momstown Barrie Babies Say Happy Valentine's Day to their Daddies!

Our Baby Basics group gathered this week for Baby Picasso.  With it being Valentine's I decided these little cupids needed to make something special for the their first Valentine's Day.

With the help of Pinterest, I came across the most adorable keepsake gift that these little cuties could make for their daddy!

This was a bit involved, but the moms loved it and most of the babies were happy to have their little feet painted!

Some sweet little footprint filled hearts, a cute little saying and VOILA!  a fantastic keepsake for Valentines Day!!!


Happy Valentine's Day from all the momstown babies to you!!!

Junior Chefs Valentine FUN!

One of our mamas and tots favourite events is our Junior Chefs program.

Once a month we pick a kid friendly recipe that we can all make together and the kids love it.

This month with a focus being on Valentine's Day, we made some special and super delicious heart treats!


Once again the star of our recipe was Kellogg's Rice Krispies. The kids helped to mix up some Rice Krispie treats and practiced their counting as well as we counted out the scoops to make each batch!


With the batches all mixed and cooled down, the kiddies got to fill heart shaped cookie cutters with the mix.

There were sticky messy hands and lots of nibbling but the kids loved it! Even the youngest of the bunch!


Once the hearts set enough to be decorated, the kids got down to covering the hearts with icing.

Once the icing was on, the real fun began! There were all sorts of sprinkles and candies in red and pink for the kids to use to decorate their treats.


As soon as they were done, the kids dove in and enjoyed the yummy treats... and so did many of the moms!


Stay tuned for our next Junior Chef event in March!

Love is in the air....

February is know as the month of love. The month in which we celebrate Valentine's Day.

This Holiday is another favorite with the kids! There are so many fun ways to celebrate and so many fun crafts to make!

We started out the month with a great Valentine Craft, mobiles, all decorated in pink, red and purple hearts! The kids had fun making these!

The momstown mamas will be getting together on Friday for our Junior Chefs play date and the kiddies will be making some super fun Valentine Treats!

momstown.ca has a TON of Valentine crafts on the Arts and Crafts blog! You could do something everyday from now and until the big day twice over and more!


Here is a little poem to get you in the Valentine mood

Love is a Circle
Love is a circle,
Round and round,
Love goes up,
And love comes down,
Love is on the inside,
Trying to get out,
Love is whirling and twirling about!
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Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14th, a day to reflect on love. As moms we really do just have so much to love and be thankful for - our kids!



This holiday has become a retailers dream! We head to the stores to buy chocolates and candy, stuffed animals and cards. It sure is a sweet holiday, and what only makes it sweeter is the adorable little faces that light up our lives everyday and the smiles that melt our hearts.



This year Portraits & Digital Imaging by Jennifer Hall did some mini Valentine
photo sessions for the momstown Barrie mamas. The pictures speak volumes about her talent and about the adorable little beings in our lives.

Happy Valentine's Day from momstown Barrie and all our mamas and their super adorable kiddies!!!

Busy Weekend

This weekend is a busy one with Valentines Day and Family Day. It is a weekend to spend time with loved ones and take time out to just do "family things".

Im not a huge fan of Valentines Day, to be honest. I feel its a day for card and flower companies to make lots of money. I have always told my husband NOT to buy me flowers as he will pay double the price on Valentines day, just wait until mid week and get me some for 1/2 the price. I don't need flowers just one day a year to know that he loves and cares for me. I know I sound like a scrooge but I just feel its over rated.

Now Family Day on the other had, I think is important! Not that everyday shouldn't be "Family Day" but I think its one day that everyone should take the time and make it just about family. Turn off the computers, put aside that phone call and just snuggle up on the couch watch a movie or go skating. Spending family time together doesn't have to cost money.

Enjoy your day with the family tomorrow!

Valentines Day was busy one.

Friday was a busy day in Momstown Barrie!

The day started off with our Valentines Day Party. Everyone wore Valententines Colours and enjoyed our circle, with a story ( Kiss Kiss) and a valentines finger play. The older children played some games, did some crafts and ate snacks. The little ones enjoyed crawling around and visiting with friends.

Then that evening it was Moms night out! We attended a Pole Dancing Class at Organic Bodies. The class started off with a warm up, then some sexy walks. We then learned a "routine". It is harder than it looks swinging around a pole and trying to look graceful! We all had a great time, with lots of laughs, some bruises, and very sore muscles the next day.

Im only speaking for myself but today ( two days later) pretty much every muscle in my body hurts. From my neck ( neck rolls), to my arms ( pulling myself up on the pole), to my ribs and abs (laughing so hard and trying to suck it all in, while doing the "sexy up") right down to the ankle I banged on the pole, while doing the "carousel". It was all worth it.

We ended the eveing with a tea at Timmies, as we were all to tired and sore to do anything more exciting!

By the time I got home on Friday night, I was exhausted. I can't say I have packed that much in to a day in a long time.