Barrie Babies LOVE Fisher Price!

Fisher Price has been so great to our mamas over the years and today was no exception!

Fisher Price has been a household name for many years, and even new moms are ready to explore what they have to offer!!

In addition to all the great ways we already work with then, Fisher Price and their Overjoyed campaign sponsored our Baby Basic Playdate this week!

The Baby Basics events is held twice weekly here in Barrie is a great event for moms with babies under 12 months.   Baby Basics is an awesome way to get together with other moms of babies in a quieter setting to get to know each other.

Today we had 25 moms and their babies join us for a great Playdate sponsored by Fisher Price.





 Our event today featured 4 great items that the moms loved!  Featured today were the Snugabunny Swing, Talk and Learn Tea Party, Aquarium and Talking Phone!

The kids got to play with the toys and test out the fantastic swing.  Not only were the babies having fun, but the moms were too!

The best part about today's event, after all the fun and new friends, was that someone was going to win the great products!

The moms were overjoyed (pun intended!!!) to have the chance to win one of the great items!!

Thank you so much to all the moms that came out and of course to Fisher Price for sponsoring this great event!!!

Babies of Barrie will be checking out some Fisher Price Goodies this month!

Fisher Price has been a fantastic partner with momstown over the past few years.

This month, they will be a fantastic sponsor of one of our momstown Barrie Baby Basics!!  On February 26th, moms and their babies will get the chance to check out some items from Fisher Price!!

Baby Basics is a great way for moms of little ones 12 months and younger to get together and chat while babies sleep or play.  This extra special Baby Basics date will include the opportunity for mom and their little ones will get to test drive some great products from Fisher Price and some lucky mom will them!!   That's right, we're raffling them off!

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Here are the fun toys we'll be playing with:

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Boo Bash fun with Fisher Price!

Once again our Boo Bash was an awesome success!!!

We had an amazing turn out with loads of moms and kiddies decked out in costume and ready to have fun.

We definitely had some of the cutest princesses, pirates, ladybugs and superheros going!

This year we had a great opportunity to feature some fantastic toys from our Boo Bash Sponsor, Fisher Price.

The kids had a great time playing at the Fisher Price Play Area! They loved the toys and so did the moms and dads!!! The Princess Castle and the Ballapallooza were huge hits!! All the kids seemed to gravitate towards those.

And there there was Mickey! The kids had a ball watching Mickey dance and spin around the floor. This was one toy that was so popular some of the toddlers were found running off with him to have for themselves!

We also had a load of other fun for the families to take part in!

The kids lined up patiently to get their faces painted by the ever amazing Jill from Colville Creative Entertainent.

She has quickly become a huge favorite of momstown and her face paintings are out of this world!!

To add to the fun, we had Little Me Visual Photography join us with a photo booth. The kids had fun posing in their costumes to get their portraits taken.

To top off the day, we held a raffle for the awesome toys from Fisher Price, all our of winner were over the moon with their prizes!

Thank you to everyone that came out have fun and celebrate Halloween with momstown! A huge thank you to Fisher Price for their play area and prizes and to Colville Entertainment and Little Me Visual Photography for joining us!

Stand and Play Ramp a hit with the kiddies

Once again Fisher Price has come up with a product that is great for the kids, young and old, sold, fun, colourful, sturdy and easy to assemble! (all things I look for in a toy!)

The Fisher Price Stand and Play Ramp was the lastest toy that my kiddies had the great privilege of testing out and playing with.


The giant box was a pleasure to my son alone, just seeing that there was someting to do with cars was excitement for him!

We dumped out all the pieces and at first I felt a bit overwhelmed, but in no time, literally a couple of minutes, the entire thing was built, mainly by my 13 year old! Easy Peasy! I just love when a toy is so simple to assemble!

The kids were trying to put the cars on the ramps before it was completely assembled! They were so exicited to play with it!

As soon as they were told they could go at it, the ramps quickly became full of cars. My son just loved putting the cars on, watching them wind down and then putting them on again.

This could very easily become his new favourite toy! The hight is just perfect for his age and will last him for years to come. Even the older kids loved playing with it!

Doodle Bear is a winner!

The kids always love to get new toys.

My daughter has become obsessed with colouring the last few months. She will colour for hours.

