Happy Birthday Canada!

momstown milton is wishing you all a super Canada Day tomorrow!

Looking to keep little hands busy and let them help celebrate Canada's Birthday? Here's a few Canada Day ideas:

* Paint Canada flags with red paint handprints as the 'maple leaf' (all ages can do this!!)

*Make lots of 8x11 flags to stick on windows and fences, tape flags to a straw for mini ones or toothpicks for super-mini. Let the kids display their Canadian art gallery for everyone to see their national pride.

*What's Canada day without Fireworks? Make a firework Canada Day t-shirt by diluting fabric paint with water in a spray bottle. Each spray is a blast of 'fireworks' and then decorate with extra sparkle paint for effect.

*Canadiana beaded 'necklaces': Find some red & white beads or paint penne pasta or even cut up some toliet paper rolls to make fat "beads" - string them together for a gorgeous national look!

*Include your little sous chefs by decorating red & white cupcakes with fresh in season strawberries and raspberries.

Most of all enjoy a fun day with your family!

Our momstown members are talking about the events taking place at the Milton Fairgrounds tomorrow. Click here for the details and a link to the fun stuff the town is putting on. We bet you'll see a few momstown faces out and about!!

Ostrich fun!

DID YOU KNOW?

• Ostrich can live up to 70 years (Wow that's a long time)



• Ostrich can run 70 kilometres an hour (40 mph) and maintain that speed for 15 minutes at a time (Could you imagine chasing after your toddler at that speed?)



• Ostrich have three pairs of eyelids, two toes and one toenail.
  

momstown Milton along with momstown Guelph learned these fun facts and more while touring White Rock Ostrich Farm in Rockwood.

Our day was perfect; the sun was shining, a slight breeze in the air and the ostriches were waiting at every turn of the tractor. With the help of our tour guide, we learned about the three types of breeder; the African Black, the Blue, and the Red, we fed the teenagers; who are only a year old, and looked in on the 3 week old babies in the nursery.

But wait that's not all...

Many of our momstown mamas feasted on ostrich burgers, Yummy! And our little ones enjoyed a delicious ice cream cone.

Next month momstown Milton is heading to Lowville Park for our Jungle Exploration, Brantford Twin Valley Zoo, and Kelso Beach. If you are interested in learning more about momstown Milton's events, playgroups, and more, contact us at info@momstown.ca or milton.momstown.ca

hundreds of messy faces!

Wanna see some messy faces and kids playing with food?

momstown launched our momstown meals photo contest which runs until June 25th over on our momstown Facebook page.

The winner of the most votes wins $100 to their favourite grocery store + an annual momstown membership + a feature in our new momstown meals blog.

So far we've received 198 submissions!! You simply have to check out these fabulous entries - everything from messy birthday cake faces to baking kids and food exploration!



To enter email your food themed submission at contests@momstown.ca and then send friends over to make a comment to vote for your child! Enter to win even if you're not a Facebook user.

Contest is over June 25th so submit & vote now!

Check out this sweet pic of a momstown Milton monkey! Maybe we can have a Milton winner?

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

Creepy crawlies + a walk around Mill Pond + snacks in the gazebo = a fantastic momstown Milton Busytown playgroup.

momstown Milton explored the creatures behind rocks, crawling the trees and swimming in the Mill Pond. We began our trek at Rotary Park and ended in the gazebo overlooking the Mill Pond. Our wee ones brought along their jars, nets, and bug catchers in hopes of finding creepy crawlies (all creatures were returned to their homes afterwards).

We ended our walk through nature with snacks in the shade of the Mill Pond gazebo. Future Busytown playgroups include White Rock Ostrich Farm, Brantford Twin Valley Zoo, and Soccer at Bronte Meadows park.

Interested in learning more about momstown Milton playgroups, contact us at info@momstown.ca or milton.momstown.ca

Munch & Crunch at Baby Picnic!

Summer is so perfect for picnics and what baby doesn't love a little fresh air, a little soft breeze under some leafy trees and a picnic lunch? What mama doesn't love that too!?

The momstown Milton baby Picnic happens the first Tuesday of the month and although all members are welcome, it's geared more to our little members! A perfect mom and baby day!

Dust off your Strawberry baskets!

We planned our momstown Busytown Strawberry Picking field trip just perfectly!

Springridge Farm says pick your own berries are ready this Thursday and this Friday momstown moms & kids from Milton & Oakville will be there ready to pick!

Dust off those baskets, clear your freezer and get ready to bring home buckets of strawberries and red stained, red faced, strawberry filled happy kids!

(That's a pic of my oldest on her very first trip strawberry picking trip!)

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