Annual Christmas Party Success!

I love when we are able to bring our families together for fun events during the holidays!

Our Annual Christmas Party is personally one of my favorites!.  I love to see all the kids dressed up and excited for the day and its great to see the moms and dads mingling.

The kids were so full of energy and so excited that they had a blast running after each other and playing games.

In between their playing, they took some time out to make some crafts.  We made reindeer antler head bands and decorated Christmas trees.   The adults got into this as well, it always seems to happen! 

The kids looked so cute in their reindeer antlers!!!  

Along with the crafts, the kids go the chance to decorate gingerbread men!  This was cute to watch as the little ones got so into it and were concentrating so hard!

It was  a great morning of fun and of course the day would not be complete with out a visit from Santa!

Santa came all the way from the North Pole just to see our kids!  They were so excited and ready to visit with the big guy; at least most of them were!

Each kiddie got the chance to sit with Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas.

It was a great way to end a great morning!

Christmas Party a Great Success

On Saturday December 12th we had our 2nd Annual Momstown Christmas party at Holly United Church. It was a great day, filled with crafts, games, food and of course Santa!

The kids eyes lit up when Santa walked through the door. Some in delight, some in fear. A few of the children ran to give the Santa a hug, while others watched from afar, wondering if their parents were going to make them get close to him. I'm sure some great pictures were captured, of the little ones sitting on Santa's knee ( smiles or not).

As the days pass by, and Christmas approaches, its amazing to see my children's excitement. Both of them are counting down the day until Santa arrives. Justin my 4 yr old, really "gets it" this year and asks every day when it will be Christmas. He cant wait until Santa comes with his Diego Underwater Adventure toy and his Rocketship. Braydon my 7 yr old, is excited as well but I fear the questions will be coming soon, " Is Santa Real?". I have to start preparing my answer, I want to get as many years of Christmas Magic as possible out of my kids. I will lie, for as many years as I need to in order to watch their eyes light up on Christmas morning, when they run downstairs to see if Santa has eaten the cookies and milk we left, only to realize that, this must mean, he has left presents for them. Not that I'm promoting lying to my children but in this case, LIE,LIE, LIE! if it creates magic and memories for them.......... a mothers gotta do, what a mothers gotta do... right?

Christmas is coming!

November is more than half over, and that means the count down to Christmas! But where is the snow?? Last year at this time we had snow, and lots of it! But even without the snow, we all can feel the approach of the holidays!

The Santa Claus Parade season has started and my oldest twirled Santa through Richmond Hill this past weekend and will be doing the same in another town this coming weekend. Barrie will also welcome the big guy in red this Saturday to the delight of all the children (and Parents!) in Barrie! The young and old will line the streets of down town Barrie to watch the festivities with growing excitement and anticipation of seeing Santa!

So with the fast approach of Christmas and the dwindling days of shopping, are you ready for the big day? My answer...nope! A slow start to shopping this year for us, we are usually more than half done by now and I am starting to feel the pinch as people remind me daily of how many days are left until Christmas.

And with all the festivities and celebration around town, momstown is bringing to all the kiddies some fun crafts for Christmas, our Annual Christmas Party with a special visit from Santa and a New Years Celebration just for the young ones!

Count down to Christmas with Momstown!

November already!

November is here already!! As we all come out of our candy comas from Halloween, it's hard to believe we are in November already.
Summer is now a distant memory, the leaves are covering the lawns and the trees are bare. With Halloween over we move on to thoughts of Christmas...yep, I said it - Christmas!

This is my favorite time of year! November first begins the annual nagging of the hubby to get the Christmas lights hung before the ice and snow come. Thoughts of decorating and tree trimming are bringing excitement for me and the kids...and I know my hubby loves it too!!

Every year we decorate earlier and earlier... call us crazy, but this is the one time of year where a holiday can last for weeks on end and we never get tired of it!!

Christmas is fun time for all especially around momstown!! With Christmas crafts, field trips and parties there is no better time of year to spend time with the momstown mama's.

So here we are on November 1st, and already my mind is wandering to the boxes upon boxes of Holiday cheer in the basement...how early is too early???

Momstown Barrie Christmas Party!

WOW!! what a morning it was at the Momstown Barrie Christmas Party.

We had an amazing turn out with close to 70 people in attendance. The kids were dressed in their Christmas best and the food was a plenty. From Chili to Christmas cookies, there was something for everyone.

When the moment finally arrived and Santa walked through the door, the children's faces lit up and the volume in the room rose to a new level. Everyone did a great job waiting patiently for a turn to sit on Santas lap. Some went willingly and some had to be forced or ripped from their mothers hip, but all in all Santas visit was a huge hit! Everyone was given a plush dog to take home, for their memories of our first Momstown Christmas party.

We would like to thank you all for your generous donations of toys for Christmas Cheer. We have two boxes full of toys to donate on behalf of Momstown Barrie. We raised $22 on our 50/50 which will go toward purchasing some toys for Christmas Cheer as well.

On behalf of the Karrie, Carolyn and myself I would like to extend a huge thank you to all of our wonderful members and their families for making this event a huge success.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the coming year.