February school vacation is right around the corner, I know you are probably thinking how can that be, it was just the holidays, Martin Luther King weekend and the upset at the Super Bowl, but yes Massachusetts school students have a week’s long vacation from February 19th through February 23rd.
If you already have plans, maybe to go somewhere sunny and warm or to your favorite winter spot, have a fun and safe trip, but if you are like the rest of us, thinking what am I going to do to keep the kids busy for an entire week, we have some great family-friendly ideas that won’t break the bank!
Seems Punxsutawney Phil may have been right after all and Mother Nature has once again blanketed our area with snow and reminding us just how beautiful New England is
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Don’t hibernate this winter vacation, instead take a trip to the Stoneham Zoo where you can see black bears, river otters, snow leopards, wolves, jaguars, cougars, arctic foxes and even reindeer.
Discover something new at the Discovery Museum in Acton. This popular complex includes the Children’s Discovery Museum, the Science Discovery Museum, and Discovery Woods. Designed to inspire curiosity and learning, these hands-on museums are a perfect way to spend an afternoon or morning. While you are in Acton check out Bueno Y Sano’s for the best tacos and burritos (UMass Amherst Alums, might remember these tacos from late night food runs, there is one in Acton too) and the BEST bagels, like you will still be thinking about them next year, at Bagels Plus on Great Road.
Kids and adults can bounce the day away at Altitude Trampoline Park in nearby Billerica at one of the largest indoor trampoline parks in the state! Jump to their website here.
Still looking to go someplace warm, but don’t want to board a plane, then head to CoCo Key Park in Danvers or Great Wolf Lodge in