you can squeeze in a last-minute winter day trip.

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

El Museo del Barrio Provides Free Family Activities

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We finish up our series of posts on East Harlem with a look at El Museo del Barrio, the northernmost institution on Museum Mile (at least until the Africa Center opens). Founded in 1969 by NYC-born artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz, who recognized a need for a museum dedicated to Latino culture and art, El Museo moved to its current location in the Heckscher Building in 1978 and underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation in 2009. The museum's permanent collection features more than 6,500 objects that span eight centuries of Latin American, Caribbean and Latino art, and it mounts temporary exhibits, too. However, with only two galleries, the museum isn't able to showcase that much work at once.

But what El Museo lacks in space, it makes up for in rich family programming like FREE monthly family festivals, and popular annual cultural celebrations like Day of the Dead and the Three Kings Day Parade. And since it's located one block north of the Museum of the City of New York and across the street from Central Park, a visit here can turn into an enriching day-long itinerary.

Best Things To Do This Weekend with LA Kids: Bikes, Seuss, and Purim February 28 - March 1

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Forget about the lion: March is coming in like a firecracker. There's some serious Seussing this weekend, and heaping platters of hamantaschen ahead. (Wash them down with half price drinks)

The bicycle is getting a lot of love this weekend, as are the camellia, vegans, Gene Autry, and old-fashioned toys. There are holidays you know, some you never heard of, and some you may suspect are made up. There is science, and there is cake. Life here, as always, is good.

Now go catch the last hurrah of February (it's full of stars!) and full steam ahead for another great month, (hint: there's going to be a lot of green coming your way!)

Keep reading for some roaring good picks for this weekend...

Easy Kids Craft: Sock Snowmen

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Where do all those missing socks go? Instead of getting frustrated, turn those unpaired socks into snowmen in just three easy steps.  This no-sew craft recycles unmatched socks into adorable snowmen.  Add a couple buttons, a pipe-cleaner nose, and those mismatched socks will be transformed into this friendly little Frosty. Next time you are asked, "do you want to build a snowman?" you can smile, sort through the laundry, and say, "yes!"

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