When
you're young, you don't realise just how precious these mother's day events are
to us mothers. For moms, it's an
opportunity to sit back and reflect, to take the long view of what motherhood is and what it really means to be MOM (that is, when we are not up to our knees
in chaos, laundry and tantrums). Thanks to Miss Sam, the many mom-volunteers
and our supporting neighbourhood companies, we all had an opportunity to gather
and celebrate what we moms all have in common -a giant heart full of love and tenderness
and wonder for our little ones and what their presence offers to our lives. Yes,
sleepless nights are torturous, whining just about drives us to the edge,
and the constant sacrifices can be relentless at times, but there are those
moments of pure joy. Many of them actually!
Momstown Milton celebrated
these special moments with a Mothers' Day Tea Party at The Dance Shoppe.
It was an amazing turnout with over 50 moms and their children, and
grandmothers too! Everyone was dressed in their finest, with some arriving as princesses
with tiaras and crowns, and that was just the moms! Tutus and jaunty hats, ties
and suit jackets -this was a smartly dressed crowd!
Infants were intrigued immediately by the play area set up just for them; the toddlers had full reign and freedom in a studio walled with mirrors filled with hula hoops, different colours and types of balls, colourful streamers and skipping ropes. Everyone got right down to it! Many moms donated fresh baked goods, fruit platters,crackers and cheese, donuts. Cake pops were donated by Party Monsters Invitations and More in the shape of colourful flowers. And instead of hot tea, we shared a toast with iced tea and pink lemonade!
After
free play, the tumbling demo lead by Lindsay began for the toddlers and Miss
Sam began the infant mothers day craft gift by painting the little ones hands
on a sentimental poem to mom. When the tumbling demo was over and the toddlers
had shaken their booties and wiggled their waggles out, it was their turn to
make a crafty mothers day souvenir. They hand decorated pots which were later
filled with soil and purple pansies for moms to take home to their gardens.
Thank you Crawfords Garden Centre for donating the supplies and Huggies for providing the Simply Clean wipes that helped to keep the mess to a minimum!
As the children were occupied, we began the raffle for gifts that had been donated to momstown. Chapters Indigo donated a bag of books, Goodlife donated a sports bag and gym accessories, Zen Wellness Clinic donated a $25 gift certificate, Paula from Lia Sophia for the stunning necklce and Oceana Whispers for a lovely floral bouquet.
Many of
the moms also participated in the competition for most unique tea pot or tea
cup. The prize was given to Jamie for her beautiful and original musical tea pot that had been handed down through several generations!
In celebration of love of mothers and mothers' love for their babes, we sang many familiar songs with a change in lyrics to express our all that moms do, and read some books in further support.
Thank you to all of the moms and their little ones for celebrating and donating resources and time to help set up and clean up our party.
At the Mothers Day Tea Party, we were able to take a look around at moms in our neighbourhood and celebrate all that we do and all that our kids bring to our lives. This event surely will not be forgotten!
This blog post was written by Kelly McArdle - our awsome momstown Milton events co-ordinator!
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