When she opened up the Fisher Price Doodle Bear her first reaction... SHE HAS BOWS ON HER EARS! LOL! She loved how pretty the bear was, she is four and all about being pretty, so a pretty bear was right up her alley!


On closer inspection of the box she saw that it came with markers she was a little confused, is there a colouring book?

So when I told her the markers were to colour ON the bear, she was thrilled! Really? I can decorate my bear? You sure can!!! You get to decorate the bear and then we can wash it and you can do it all over again!!


As soon as my son saw markers he was all in there trying to get a piece of the action. Who says a boy can't play with a pretty purple bear? Make it something he can use markers on and he is game!


The kids loved that they could decorate the bear just they way wanted to. The little elastic loops on the back of the bear to store the markers were a hit, no lost markers!!!

Our Fisher Price Doodle Bear is now ready her bath, tonight, we decorate her again!

Now to make sure that the boy doesn't try to colour on all the bears in the house!

Fisher Price Zoo Talker is a BIG HIT!!!

We were lucky enough to get to try out the Fisher Price Zoo Talker this week.

When the delivery man arrived just before lunch, the kids were jumping up and down with excitement that a big box had arrived. They had no clue what was in the big brown box, but they new it had to be good!


We opened the brown box to reveal the Fisher Price Zoo Talker, the kids went nuts! "What is that?!" screamed my 4 year old. She sat on the floor in front of the big box and asked if it was for her. I explained it was for her and her brother.
As just 17 months old, Nathan was on things trying to figure out how to get the box open.

The kids helped me unpack the box with all the pieces. It looked a little daunting with so mnay pieces but it was super easy to assemble, all the pieces with the exception of the handle just snapped in! Super fast, super easy!


We put in the batteries and the kids went to town, or should I say ZOO, playing with all the moving pieces. There were 3 animals and a zoo keeper included as well.

This is a great toy for both my 4 year old and my 17 month old. There is so much to explore in the zoo! A slide, a secret door, a roaring hippo, a talking zoo keeper, animals that make noise; it really is an all around awesome toy.


The kids played for a good half hour by themselves and when friends arrived they showed them their new favorite toy and they all loved it.

I think we will be getting the other animals that go with the zoo just to add to the fun!

It sure was fun getting to check out this awesome toy! My kids loved it and I loved that there was so much for them to explore on it!

Halloween with momstown was a blast!

October was such a busy month but it ended with a well deserved BANG!

Our annual Halloween Boo Bash was a huge success again this year, our biggest event ever!!

Loads of moms, dads and kiddies came out for an evening of boo-tastic fun! The kids all looked adorable in their costumes, especially the babies who were experiencing their first Halloween!! From Woody to Nemo, turtles and monkeys and angels, Dora, a witch, a princess... you name it they were there!!!

This year was extra exciting as we had a very special sponsor!! Fisher Price got into the Halloween spirit and sponsored the party and fun! They sent a load of toys for the kids to play with and a special gift bag for each child!!

The kids (and moms!) had a blast playing with all the new toys! In between crafts and play dough and eating great food, the kids were sure they all got their turn checking out the toys!!

To round off the party and bring the excitement to the next level, all the toys were raffled off!! Some very excited mommies, I mean kiddies, gathered as the draw took place and the winner claimed their prizes!


Thank you to Fisher Price and to all the momstown mamas for making this year extra special.

October is Busy!!

Boy has October been a busy month!!! It's hard to believe their is just over a week left of October!


The month started off full of Fall and Thanksgiving Fun! Our little ones gathered in the cozy kitchen of one of our members home and made "hand" crafted turkey pictures! Painting with kids is always fun, and always brings out the giggles and smiles!

momstown mamas have discovered a new event that is lots of fun for moms with kids under 12 months! This week we held our 3rd Baby Babble get together and as always
the kids were fun to watch! The moms got some chit chat in while the kids played. Its amazing to watch a bunch of babes interact with each other and see how they grow and play together.

We are all looking forward to a great time next week as we lead into Halloween! Monday the mamas and tots will be heading to the farm for some pumpkin picking! Some Halloween crafts will precede our main event this month, our Annual Boo Bash!!

We are all super excited for this years party! Every year we have a great time seeing all the kids dressed up and enjoying some play and crafts and of course great food! This year is extra special with our party being sponsored by Fisher Price!!!

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