Ashburn, VA

Info about the upcom­ing Ashburn MOMS Clubs’ preschool forum is quickly spread­ing through var­i­ous moms groups through­out the county. The announce­ment fol­lows. The MOMS Clubs® of the Ashburn Area are pleased to present: Ashburn Preschool Forum Saturday, January 23, 2010 9:00am – 12:00pm The Mills Recreation Center 43895 Grottoes Drive in Ashburn Village Are you […]

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Just pop­ping on to my neglected blog to share info on an upcom­ing book sale that has been passed along to me… Come buy used chil­dren and teen books, videos, and music at the Ashburn Library Advisory Board (ALAB) sale on Sat, June 27th, 10 am to 4:30 pm at Ashburn Library ( 43316 Hay Rd […]

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Valerie Cook of Better Choices, a ven­dor par­tic­i­pat­ing in Earth Day @ Loudoun 2009, asked me to pass the fol­low­ing announce­ment along: EarthDay@Loudoun 2009 Family Festival will be held on Sunday, April 26th from 11–3 at the Willow Creek Farm by Clyde’s, 42920 Broadlands Blvd.  Vendors will be offer­ing green ser­vices and goods.  Local artists will […]

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I have never been to the Ashburn MOMS club annual preschool forum, but their spread­sheet cat­a­loging local preschools and the scrib­bled notes of par­ents who attend are hot com­modi­ties passed around moms groups through­out Loudoun County each year. Here’s the info they passed along announc­ing their upcom­ing event! The MOMS Clubs® of the Ashburn Area are […]

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The Leesburg/ Ashburn Moms Meetup Group is fan­tas­tic. I have con­nected with won­der­ful moth­ers who I admire in all of the groups I have joined over the years, but never before did I see so many in the same group shar­ing with and sup­port­ing each other. There are moms of all ages and all parenting […]

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Jumping Jack Sports

June 29, 2008

JumpingJackSports.com 44710 Cape Court Suite #128 Ashburn, VA 20147 (map it) (703) 858‑9901 I have not checked this place out yet but have heard good things. In the mean­time, check out their site. If you’ve been there, please share your impres­sions by leav­ing a comment below.

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Campaign for Loudoun’s Future recently spon­sored a local foods and farms cel­e­bra­tion. American Flatbread, a new restau­rant in Ashburn which uses some local ingre­di­ents for their piz­zas, helped to host the event — which made it into The Post and Leesburg Today. The kids and I stopped by the event, but I was too wiped out by […]

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Ashburn (Dinosaur) Park

June 28, 2008

43546 Partlow Road Ashburn, VA (map it) Ashburn (aka Dinosaur) Park made it onto About.com’s best play­grounds in Virginia list. Who knew we were so lucky? This play­ground holds a spe­cial spot in our hearts as it is one of the first places we vis­ited when Peter was try­ing to sell me on the prospect of […]

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A local mom shared a site with me that could prove use­ful given all the upcom­ing sum­mer movie screen­ings. kids-in-mind.com reviews movies and rates their appro­pri­ate­ness for chil­dren. I have looked over the reviews of a few movies we have seen recently and they seem to be accu­rate and thor­ough. Summer Family Movie Screenings: Regal […]

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