FUN , INDOORS AND OUT ( Above ) Guests check out the options at Exceptional Explorers . ( Below ) Family togetherness at Hudson River Park in NYC : Mila Grushin with daughter Leeza in her lap and son Zachary behind her , and Marina Sharfshteyn with daughter Zoe Sharff on her lap and daughter Emily Sharff to her right .
FAMILY : COURTESY OFBORIS GRUSHIN
Temperatures of staff and visitors are taken upon entrance , and everyone age 5 and up is required to wear masks , though Grushin says that 3 and 4-yearolds are fine with wearing them , too . “ They ’ re far more compliant than adults ,” she says . “ We have to get used to it , but they ’ re learning every day of their lives , and if others do it , it ’ s the norm to them .”
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FIRSTCLASS FOCUSED ON AN EXOTIC LOCALE CLOSER TO HOME : THE MIDWEST Though Sharfshteyn and Grushin plan on featuring different countries ’ crafts in the future , “ We rolled out the program with the U . S . as home base ,” says Grushin . “ We ‘ took a trip to the Midwest ’ and planted succulent plants in pots that we decorated .” ■
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