It’s Valentine’s Day! And President’s Day Weekend! Oh, so much time to hang out with your loved ones, with added extra time to fight and whine… Right. You may need find something to do with all that “bonding time.”  Free Museum Monday Various Locations Valentine’s Day is great and all, but don’t forget your kids are most likely off of school on Monday, February 16th, for a slightly less romantic holiday - President’s day. Lucky for you, it’s a great day to explore some of your local museums that are holding free events in honor of the old dudes. The Ronald Reagan Library has founding father fun from 10am-3pm at their Simi Valley location. Music, storytelling, presidential lookalikes, and other fun activities are all free and open to the public. Just be aware, there is a fee if you want to go in the museum to visit their other amazing exhibits. LACMA is free and open to the public from 11am-5pm. They are offering bilingual tours, performances, programs, and even a UKULELE PLAYER. Seriously, that’s fun stuff. The Autry Museum is also free, open from 10am-4pm, and offers country flavored fun like panning for gold and making your own green-screen cowboy movie. Let’s make President’s day special! It's what Washington would have wanted...  Mardi Gras Celebration at the Farmers Market Los Angeles Just because you have kids doesn’t mean you can’t party like the old days! Especially when it comes to Mardi Gras. This Saturday, February 14th and Sunday, February 15th, plus Fat Tuesday, February 17th, head to the Farmers Market on 3rd Street and Fairfax in LA for a full on celebration with music, bead throwing, bands, plus kid friendly activities and a Mutti Gras Pet Parade. It’s free so just swing on by and have a blast! Just like the old days! But…keep your shirt on this time, ok?  Whale Weekend Santa Monica A great outdoors and low cost event for the weekend involves my favorite animals - WHALES! Head to the Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium between 12:30 and 5 on Saturday, February 14th, or Sunday, February 15th for themed activities and whale watching fun. Naturalists will be out on the pier helping you catch a peek and answer questions. It’s $5 for adults and free for kids, so it’s a fun and low-cost activity. Plus, there are WHALES!!! My FAVORITE ANIMALS!  Valentine’s Day at Descanso Gardens La Canada-Flintridge Descanso Gardens is a beautiful place to visit, no matter what day. But on Valentine’s Day you have even more reason to go! Between 9am and 5pm on Saturday, February 14th, you can visit the grounds and enjoy the scenery, plus hit the photo kiosk and watch some romantic Shakespeare performed by the California Shakespeare Ensemble. Tickets are $9 for adults, $4 for kids 4-12 and you can get the details here. It’s supposed to be beautiful out this weekend, so why not go with your kids and enjoy it?  Oscar Goes Outdoors! Santa Monica Mountains
Ok, so you are not an Oscar contender…this year. But why not celebrate the award season with the National Park Service and their series of cool events. It’s Sunday, February 15th, from 9:30am-4pm and it’s free and open to all. There will be plenty of pictures, presentations, and insider stories on hand at the Santa Monica Visitors Center, behind the scenes info on Paramount Ranch, and photos of movie sets from Oscar contenders. Your kids can act out their best cowboy fantasies while you act out your Oscar acceptance speech fantasies at the same time! ”I’d like to thank my agent, my mom, my psychic, and my personal trainer.” Share your ideas for fun family activities by following me on Twitter @nickerberger, catching the SCV Buzz on KHTS AM 1220, or watching CTV’s The Buzz.
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If you have an easier time remembering the Wifi password than your kid’s middle name (Bobby? Beauregard? Something like that…) you may need to unplug for a few and head out with those little ones-whatever their names are.  Santa Anita Race Track Family Fun Zone Arcadia I am guessing a fair amount of you have never thought of taking your kids to the horse races, but surprisingly, it can be a total blast for families! Santa Anita Race Track has a Family Fun zone from noon – 4 on Saturday, Feb 7th and it features all sorts of fun events for families like bounce houses and carnival games, plus a safe area to play and enjoy the races. Click here for the details. Parents, you can also have fun betting on the races and attempting to win enough to pay for your child’s college education (yeah, good luck with that). CHS Calabasas Cheer Showcase Calabasas Gimme a C! Gimme an A! Gimme… a little bit of a break here, making up a cheer for a cheerleading event is so hard to resist. This Saturday, February 7th, at 7pm take the family to the Calabasas High School Performing Arts and Education Center for the Calabasas Cheer Showcase. It will feature routines by the Calabasas Cheerleaders, plus special performances by CHS Dance II, Unstrumental, the Brian Drake Company, and more. You can visit www.thepaecs.org for details or email Coach Rachel Kay at [email protected]. It should be G-R_E_A_T! There! I did it!  Hey, Is That Jupiter? Newbury Park Whether or not you think Channing Tatum looks like a mutant Rick Astley in the movie “Jupiter Ascending”, Jupiter is having it’s star turn this weekend as it reaches it’s closest point to earth. Join up at the Satwiwa Cultural Center in Newbury Park this Friday, February 6th, from 6:30 to 8pm to check out the large planet with others who can point you in the right direction. It’s outdoors, so bring a flashlight, chairs, and dress warmly. P.S. If you got the Rick Astley reference, you’re old. Sorry to break it to you. Reading to the Dogs Calabasas We all know that your dogs can’t read to you, but you can read to them-and your kids can as well at the Calabasas Library’s program “Reading to the Dogs”. This Saturday February 7th, and the First Saturday of every Month, your child can read to therapy dogs through the Paws For Healing program between 11:30 and 1:30pm. Sign ups for a 15 minute session begin at the Calabasas Library at 11 am, and you can call 818.225.7617 extension 2 for info. It’s silly, of course, do think that dogs could read to YOU. They can, however, sing to you. And possibly even read your thoughts…  I Heart Old Navy Valentine’s Day Festivities Santa Monica
Do you “heart” Old Navy? If anything, for their ability to make you feel a size smaller with that spectacular vanity sizing? Well the Old Navy in the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, in conjunction with Red Tricycle, is giving you another reason to love them; a Valentine’s Day celebration for your kids. On Saturday, February 7th from 1-3 pm, you can enjoy crafts, games, activities, and, of course, the chance for you to do a little shopping with up to a 50% discount on kids and baby clothes! I’ll be there, trying on Size 2s and smiling my fool head off. Share your ideas for fun family activities by following me on Twitter @nickerberger, catching the SCV Buzz on KHTS AM 1220, or watching CTV’s The Buzz. |
AuthorLaura Nickerson, Queen of cheap and local family activities, Momblogger of 2, Host of CTV's The Buzz and KHTS AM 1220's SCV Buzz, visit #buzzLA for daily tips. Archives
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