Indoor Adventures

Sterling Community Center 120 Enterprise St. Sterling, VA 20164 (map it) (703) 430‑9480 This Friday (6÷6÷2008) from 9:30-11am is your last chance (until September) to catch what may be the best value in indoor play in Loudoun County. I have been hear­ing about tot time at the Sterling Community Center for months, but this week […]

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970 Edwards Ferry Rd (map it) Leesburg, VA 20176 As with the Burger King down in Chantilly, we love that the indoor play area here has booths in a room sep­a­rate from the rest of the restau­rant. It’s a friendly and cozy place to run the kids on days when the weather isn’t coop­er­at­ing or days […]

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Active Family Services, LLC is proud to announce our new Loudoun Family Calendar. This is the resource I dreamed of when I new to the area, new to stay­ing at home with my chil­dren, and new to moth­er­ing two chil­dren. I hope it will help other par­ents and child­care providers to eas­ily find places & […]

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Bowl America Dranesville 46940 Woodson Drive Sterling, VA 20164 (map it) (703) 430‑1350 We man­aged to avoid test­ing the food and the video games, but we did try out the lanes at Bowl America last week­end. The bumpers made the game more fun for my two and four year olds. And maybe I have been […]

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Dulles Town Center 21100 Dulles Town Circle Dulles, Virginia 20166–2400 The Dulles Town Center’s play area is in the cen­ter of the mall’s upper level just out­side the food court, and above the area where Santa and the Easter Bunny make their sea­sonal appear­ances. This play space truly delights my chil­dren. The only down­side is […]

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UPDATE: A while back the Play’n Around Gym changed own­er­ship and became known as Sense Abilities for Kids which did not last long. Sadly, as far as I know it was not replaced. Click here for list­ings on other indoor play options. My chil­dren have been to open play at the Play’n Around Gym a […]

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Pump It Up

November 12, 2007

Pump It Up 73 Lawson Road SE Leesburg, VA 20175 (map it) (703) 443‑1400 My kids had no idea what a fun morn­ing they were in for when I told them we were going to a spe­cial jump­ing place. They loved Pump It Up, and did more run­ning than jump­ing! The nitty gritty: bath­rooms were […]

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Beans in the Belfry

November 3, 2007

Beans in the Belfry 122 West Potomac Street Brunswick, MD 21716 (301) 834‑7178   I may have raved about other cafes, but Beans in the Belfry is my favorite in the Tri-State area. They have a doll house. They have dress up clothes. They have books. They have toys. They have so much to look […]

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Burger King w/ Play Area

October 13, 2007

Burger King 4406 Chantilly Shopping Ctr Chantilly, VA (703) 378‑1653 We rarely enter a fast food restau­rant for the food alone. The draw is usu­ally the clean restroom, quick drive thru or the play area. The food is just our ticket in. In this case the draw was the play area. For my TV starved […]

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