All That Glitters Christmas Party

This morning, momstown Whitby-Ajax members all got together to spread good holiday cheer and celebrate the holidays with a Christmas Party. Yesterday evening, we were hit with a significant snowfall, so as today approached we were quite nervous about whether the party would be able to commence or not. Thankfully the roads weren't all that bad. Quite a few members had to back out, but otherwise the turn out was great!

We had a Christmas tree set-up, holiday music playing and lots of yummy treats for everyone to enjoy. My contribution to the day was a cute little Christmas Tree inspired by the Rice Krispies Imagine & Make recipe ideas, as well as some Rice Krispies treats. (I'll make a separate blog post later this week that will show off in greater detail of the Christmas Tree I made, as well as provide you with some steps on how to make it at home. )

The Moms of young infants mingled on the floor, while the other tots played.

For circle time, we'd planned to read 'Twas The Night Before Christmas.

But the older kiddies decided they would rather color and do a craft instead.

Today's craft was a Stick Christmas Tree with Glitter Decor. Some children made funky-colored trees; while others decided they would rather make sparkly fairy dust wands. It was very cute to watch their imaginations come alive!

To make the tree, check out the momstown Arts & Crafts blog for further instructions. This is certainly one of those crafts that you can enjoy doing as a whole family, and adapt however you like.

We were provided with a great little gift bag for today's event containing cereal, baking sheet, cookie cutters, etc. from Kelloggs to giveaway to one of our lucky partygoers. Towards the end of the event, we did a draw and the winner was Liana. She was more than thrilled to get inspired and create something delicious with her whole family!

Today was a great day! The holiday cheer is certainly being felt in momstown Whitby-Ajax!

Christmas Storytime

Yesterday we headed out to the local library for Christmas Storytime. We had quite a few members show up for the fun morning filled with stories, songs, music & movement and a craft.

The children had so much fun during circle time. First we read a holiday book. Then we sang a song about snowflakes. The part that the children enjoyed most was sing and dancing to The Reindeer Hokey-Pokey.


The Reindeer Hokey-Pokey

You put your antlers in
You put your antlers out
You put your antlers in
And you shake them all about
You do the Reindeer Pokey
And you turn yourself around.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

You put your right hoof in
You put your right hoof out
You put your right hoof in
And you shake it all about
You do the Reindeer Pokey
And you turn yourself around.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

You put your left hoof in
You put your left hoof out
You put your left hoof in
And you shake it all about
You do the Reindeer Pokey
And you turn yourself around.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

You put your red nose in
You put your red nose out
You put your red nose in
And you shake it all about
You do the Reindeer Pokey
And you turn yourself around.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

You put your fluffy tail in
You put your fluffy tail out
You put your fluffy tail in
And you shake it all about
You do the Reindeer Pokey
And you turn yourself around.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

You put your reindeer body in
You put your reindeer body out
You put your reindeer body in
And you shake it all about
You do the Reindeer Pokey
And you turn yourself around.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT! 

Once the children burned all their steam doing the reindeer hokey-pokey, we all went over to the craft tables and made a Reindeer Christmas Card.

We had such a fun morning, and we can't wait to all get together again!!

Boo Bash

On Friday, October 29th momstown Whitby-Ajax celebrated Halloween early with our annual Boo Bash!

A lot of Moms came out with their little goulish tots all in character. There were some pretty amazing costumes amongst the group!

The tots all enjoyed playing with the toys and creating styrofoam creepy, crazy spiders.


The spiders were made using pre-painted styrofoam balls, pipe cleaner and sticker googly eyes. The tots went crazy making the spiders, and were very proud to show off their masterpieces.



While the older kids played, the Moms chatted and nibbled on some snacks. It was surely great company!


Thanks to everyone who came out to the Boo Bash, and helped in making the day a success that it truly was! We look forward to seeing you all around the 'neighbourhood' again soon!