Fredericksburg Parent and Family Magazine

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🚨 New Tournament Event Alert! 🚨Start your engines and let's go!! 🔥🏁We're very excited to announce a new event at Highmar...
02/08/2025

🚨 New Tournament Event Alert! 🚨

Start your engines and let's go!! 🔥🏁

We're very excited to announce a new event at Highmark, and it's one we've never done before! Thanks to Spotsylvania Gold & Pawn, we are having our very first Nintendo Switch Mario Kart Tournament!

📅 Saturday, Feb 8

🕖 4-7 pm

📍 Highmark Brewery FXBG Taproom, 390 Kings Hwy

Food truck onsite - Slap Food Truck Fxbg!

COME LEARN ABOUT ICE AGE ANIMALS Cave lions and mammoths and bears, oh my! Come to a campfire by the creek at Alum Sprin...
02/07/2025

COME LEARN ABOUT ICE AGE ANIMALS

Cave lions and mammoths and bears, oh my! Come to a campfire by the creek at Alum Spring Park to hear all about the ancient animals that once walked the American landscape. After seeing some modern versions of the wacky ancient adaptions, we’ll enjoy a s’mores snack! All children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Ages 5 and up.

February 8, 2025
2:00PM - 3:30PM

Dads, Grandpas, Uncles, and Big Brothers—treat your little sweethearts (ages 4–12) to a magical evening of fun and danci...
02/06/2025

Dads, Grandpas, Uncles, and Big Brothers—treat your little sweethearts (ages 4–12) to a magical evening of fun and dancing at the Annual Valentine’s Dance!

Choose from two sessions (4–6 PM or 7–9 PM), enjoy light refreshments, and capture the night with optional portraits—

sorry, no moms allowed!
📆SATURDAY Feb 8,2025
📍 Dorothy hart Community Center
⏰4-6pm⏰
⏰7-9pm⏰

Join Fredericksburg Parent and Possum-bilities in the Burg for a Possum filled storytime each month!
02/06/2025

Join Fredericksburg Parent and Possum-bilities in the Burg for a Possum filled storytime each month!

FXBG KIDS FEST 2024 Join the fun at FXBG KidFest 2025 on February 8–9 at the Fredericksburg Convention Center, featuring...
02/05/2025

FXBG KIDS FEST 2024

Join the fun at FXBG KidFest 2025 on February 8–9 at the Fredericksburg Convention Center, featuring entertainment and activities designed just for kids. From obstacle courses to laser tag, this event promises non-stop family fun and unforgettable memories!
📆Feb 8-9 2025
📍Fredericksburg convention center
⏰10am-5pm
💰$9- adult
💰$6- children (4-12)
💰FREE- children under 3

Who is going to win the 2025 Super Bowl… let us know your vote… and share your game day selfies in the comments!!!! 🏈 ...
02/04/2025

Who is going to win the 2025 Super Bowl… let us know your vote… and share your game day selfies in the comments!!!! 🏈

Free Workshop: Respectfully Parenting Children w/ Intense Connection NeedsLearn to balance your child's intense connecti...
02/04/2025

Free Workshop: Respectfully Parenting Children w/ Intense Connection Needs

Learn to balance your child's intense connection needs with your own well-being. Join OT Kelsie Olds for this free parenting workshop!

📆Feb 04,2025
⏰2pm-3pm
📍milestones play gym

02/04/2025

Experience supersized LEGO skyscrapers! Visit Richmond, VA, and explore the Science Museum of Virginia's newest touring exhibition, Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO® Bricks.

See breathtaking, larger-than-life LEGO recreations of some of the world’s most iconic architectural wonders. Plus, unleash your creativity in interactive construction zones, stocked with over 200,000 loose LEGO bricks.

Link Social Media Here:
https://smv.org/explore/things-to-do/towers-of-tomorrow-with-lego-bricks/?utm_source=fred_parent_social_b&utm_medium=fred_parent_social_b&utm_campaign=towers_of_tomorrow&utm_id=towers_of_tomorrow

02/03/2025

This weekend was Chinese Lunar New Year.

You can also follow on Instagram to see more reels and stories. And cats.
02/03/2025

You can also follow on Instagram to see more reels and stories. And cats.

Join an experienced guide for this exploration of the park’s diverse wildlife—just dress for the weather, bring binocula...
02/03/2025

Join an experienced guide for this exploration of the park’s diverse wildlife—just dress for the weather, bring binoculars, and meet us in the parking lot near the playground (ages 12+ and no pets, weather permitting).

Children’s Theatre is back this spring with another wonderful show! Seussical Jr. features the Dr. Seuss story of Horton...
02/03/2025

Children’s Theatre is back this spring with another wonderful show!

Seussical Jr. features the Dr. Seuss story of Horton the elephant, who discovers an entire society on a speck of dust.

