Monday, October 29, 2012

momstown Milton moms and tots had a Spooktacular time at our Fisher-Price Sponsored Halloween Boo Bash

Our momstown Milton moms and tots had a spooktacular time at our Fisher-Price sponsored Halloween Boo Bash! The Dance Shoppe was jam packed with little ghouls and goblins. Lucky for us we had use of the entire facility to accommodate the large number of members that showed up to our much anticipated annual event.








Having the three studios to work with made it easier to allocate the various activities and helped to keep the party exciting and fun. You had to make your way through each one in order to get the full experience of all that we were offering. The first studio was our "active" zone where we had a bouncy castle courtesy of the Dance Shoppe and a fitness circuit with the Monkeynastix Milton crew on hand to help guide and spot the kids as they attempted to try out the super cool equipment and test out their gross motor skills.




In the second Studio we set up our "dance" zone. Kids love to move n groove so we made sure to have a couple of demos booked to keep the party hopping!   Miss Lindsay from the Dance Shoppe and Miss Christine from Get Fit with Zumba did a great job getting out little dancers and mamas to bust a move.



The third studio was our featured "Toy" zone with loads of toys from Fisher-Price to keep our kiddos busy and engaged. You could hear the squeals of excitement as they entered the studio and caught a glimpse of each of the toys and realized that they were allowed to play with them. Too often are little ones told "don't touch" as they are tempted by the aisles of toys on the shelves. The moms were relieved that the toys were not just on display but that the kids got to have a hands on experience. It sure did give them some great insight as to what items to add to their Christmas List!





The Disney Baby Amazing Animals Sing Along Choo Choo got lots of use with our infants who enjoyed rolling it along the floor and playing with each of the Disney characters that are included as part of the set. The moms particularly liked that the parts were all large enough for easy gripping and put there minds at ease not having to worry about choking hazards.


The Fisher Price Cruise and Groove Ballapalooza came with 8 colourful balls that made there way down ramps and twisted through chutes keeping everyone guessing where the balls would pop out at the bottom. Extremely engaging!


Our kids had some competition when it came to bustin a move. The Master Moves Mickey had some insane hip hop steps that were totally outrageous!



The Little People's Disney Princess Songs Palace was a great cause and effect toy. Each princess figurine had their own tune that played when put on the magical dance floor. The kids were delighted to hear familiar tunes that they could sing and dance to.


Our next toy - Hero World DC Super Friends Voice Comm Motion Max Batwing logged in several air time hours with our little tikes. I don't think I saw it land once during the entire party!


What's a party without snacks! The Servin' Surprises Kitchen and Table had our little ones cooking up a storm to add to our already packed buffet table. This little guy perused the goodies and felt that a pizza needed to be added to the spread : )




The biggest hit with my darling son was the Rescue Heroes Fire Truck with Billy Blazes! He's usually good at sharing but this toy had him wanting to keep it all for himself. He had already had his eye on it from the get go and it took some convincing for him to give it up so that I could take it with me to the Boo Bash. Luckily he's got a birthday coming up in a month - shhh it will be our secret.

  
A special shout out to our friends at Milton Community Nursery School for sponsoring our spooky craft table. Footprint ghosts and tissue paper jack-o-lanterns were great sensory crafts that all ages could participate in.




We wrapped up the event by having Sherri from Circle Time Parties lead us in some Halloween songs and finger play including the all time favourite 5 Little Pumpkins. The kids really got into it and loved the bubble machine as the grande finale.


No one left empty handed. We had tons of door prizes courtesy of Shoeless Joe's Milton, Get Fit with Zumba, Simply Creative, The Cookie Mix, and of course all of the amazing toys from Fisher Price!





Thanx to everyone for joining us at our Halloween Boo Bash! The fun doesn't stop here. Check out our Indoor Trick or Treating event open to the public on Halloween night and don't forget to sign up for your 6 week FREE trial membership here! 

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Milton moms and tots enjoyed our momstown Nutella Buddies Event

You know it's going to be a good day when you're able to leave for an event still dressed in your PJ's and that's exactly what our momstown mamas commented as they arrived for our momstown Milton Teddy Bear PJ and Potluck Picnic sponsored by Nutella.



The spread of food was unbelievable - so much variety and choice that both moms and tots had to make their way to the potluck table several times to get a good sampling of all the delicious foods.



While we ate, we chatted about breakfast being the most important meal of the day and how the greatest challenge that moms face in the morning (according to the Canadian Breakfast Report funded by Nutella)  is finding the time to serve a complete and nutritious breakfast to the little ones in the busy bustle of the morning flurry. We shared tips on how to maximize on our limited time in the "am" by trying to prep lunches and lay out clothes the night before in the hopes that would allow for more quality time around the breakfast table every morning.



After our tummies were filled, we got busy with our infants creating adorable foot print bears while our toddlers / preschoolers worked on making their fuzzy wuzzy bear puppets.

 
 



In keeping with Teddy Bear theme we read "Bears on the Stairs" by Julia Jarman and Lynne Chapman. This was a cute story about how creative our little ones can get in order to delay going to bed. We then got everyone involved with our reading of "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. This interactive story had us swishing through tall grass, splashing through a cold river, squelching through thick oozy mud and tip toeing through a dark damp cave. What an adventure!






We ended off the event with our raffle draw. Congrats to Molly for winning the Nutella Knap sack prize pack, Jennifer for winning the Bear Cookie Bouquet from Cookie Munchsters and Amy for winning the GC from our very generous host Maribeth from Scribble n Splatter! No one went away empty handed. We all received swag bags that included our very own jar of Nutella to enjoy at home!




If you would like to join in on the fun or just want more information on what momstown is all about please visit us at momstown Milton and click on the register tab to try out a 6 week free trail membership.