Valentine's Day Party!

On Valentine's Day morning, momstown Oshawa-Port Perry celebrated by throwing a special little party for the little ones! The children decorated Valentine's Day boxes with markers, stickers, glitter and lots of love! Then they filled their boxes with special Valentine's cards and treats from their friends!

Once the Valentine's were exchanged the children (and mommies) enjoy some delicious cupcakes and cakeballs provided by Bobbi's Cake Lollipop Shoppe!

They were thoroughly enjoyed by all and so was the socializing!

From everyone at momstown Oshawa-Port Perry, we hope you all had a very Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Love Your Cereal with Kellogg's!!!

On Friday, February 11th, momstown Oshawa - Port Perry enjoyed a delicious breakfast provided to us by our friends at Kellogg's!!! There was Rice Krispies, Mini-Wheats Little Bites, Froot Loops, Raisin Bran, Strawberry Mini-Wheats, Corn Pops, and Frosted Flakes all enjoyed with some milk, yogurt, fresh fruit, orange juice, coffee and tea! It was served up buffet style so that everyone could try a little bit of everything throughout the morning in between crafts and socializing!

 

Everyone really enjoyed being able to sample a little bit of everything and it was heard more than once that "this cereal is a little taste of my childhood". The children definitely had their share of cereal to eat too and they also got inspired to be creative with the cereal and made beautiful pictures, designs, patterns and bracelets out of various cereals, but primarily using their fave, Froot Loops!

At the end of the morning every mom went home with a very generous gift bag from Kellogg's which contained 5 different boxes of cereal, a coupon for more cereal, and a children's book! One lucky mom also won a prize pack containing cereal bowls, Tucan Sam, a soccer ball, a children's book and lots of cereal!

This momstown exclusive event was also a little educational for us moms! Here are some of the things that we learned about cereal:

• Cereal is the #1 contributor of iron intake in children
• Only 5% of children's sugar intake comes from "sugary" children's cereal
• People who eat breakfast have a better metabolism
• To calculate the amount of fibre your child should be getting on a daily basis, start with 5-10g and then add the child's age
• "Whole grain" does not necessarily mean lots of fibre
• The sugar found in cereal makes it a satisfying choice for a snack as it is not addictive and will not leave you wanting more such as with salty or fatty alternatives

To learn more about cereal and to see how it compares to some of the other breakfast choices you make, go to www.loveyourcereal.com.



Thank you very much Kellogg's for teaming up with all of us here at momstown and providing us with a nutritious and fun breakfast!!!

Nanny Robina is coming back to momstown Oshawa - Port Perry!!!

Back by popular demand is everyone's favourite Nanny! This time she is coming to help those of us with toddlers to conquer those "Toddler Shenanigans". Here's the flyer with all the info you need!

 

Please email info.oshawa-portperry@momstown.ca to make arrangements for submitting payment in order to secure your spot in the class!!!

Love Your Cereal!!!

"Love Your Cereal" is being brought to you by Kellogg's and is going to be a fun event happening in many of the momstown chapters!

On Friday, February 11th come on out for a fun momstown social and enjoy a delicious breakfast supplied by Kellogg's, recieve a special Kellogg's gift bag, have a chance to win the Kellogg's Prize Package (which will be raffled off), and simply enjoy the company of other moms and their kiddies!

Breakfast will be offered to all those in attendance and so signing up in advance is particularly important for this event so that we will be able to arrange everything.

There will also be crafts and activities to keep the kiddies busy!

 

For more information, feel free to email
info.oshawa-portperry@momstown.ca

or

login to momstown Oshawa - Port Perry to sign up!!! 

Another Relaxing Mom's Night Out!

We do a lot of fantastic events! There are playgroups, educational circle times & crafts, themed parties, and we go skating and swimming and play in the snow, we always have a ton of fun with the kiddies! Last night though, was all about having fun with the mommies! No kids allowed! A wonderfully relaxing mom's night out!

We started out at Montana's in North Oshawa. What a great restaurant! The atmosphere is very warm and inviting, the staff are very friendly and welcoming, the service is quick and accurate, and the food is just unbelievably tasty! One of the mom's in our group actually works at Montana's and I asked her what she would recommend, what was really really good that I just HAD to order. After she named off more than half of the items on the menu, my decision wasn't made any easier. I ended up with the meatloaf, garlic mashed, and veggies all covered with gravy. It was to die for. Everyone else at dinner enjoyed their meals as well, without a single complaint. When our bills came, there was also absolutely no complaints as the prices are already very reasonable and momstown Oshawa - Port Perry also enjoys a discount of 15% off! A big thank you to Montana's for such a great experience!

