Leesburg, VA

15789 Temple Hall Lane Leesburg, VA (map it) 703−779−9372 Temple Hall Regional Farm, just north of Leesburg, brings out the cute side in kids. They have a play­ground, lots of ani­mals, hayrides, clean porta-potties, and more. Jogging or off-road strollers or car­ri­ers work best for trans­port­ing lit­tle folks not up to walk­ing, but I have […]

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If co-sleeping, baby wear­ing, cloth dia­per­ing (CD), extended nurs­ing, or gen­tle dis­ci­pline (GD) are terms that ring a bell for you, and you are in Loudoun County, then the Leesburg attach­ment par­ent­ing meetup group might be a good fit for you. This local group — the name says Leesburg, but there are mem­bers from all over […]

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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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You’ll find this series on our com­mu­nity cal­en­dar. My fond­est mem­o­ries of our first sum­mer in Leesburg were moments filled with music on these Saturday nights. The con­certs are always fam­ily friendly, and chil­dren often gather to dance and frolic near the stage. The con­certs are free so you can spend your money on gelato […]

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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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21085 The Woods Road Leesburg, VA 20175 (map it) (703) 669‑0316 Banshee Reeks is another one of Loudoun’s secret trea­sures. When I first heard about Banshee Reeks at an EcoStewards Alliance event a few years ago the name threw me a bit. Banshee Reeks? Sounds kind of wild and scary.… Truth be told, due to […]

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407 E. Market Street Leesburg, VA 20176 (map it) If you’ve been in the Leesburg area for a while Douglass Park is not big news, but if you’re new to the area or new to the park stage of par­ent­ing then it may be new to you. I think Douglass Community cen­ter play­ground is the […]

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335 East Market Street (map it) Leesburg, VA 20176 A place for my kids to play and an effi­cient drive through are the best mar­ket­ing a fast food restau­rant can offer me. This McDonald’s has an out­door play place. It’s a bit dingy and needs some updates, but my kids don’t care. We recently met some […]

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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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