🎟️ Group tickets for Tuesday and Thursday performances can be purchased through Group Sales at 540.479.1356. Saturday matinees performances can be purchased online at www.riversidedt.com or by calling the Box Office at 540.370.4300.🎟️

Pokémon Trade Day! Collectors of all ages are welcome to bring your card collection, hang out and trade/buy/sell!📅 Sunda...
02/02/2025

Pokémon Trade Day! Collectors of all ages are welcome to bring your card collection, hang out and trade/buy/sell!

📅 Sunday, Feb 2

🕑 12-5 pm

📍 Highmark Brewery FXBG Taproom, 390 Kings Hwy

🎟 Free admission and free parking!

Presented by RippinPokeHits and hosted by Highmark Brewery

Gear up for a Sunday Hike filled with fun on the local trails alongside fellow dog lovers! Meet at the ODHS adoption cen...
02/01/2025

Gear up for a Sunday Hike filled with fun on the local trails alongside fellow dog lovers!
Meet at the ODHS adoption center at 8:40 AM to be matched with your furry hiking partner who will hitch a ride with you to the trail!
(For a more relaxed outing, be sure to check out our Saturday Stroll!).

📚Take your kids to the library day 📚Celebrate the importance (and fun) of taking your child to the library. Activities a...
02/01/2025

📚Take your kids to the library day 📚

Celebrate the importance (and fun) of taking your child to the library. Activities available all day at every CRRL branch!
SATURDAY
9am-5pm

Semillitas: Puerto Rican Bomba KidsJoin us to experience Puerto Rican bomba songs, dance and music! We will play and sin...
02/01/2025

Semillitas: Puerto Rican Bomba Kids

Join us to experience Puerto Rican bomba songs, dance and music! We will play and sing and have fun as we learn!

Each class will include songs, moves and rhythm! Courses Dates: Sundays Feb 2nd, Mar 2nd, Apr 6th, Jun 1st (May 4th we will have a special program with visiting artists from Puerto Rico in downtown Fredericksburg)
⏰Time: 1:30pm to 2:15pm ⏰
📍Virtuous Dance Center 31 Utah Place #101 Fredericksburg, VA 22405 📍
💰Cost: $10 for the first child, $7 per additional child. 💰
💰Or get all four classes for $32 for the first child, $24 each additional child 💰
Ages: Up to 10 years old.

Join us on the first Saturday of each month from 9 am to 12 pm for free in-person Kids Workshops—while supplies last! ...
01/31/2025

Join us on the first Saturday of each month from 9 am to 12 pm for free in-person Kids Workshops—while supplies last!

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22401

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Experience supersized LEGO skyscrapers! Visit Richmond, VA, and explore the Science Museum of Virginia's newest touring exhibition, Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO® Bricks. See breathtaking, larger-than-life LEGO recreations of some of the world’s most iconic architectural wonders. Plus, unleash your creativity in interactive construction zones, stocked with over 200,000 loose LEGO bricks. Link Social Media Here: https://smv.org/explore/things-to-do/towers-of-tomorrow-with-lego-bricks/?utm_source=fred_parent_social_b&utm_medium=fred_parent_social_b&utm_campaign=towers_of_tomorrow&utm_id=towers_of_tomorrow

This weekend was Chinese Lunar New Year. #ChineseNewYear2025 #chinatown #waahingtondc

Thank you @white oak volunteer fire department for coming

Four students from James Monroe High School helped with behind the scenes election coverage at @FXBGadvance. Each student was responsible for a few different races. #askyourkid #newsisnotdead #educationreporting #election2024

This week at the advance #newsisnotdead #comingupsoon #educationreporting #freefun

This week at the FXBGADVANCE #newsisnotdead #educationreporting #coming #up #comingupsoon

A huge thank you to Robert B. Payne Inc. who made the 2024 Costume Stroll a wonderful time for local families. They were a fabulous King/Queen of Halloween Sponsor. Photo credit: @nitasha Jackson with wonderwild #SawYouAtTheStroll

We are getting set up….. can’t wait to see yall. Join our consume contest and the stroll. #costume #winners #library #fallfamilyfun #newsisnotdead #nonprofitsupport #seeyouatthrstroll #costumecontest #costumeparty #nonprofitorganization #nonprofits #prizesprizesprizes #dollyparton #imagination #smallbuisnesssupport #fallfamikyfun #you #see #yhere #baloonarch #fallfamikyfun🍁🎃 #costumestroll #lovefxbg #smallbusinesssupportingsmallbusiness #indoorfun

Be there this Saturday at 8:30 AM lots of fun things happening #mentalhealth #askyourkid #smallbiz #smallbusinesssupport #costumestroll #fallfamikyfun #lovefxbg #baloonarch #smallbuisnesssupport #fallfamikyfun🍁🎃 #costumecontest #seeyouatthrstroll #see #you #yhere #fallfamilyfun

Thank you Parties By Jessica for donating this beautiful work of art for the costume stroll this weekend… can’t wait to see everyone there… find Jessica on Facebook for all your party needs . #baloonarch #halloween #costumecontest #costumestroll #kazoo #and #kazooband #fallfamikyfun #fallfamikyfun🍁🎃 #smallbusinesssupportingsmallbusiness #smallbuisnesssupport

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