After dinner, we all went over to the movies to see "The Dilemma". The movie was good and again, the company was great! The evening was a well-deserved break from a mom's regular schedule and routine, and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

If you would like to participate in our next mom's night out, or any one of our other events, be sure to sign up on our momstown Oshawa - Port Perry calendar!

Happy New Year momstown Oshawa - Port Perry!!!

This time of year is a fantastic time to reflect upon where we have been and where we are going. Many people use this time to make resolutions; changes to their lives that they feel will make them a better, happier person. It is a time of new beginnings and offers a fresh, clean, event-free calendar upon which we can happily begin jotting down all of the exciting things to come!

For me, 2010 was a very event-filled year! It started off with a countdown to the end of my maternity leave and my return to work. A very bittersweet time as I loved my workplace and was looking forward to the social aspect it provided, but was very sad to see the end my relaxing days filled with the perfect, smiling face of my daughter.

Then after a few months of working, I decided that that perfect, smiling face far outweighed my love of my job and my co-workers and I made the decision to find a way to create a better balance in my life.

I stumbled upon momstown...this fantastic community of moms that I had never even heard of. I quickly found out that the reason I hadn't heard of it was that it was not yet in my community and that by bringing it here I would also be given the opportunity to become a work at home mom! So now, I have a job that I love that I am able to do from home and I have something to keep me busy in my community with my little one (who quickly turned into a busy toddler over this past year as well).

Once momstown got started in Oshawa - Port Perry, moms from all around the region began to meet up and enjoy each others conversation on the message boards and each others company at events. We've had many events, well over 100 in just the last 4 months, and it has been amazing! The time has flown by even faster than it usually does in the last few months of the year, and here we are welcoming 2011!!!

There were many changes for me and my family over the past year, and also for this community. Surely 2011 will also bring many changes, which I'm positive will also all be very exciting. In terms of resolutions, I really can't say that I have any. The things that are going to change will do that on their own. As for me, I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the wonderful ride!

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you all are as happy with the outcome of 2010 as I am and that you are all just as excited as me to be filling up those 2011 calendars (with family events and momstown events too, of course)!!!

Making Gingerbread Houses!

momstown Oshawa - Port Perry got together yesterday to make gingerbread houses! The kids were excited, and the moms were excited too! We got all the materials out and began the construction. They were looking fantastic, and although mom had to do most of this part, the kids were right in there, ready to help!

 

The instructions on the packaging suggested a wait time of approximately 30 minutes after building the house before decorating! But, we didn't wait at all! We didn't actually read this instruction until after the gingerbread houses were complete, but even if we had read it, can you imagine trying to tell a whole table full of preschoolers that they had to wait? Not after already tasting the yummy icing and candies! It would not have been an option! So we just went ahead and started adding the candy to the houses!

Everyone was working really hard!

The gingerbread houses were starting to look really great!

Until...they started falling apart! This is when the instructions were read! Who knew you needed instructions for gingerbread house building? Well, we hadn't waited for the icing to set before adding candy and so that could have been part of the problem, but the other part was that we didn't use Royal Icing to stick all of the walls together. We had decided to use regular icing because we had just used it a couple of days prior to construct a fantastic Rice Krispies Christmas Tree and it had held the Rice Krispies Tree together like glue! Again, maybe if we had just let it set, this would not have happened...

The little ones were upset at first, which of course is the worst! The last thing you want during a nice holiday tradition is tears! The tears never came though, the kid's all got over it quickly and decided to just go with it! There were a couple of houses still intact, but those that fell apart we simply improvised with!

The morning turned out to be great fun, with a lot of laughs! Memories were made and relationships were strengthened! Isn't that what the holidays are all about anyway? That's what momstown is about too!!!

After the Gingerbread Houses were finished being decorated, the children burnt off some of the their sugar high in the playroom while the moms enjoyed a nice hot cup of tea and shared a few more laughs!

For our next great adventure, that's not so much about the finished product, but more about the process and the memories created along the way, check out the momstown Oshawa - Port Perry calendar of events!