Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl Boston

The annual ice-cream festival will hit City Hall Plaza this year from Tuesday June 5- Thursday June 7.  This event is held daily for the three day stretch from 12- 8pm and features ice-cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet from nationwide vendors.  Beginning 30 years ago as a National Dairy Association event, it has now become the largest all you can eat ice-cream festival in the nation.  Ticket prices vary- children under 3 are free, kids from 3-9 are $5, and from there on up tickets are $10 each, for an all you can eat event. (Group rates and 3 day passes are also an option).  Part of the proceeds go to the Jimmy Fund for cancer research at Dana-Farber.  Easily accessible on the Red Line or Green Line to the Government Station stop, public transportation is probably the easiest way in.  There is a calendar of entertainment, with the Red Sox wives serving ice-cream and various musical acts, as well as the mayor kicking off the event.

Scooper Bowl 2012

En Ka Fair

Every year, during the third weekend in May, the Winchester En Ka Society holds it's annual fair.  Complete with rides, booths, and food, it is a good size local carnival.  Part of the proceeds go to the En Ka Society, who in turn provide grants for students, work with the mentally challenged, and provide services within the town.  The En Ka fair runs on the Friday from 11-midnight and kicks off with a parade on Saturday morning at 9 am.  The parade leaves from Winchester High School on Skillings Road.  The fair opens on Saturday at ten and runs again until midnight.  Parking is available on the streets that intersect at Skilings Road and Mt. Vernon Street.  Tickets are available on Thursday evening for slightly cheaper than on Friday and Saturday.

En Ka Fair

Make Way for Ducklings Boston Event

We attended this a few years ago, a great family event that takes place in the Public Garden in Boston.  This year it falls on Mother's Day, May 13, 2012.  The event celebrates Robert McCloskey's book Make Way for Ducklings.  There is parade that traces the ducklings route through the city and ends in the Public Garden, where there is entertainment and food.  This years parade takes place at 10:30 am.  There is a donation of $35 per family if you attend the parade (and prepay, it's $40 the day of).  Since our little one was only months old, we just went down and watched some of the music and walked around.  Kids dress up & some adults also.  A nice way to celebrate the beginning of spring and some local literature!

Make Way for Ducklings 2012