Busy Bees at Work

Can't stand the heat of the not having an activity to engage your little one in? Come join our monthly momstown Milton Junior Chef program. This months recipe was peanut butter bumble bees.



We started off the event by rounding up all of our participants to get their hands washed and prepped for handling the ingredients.



We then gathered around the table and listened as our instructor Mary-Anne Selwa from My Smart Hands read the steps out loud and our little busy bees went right to work executing each request. The kids were given spatulas to scoop out globs of peanut butter, spoons to mix the ingredients together, and we used our bare hands to crush the graham wafers into fine pieces. Once the mixture was set, it was time to roll it into balls to create the bodies. What a gooey mess!






The balls were lined up on wax paper and the finishing touches - the drizzling of the chocolate and the almond sliver wings were added to complete the bumble bee creations.




Momstown is sensitive to food allergies and will modify our recipe selections if we are informed of any such issues. We did post to ensure no one attending this event had a peanut allergy for the safety of all of our participants. If you would like to learn more about the great interactive, educational events that momstown Milton has to offer, please contact info.milton@momstown.ca.

momstown Milton mom to mom sale

Great Deals on gently used baby & children’s clothes, toys, equipment and other goodies! Lots of brand names & like-new quality!

momstown is famous for it's mom to mom sales especially with our flagship, momstown Burlington that gets a line up around the block a half hour before the doors are opened! In past years, Milton has combined with our sister chapter and run it together.

This year we decided to stand alone and offer our Milton mamas a local venue so that we could get the entire community involved! From offering tables at a great rate to moms who needed to purge out their homes and do some spring cleaning, to promoting local business and mompreneurs thru our goody bags and providing a great Milton based event to our moms who are always searching for a great deal, momstown Milton is getting involved!

Our sale takes place:

Saturday May 28th from 8:30am - 11:30am
Masonic St. Claire Lodge
6321 Regional Road #25, Milton, ON L9T 1A1

FREE Entry for momstown members
$2 for non-members

Goody Bags for the first 50 people!

This is a CASH only event!

For more details please contact:
sam.kassam@momstown.ca

Mucking around with the Boar and Chick

A little rain....ok alot of rain wasn't going to dampen our momstown members spirits for our tour today at the Boar & Chick. We suited up in our rain coats and rubber boots and headed out to the barn to see the new batch of baby piglets.





They were absolutely adorable that we needed to get a closer look. Tania was kind enough to take them out of the pen and allow us to pet them. I kept on saying "piggy, oink, oink" and my darling son Jaxon immediately started signing for food. Too funny! We were able to pick up some interesting facts about pigs such as their gestation cycle is 3-3-3: three months, three weeks and three days and the little ones give out an ear piercing high pitched squeal as a way to communicate that they are in distress.






We then headed up to the loft to see the chickens. There were about 75 chickens that produce approximately 6 dozen eggs daily that needed to be collected. So we put the kids to work gathering the eggs from each of the coupes. A chicken lays one egg per day for the first year and then starts to slow down to one egg every 2-3 days. by the time they get to the end of their cycle, the eggs that are produced are less frequent but larger and tend to have a double yolk.






We braved the rain as Mark took us outside and guided us around the property and down to the creek. We were able to see signs of the beavers busy at work building a dam, the place where some deer had laid down for the night and even picked up a toad in our travels.




When we got back to the barn, there was a refreshing batch of lemonade and chocolate covered bacon for us to sample. It sure sounded like an odd combination but once we bit into it, we were asking for more. We also did a little bit of shopping and picked up some farm fresh eggs and bacon to take home with us.




A big thank you goes out to Rhonda our tour guide and Mark and Tania the owners of the Boar & Chick for having momstown Milton & momstown Burlington as their guests. We had a terrific adventure!

Crafty Critters - Beautiful Butterflies

Every month momstown has a theme that all of the chapters incorporate into our events for the month. May's educational curriculum theme was Butterflies and Bullfrogs. The kids were very excited to see the tables set up with feathers, bingo dabbers and colourful beads to create their one of a kind butterfly.




The infants had their own special art piece to create. They were given some paint and a bath sponge and then let loose to see what they could come up with. A few of them decided to get creative by picking up the paint bowls and mixing them together. The outcome was stunning! We weren't able to cut out the butterfly since the paint was still wet but the moms were given the pipe cleaner antenna's and google eyes to complete the project at home.





Check out some of the other crafts that were completed this month by our sister chapters momstown Newmarket and Aurora, momstown Central Alberta and momstown Guelph!

Swings, Slides & Snacks

Mother Nature finally decided to give us some great weather today and our momstown Milton toddlers decided to take full advantage of it. The kids were actually cooperative in allowing the mamas to dress them in their hats, sunglasses and slather them with sunscreen without much resistance. It felt like they knew that the quicker we were able to prep them, the sooner we would all be out the door heading to the local park.




Once we arrived, the little ones scattered in search of their favourite piece of equipment. Slides and swings were the most sought after ones, but for my little guy, a ball is all he required to put a smile on his face. He holds on to it from sunrise to sunset and the only time he will put it down with a little convincing is when it's snack time!






We found a primo spot in the shade and laid out a buffet style snack to share with everyone. On the menu was vegetable crackers, cheddar mini rice cakes, graham crackers, arrow route cookies and of course a sippy to quench our thirst after such a fun workout!





What a perfect way to spend a gorgeous sunny morning! Our sister momstown chapters have been taking advantage of the great weather as well. Check out their blog spots to see what activities their members have been partaking in!

Tiara's, Tutus and Prince Charming

Our group enjoyed a very magical morning today at the Dance Shoppe for our momstown Milton Mother's Day Tea Party held on Friday May 6th. The moms and tots arrived in their dazzling outfits that included tiara's, tutus and a few Prince Charming dudes!








Miss Lindsay started off the event with a free tumbling demo that had our little ones bouncing, singing and dancing too!




Then we were off to put together our Mother's Day craft for our moms to take home as a keepsake. The craft was a flower stem with a beautiful sentimental poem printed beside it. All of the kids were able to participate in creating a hand or footprint stamp that completed the picture for moms to take home and frame.



Once craft time was over, it was time for tea! We all sat down to a formal place setting with some very tasty treats to sample. There were finger sandwiches, croissants and a variety of delicious jams from Springridge farms, biscuits, apple juice, Starbucks coffee and a wide selection of teas to sip on.




Circle time was next and we sure did have fun singing songs about love to our mamas, playing with the parachute and reading a book titled "Are you my Mummy?" Little Polar Bear. It was all about a little polar bear cub trying to find his mummy and all of the different types of animals he meets during his search. Simple yet engaging for all ages!





Sadly enough the event came to an end however for a few lucky mamas the pampering will continue with some fantastic services / items from Karen's flower shop and Allegra Spa.

Here is a glimpse of how a few of our sister chapters were spoiling their members.momstown Barrie, momstown Newmarket and Auroraand momstown Burlington. Happy Mother's Day to all!