Planes Trains and Automobiles!

What a fun theme we have going on this month!

Planes, Trains and Automobiles has been a big hit with the kids!  There are so many neat things you can do surrounding transportation.  Crafts, stories, snack and so much more!

Yesterday our Toddler Time turned into a pretty active parking lot with lots of cars, a road, a ramp, trucks, trains and more!
The kids had a blast taking turns putting their cars down the ramp and driving them around.  This event was not just for the boys!  The girls had a blast getting in to the cars and racing them around the floor and down the ramp!

It was really cute to watch how well the kids played and how little they argued over the toys!

We had an awesome turn out and the moms new and old had a great time getting to know each other!

CHOO CHOO!!! Train snacks for our Jr. Chefs!

Jr. Chef is one of our core events

Getting the kids in the kitchen to help with making snacks and meals is a great way to spend time with them and to help them learn.

Today we made Choo Choo train snacks that were super simple but oh so fun.... and delicious!

The ingredients were simple; marshmallows, pretzels, cheerios and peanut butter!

We had fun making the train, and of course the kids had fun eating it... some were digging in before their trains were complete!

Next month we will be doing a Valentine themed Jr. Chef!  Can't wait to see the kids have more fun with food!

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Oh and it snowed... and is still snowing.

I have to admit I love the snow.  I will take 10 feet of snow over the bitter cold. 
I just wish I had someone to shovel my driveway for me!

Being a Canadian you learn to accept our long cold, snow filled winters.  You accept it but you don't have to love it, or you can learn to love it.

As long as it is not cold, the snow is very welcome.  As a family we can do so much in the snow; build snowmen, go toboganning, make snow angels, or just run around in it and enjoy it.

The cold on the other hand, it can stay away.

So while I hate every second I have to spend shoveling my driveway, I do love how pretty the snow makes everything, the opportunities for fun play time and of course the sports that it brings.

Now that my driveway is shoveled, and already starting to look like it needs it again, and I have filled my swear jar from having to shovel by hand while my neighbours around me enjoy their snow blowers, I think its time for some family fun!  To the hills for some sledding!

Advertising Sales Representative Required!

momstown.ca is the leading mom-focused social media and event business in Canada. We are an on-line and in person network for neighbourhood moms wanting to connect for support, conversation and just plain fun! With a fantastic event calendar and lively message board, momstown.ca is a great way to get involved with your community while having a blast with your kids! They say it takes a village to raise a child, we say it takes a town!
Job Description – Advertising Sales Representative

momstown Barrie is currently seeking self-motivated, energetic and enthusiastic individuals for a rolling 6 month contract position as an Advertising Sales Representative. In this exciting role you will be responsible for selling local online advertising and sponsorship opportunities. Your work will entail finding and building relationships with potential and existing advertisers and effectively pitching for advertising budgets. You will ensure that booked campaigns are run smoothly and are reported on in a timely manner.

This is a commissioned based part-time role working out of your own home with flexible hours.
Responsibilities:

Sales
o Responsible for selling online advertising and sponsorship opportunities
o Generate sales leads, cold calls, develop client relationships
o Prepare and present proposals to new and existing clients
Administrative
o Maintain client log
o Collect ad artwork from clients by deadline
o Complete monthly ad tracking/booking sheet
o Track monthly sales and invoice momstown Barrie for monthly commission
o Load all ads onto momstown Barrie ad server by deadline
Qualifications:
o Outgoing, dynamic leader who is creative, organized, highly self-motivated
o Strong communication & interpersonal skills
o Strong computer skills and internet savvy
o Must have a reliable computer with internet access
o 2 years+ experience in sales and /or marketing

Pay Structure:

o Independent Contract work – 6 month rolling contract
o Highly competitive commission based pay

If you have sales experience in your background, we’d love to hear from you. Send your cover letter and resume to info.barrie@momstown.ca

Happy New Year from momstown Barrie!

most little ones, and some parents, won't make it to midnight to ring in the new year.  Every year with momstown we hold a Noon Years Eve party so the kids can ring in the new year with some fun a little early.

We had an amazing turn out and as usual there was lots of chaos but best of all lots of fun!

We rolled our Alphabet Crafts sponsored by Post Alpha-Bits into our celebration!  F is for Fireworks!

The kids got to make fireworks pictures that were super simple, kinda messy but totally fun!   a bit of glue, a piece of construction paper and lots of glitter and we had some awesome fireworks art!

A new year celebration would not be complete without some noise makers and our little ones got down and messy making paper plate shakers to make some noise with at noon!

These were lots of fun and the kids got shaking as we did our big countdown!

Some snacks and a freeze dance party filled our time as we waited for noon.   As the time rolled round, the kids and the moms were excited to count down to Noon Years with the kiddies!

It was a great day and lots of fun

Wishing you all safe and happy new year!

Post Christmas War Zone

Anyone else feel like they are living in war zone after Christmas?

I absolutely love Christmas, it is my all time favorite holidays but the aftermath is exhausting.

Decorating for the holiday weeks before was so exciting and fun, but putting it all away is just a chore that I don't want to do and seems to take forever.

The house is full of new gifts, mostly toys and clothes for the kids, and there seems to be no where to put it all.  So that means the purge that should have been done before Christmas needs to happen now... and the mess grows.

Then there is all the food in the house from all the entertaining.  Treats and sweets and mounds of leftovers.  How do you start a new year diet with so much in the house that just seems to keep calling your name?

The kids are still high from all the excitement of the holidays, toys are being played with and discarded as something else catches their attention.  Sweets are their main food source and sleep seems to elude them.

There is still a week left of holidays before the older kids go back to school... how do we survive? 

Our Baby Tales for Tots book this month was perfect for the season and the weather!!
On a snowy morning we met with our little ones to read Frosty The Snowman.  It was a cute book with the lyrics of the song put to pictures.

The sparkly cover of the book got lots of attending from the kiddies!

Our littlest winner was so happy to win and mom let us know that they have read it over and over and over!!!

Thank you Scholastic Canada for another perfect book

Frosty Fun Fact!  Frost the Snowman was written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson and was first recorded by Gene Autry  in 1950

Frosty the Snowman

Frosty the Snowman, was a jolly happy soul,
With a corn cob pipe and a button nose, and two eyes made of coal.

Frosty the Snowman, is a fairytale, they say.
He was made of snow, but the children know he came to life one day.

There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found,

For when they placed it on his head, he began to dance around!

Oh, Frosty, the Snowman, was alive as he could be;
and the children say he could laugh and play,
just the same as you and me.

Thumpety thump, thump, thumpety thump, thump,
look at Frosty go.

Thumpety thump, thump, thumpety thump, thump,
over the hills of snow.

Frosty the Snowman, knew the sun was hot that day,
so he said, "Let's run, and we'll have some fun now, before I melt away."

Down to the village, with a broomstick in his hand,
Running here and there, all around the square,
sayin', "Catch me if you can."

He led them down the streets of town, right to the traffic cop;

and only paused a moment, when he heard him holler, "Stop!"

For Frosty, the Snowman, had to hurry on his way,
But he waved goodbye, sayin' "Don't cry, I'll be back again some day."