Family Activities for Fort Hunt

What?

Welcome to my first blog post for Fort Hunt Families.  This blog is intended as a resource for people with kids who live in the Fort Hunt corridor of Fairfax County, Virginia. (Though if you live in Old Town Alexandria, Kingstowne, or Mount Vernon, you might find it equally useful.) This blog will post information about cheap, free, or value-added things that you can do with your toddler to elementary school age kids.

Why?
We went to a birthday part this weekend and got to talking with the other moms. They pointed out that it's a lot of work to find good activities that you can do with your kids in our area. Yes, there are web sites that list family activities for the metro-DC area. But, general agreement was that these web sites are too broad if you are just looking for something to do right now. With the unbelievable traffic in our area, a lot of parents don't like to venture too far from home. It's too much work to wade through a list of activities for Montgomery County, Reston, or DC. This blog will post activities that are geographically proximate to Fort Hunt.

Where?
The territory this blog will cover will generally Old Town south to Mount Vernon and west to Kingstowne. I might go as far south as Lorton or west to Bailey's Crossroads, we'll see how it works out. If I find something really great happening near a metro stop in DC, I will list that as well.  Most people know how to look up activities at the Smithsonian; therefore, I won't be relisting their calendars.

When?
I will try to post activities three months out and then update as new things come along. Right now there are calendar entries through October 2010.  I assume that most people will look at the blog over the weekend for the upcoming week and mid-week for the weekend, and I will try to post accordingly.

Who? 
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