Why momstown is the perfect Mother's Day Gift!

Anyone who has ever come in contact with momstown loves it. Mama's love it for a million reasons. They get to meet new people, have fun, watch their kids socialize and have fun, learn new things and experience some fantastic stuff!

This Mother's Day momstown is reminding us all just why momstown rocks and why a momstown membership if the perfect gift! Give a membership to a friend, family member or even to yourself; this year it will be extra special!

Be sure to watch our May newsletter for details of just how awesome your membership purchase or renewal can be!

EASTER FUN!

Today we continued the Easter celebrations around momstown Barrie.

A bunch of our mamas and kiddies got together for a super fun Easter egg hunt and pot luck lunch. It was a full house with lots of excited kids!

The kids all made a basket to collect their treasures in and then the hunt began!



The kids were scrambling around and giggling while looking for the hundreds of hidden eggs and treats! They all filled their baskets and were so happy with their goodies.



Even the little ones, who aren't quite ready for a chocolaty afternoon treat got into the spirit looking for the brightly coloured eggs... some even managed to sneak a taste before mamas eyes caught them!



After an egg hunt, and some play time, everyone enjoyed a great lunch and some chit chat.

It certainly was a great way to end an extra long weekend!!!

Happy Easter From momstown Barrie

So this week was a cold one... too cold. It rained. It snowed. It was miserable for late April.



We had to postpone our Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Chappell Farms by a day due to the rain and sleet only to be welcomed with a day of cold. Last year we had jackets off and were warm... this year was the polar opposite, no pun intended!



But momstown mamas are the best...we headed out to the farm for an afternoon of fun! Bundled in our winter coats, hats and mitts we braved the cold to make the best of a winter like afternoon all for the sake of the Easter Egg Hunt.



It was well worth it. The kids had a blast! We went on a very cool, and I do mean the temperature, wagon ride, but the kids enjoyed it!


We fed the animals that were so excited to see the kids and the food they had for them. And of course we had a special visit from the wagon riding Easter Bunny who threw out gobs of candy and chocolate eggs for the kids to hunt for.



The cold didn't get to the kiddies as they searched and giggled and ate their Easter treats.



The Easter festivities of the day set the tone for a great weekend to come.

Happy Easter from all the momstown Barrie mamas and kiddies!

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Be sure to visit the momstown.ca Contest Blog today! http://momstown-contests.momstown.ca/

Spring in Barrie

Last week was full of fun around town!

Our walking club met on a beautiful spring day down by the lake and took a nice long walk with babes in strollers and the older kids running and playing alongside.

It was a gorgeous Spring day, warm and sunny with a light breeze coming of the lake that was actually warm!!!

Getting out and being active was a perfect lead into our special guest that came in to talk to our momstown mamas about getting fit and losing weight.

Personal trainer and boot camp organizer Amy Whitfield joined us to talk about the benefits of being healthy, building muscle and losing weight. With a short demonstration of what to expect in a boot camp class our mamas were sweating up a storm and feeling the burn. I can tell you I felt that sweet pain of working muscles in places I didn't know had muscles!

The moms were pumped and are looking forward to our momstown Boot Camp starting in May!

With Easter quickly approaching, we spent a day make a cool Easter craft! The kids made Easter Wreaths out of paper plates, tissue paper, stickers and Easter clothes pins. They all had fun gluing and creating and getting messy!




With a full week of fun under our belts, we head into another full week of fun!

Today was our mama's morning out at Wendy's and it was great to see so many new faces and to have some new moms

join the neighbourhood!

Coming up this week... Our 3rd Annual Easter Egg hunt at Chappell Farms, Easter Fun at Victoria Village, Earth Day fun and more!

mamas helping mamas

Recently there have been many fires in the Barrie area bringing hard times on the families that have lost their homes.

One of these families was a neighbour to one of our long time members, this hit very close to home for her to see their home lost, the family displaced and with mom being pregnant and a toddler that now has nothing. So she reached out to her fellow members and our mamas were quick to respond to the plea for help and dug deep in their homes to come up with not only the necessities that the family needed, but some things to just might put a smile on their face.

A crib, clothes and toys for their daughter, baby clothes, diapers and other baby necessities for their unborn child, clothes for mom, linens and household items and more.

It's so heartwarming to know what wonderful moms are part of the momstown neighbourhood. Our moms are caring and selfless and didn't need to think twice to help out a family in need.

Just another reason to love momstown and why I love all the mamas!!!

Flowers were in bloom today for momstown Barrie kiddies!

Ah flowers, one of my favourite parts of spring is seeing the flowers start to sprout and bloom filling the gardens with colour. I just love pretty flowers!

Today we got in to the Spring spirit and the kiddies made their own flowers!!



Crafts are a great way to get kids to use their creativity, sharing skills and more!

A messy morning of painting egg cartons left the kids colourful and momstown moms taking home bouquets of pretty flowers!



The kids worked so hard making sure their "flowers" were super colourful! Kids just love paint, and all the bright colours let their imaginations "bloom"! Even the boys got into the flower making!

Missed today? Then try this Egg Carton Flower craft at home and let us know how your crafty day went - leave us a comment here, on the momstown Barrie message board or our momstown Barrie Facebook page.


Check out our friends in momstown Newmarket-Aurora also had a great day exploring Flower Power and making Bingo Dabbler flowers to celebrate spring as well.

Playgroup Fun!

What a great morning our momstown mamas had! We had an awesome turnout this morning at our dropin with lots of new moms and new kiddies!



The kids had a great time making friends and playing and moms enjoyed their chit chat as usual. It's always nice to see the experienced momstown Barrie members welcoming our new members and making them feel right at home in all the chaos.



We had an adorable group of babies today too! The youngest was just 8.5 weeks old and cute as a button!



Our dropins are held twice a month and usual entail a craft that falls under the theme of the month.

This month our theme is Spring and Flowers. So today, with our wonky weather in mind, the kids decorated their own umbrellas. They had lots of fun and made some pretty awesome look umbrellas! Moms got in there too helping the little ones... or maybe just enjoying some craft time themselves!



I have to say that watching new friendships blossom, seeing the kids grow together and play together and watching them learn new things is my favorite part of being a momstown mama!

Spring Cleaning Swap

Today momstown had our first even Spring Cleaning Swap. It was fun!

We all get in the mood to clean out our cupboards and closets as the weather gets nicer and then we end up with piles of "stuff" we don't know what to do with, so we either put it back, in a different place of course so it looks like we actually did something, or we haul it off and dump it at the local Goodwill.

Sure donating to a good cause is nice but what if you could swap that stuff you no longer need for stuff you could use? What a great idea thanks to one of our long time momstown Barrie members!!

So personally I got rid of a few things that were lying around the house... but I came home with more than I left with... now to hide it all from the hubby!

We have decided that next is a toy swap! Will the kids notice missing toys? Will the hubby notice the new ones?

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momstown Uniforms?

April Fools From momstown Barrie!!!

We would never force ya to wear a silly uniform just to come to our events!!

BUT we will be having some great momstown swag coming out soon for you to order! We really hope you love enough to use it and wear it proudly around town to let people know that you are a momstown mama!!!

Thank you for being a part of momstown! You are what makes us FABULOUS!!!!