The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is open today!  All other Smithsonian musuems/locations are closed.

Great Kids Village Silver Spring is open today for open gym!

Be With Me the Kids Playseum is open today all day.

The Newseum is open.

The Show Must Go On: Disney on Ice is showing tonight and has added an extra performance on Monday.   GREASE is showing tonight too.

Find more stuff that’s open by following the #opendc hashtag on Twitter

Merchants Open in Silver Spring (via email from Laurie Writes)

Panara Bread

Eggspectations

Whole Foods

Chick Fil A

Office Depot

Adega

Living Ruff (will open)

Lebanese

Ulta

DSW

Borders books

Men’s wear house

Pier one

Washington sports club

Starbucks

Potbelly

Sprint

Upscale RX

Strosnider hard wear

Baja Fresh

Z pizza

Fuddruckers

Asian bistro

Gymboree

Red lobster

Macaroni Grill

Kibana

Pho hiep hoa

Austin grill (will be open)

Copper canyon (will open)

Cake love (will open)

My eye doctor

Pacers running store

Know something else that’s open?  Leave a mention in the comments!

We are going cuckoo at our house.  Are you feeling similarly insane?

We’re trying to dance off our cabin fever.

Here are some videos for your viewing pleasure, featuring the dancey talents of Eve and Charlie.

Check out their Snow Lake Ballet.

And

The Boom Boom Robot (with Lil Sister Shakeyerbooty)

If you have any similar fun videos of your kids, leave a link in the comments!

This will be quick because I got plowed!  I so needed it.  Insert immature humor.

METRO

On Tuesday, Metro system will open at 5 a.m. with limited service and may close early

OPEN GYMS

FunFit is open today for MOMS MORNING OUT until 12:30pm

Great Kids Village Silver Spring - 10am-4:30pm

Interactions Learn and Play in Kensington – Opening at 10am

Be With Me The Children’s Playseum in Bethesda is open at 9:30am.

The Family Room on Capitol Hill is open at 9am.

MUSEUMS & HISTORY

National Geographic Museum -  The museum will be open Tues. Call 202-857-7588 to confirm in case of early closure.

Mount Vernon – Open all day, but the evening music program is canceled due to impending snow.

The Newseum is open today from 9am-5pm

Sorry I was not able to do a “What Is Open on Monday” post today, the day you probably most need it with cabin fever insanity reaching record levels and with the kids all out of school.  To those of you that e-mailed or Tweeted me wondering where my 4-1-1 post was, I apologize that I was not able to personally get back to you with tailored activity ideas like I normally try to do.

You see, my road has not been plowed, and we are three city blocks of waist-deep snow from any major roads.  We’ve tried carrying the kids on our backs down to the highway, but they start hysterically crying and fighting with each other every time we try.

My husband (the one whose job pays the mortgage) was feverishly working from home today while I fiendishly tried to occupy the kids and keep any blood-curdling screams from reaching his conference calls to his team all morning. I also had to clean a disgustingly dirty house that four people and two animals have not been able to leave for 72 hours before our neighbors arrive tonight for a Snowmageddon drinks, dessert and more drinks party.

So those of you that wanted to know what was open, that means that your road has been plowed. It means you are able to leave and go somewhere.  Anywhere.

So while I am sincerely sorry I could not help you, I also ENVY YOU.

However, I obviously have power and Internet and thus I am well-aware that I am totally enviable and blessed myself.  My friend Jodifur in Potomac?  She texted today that she expects to be out of power until FRIDAY.  Other friends in Rockville just returned home from the Bethesda Marriott where they took refuge with their four kids for a few days and found  $300 worth of groceries rotten in their fridge.

These are hard times people. (Yummm, Hard Times, how I miss you.)

I’d suggest we all virtually hold hands and sing  Kumbaya around virtual fires, but at our house we ran out of firewood over here on Saturday.

But you know what we still have over here?  Heineken, La Crema, 10 pounds of frozen edamame and a huge box of World’s Finest chocolate bars that my kid is supposed to sell for a school fundraiser.  Things could be worse.

Yes my friends, I’ll be here all the week.  Try the veal.

Be With Me The Playseum Pass Winners are Harley, Kathy, Sarah S., AnnMarie and Ashanthi K.  I have some of your emails, but not all – please email me if you are listed!

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7

Be With Me The Children’s Playseum in Bethesda is open NOW and serving free hot chocolate, coffee and tea from Starbucks!  They have just started having Sunday open play, but opened several hours early today to give the families without power a place to play!  Leave a comment here before midnight tonight February 7 to receive one of FIVE free admission passes, courtesy of Be With Me’s owner. With schools very likely closed some days this week, you’ll need it!

Great Kids Village Silver Spring is opening at 11:30am this morning and will stay open as long as people keep showing up (note:  regular hours are usually ’til 6pm, but they may close early if people stay away due to snow or Super Bowl.)

The Family Room on Capitol Hill is open 12-6pm.

The Newseum is open today from 9am-5pm as usual.  The staff all spent the night at the museum on Friday night so they could be open yesterday too.

We Love DC has a list of open restaurants in The District.

Know of a place that’s open for families today?  Mention it in the comments, help your fellow parents and be entered to win a free pass to Be With Me in Bethesda!