Monday 9th
Riversway in Bristol
Victoria enjoyed a trip over to the shops! We saw a few boats on the river from the bridge and Victoria enjoyed the fresh air whilst getting herself some treats in the local Coop. [gallery size="medium" ids="28504645,28504646,28504647"]Cherry Tree Lodge in Lincoln
Our amazing staff and their brilliant families took part in the Pretty Muddy Race for Life on Saturday, raising an amazing £3500 for cancer research! They all did amazing in completing the 5k course in just over an hour and a half! Well done everyone, we are so proud of you all! [gallery size="medium" columns="2" ids="28504697,28504698"]Tuesday 10th
Riversway in Bristol
Linda spent some quality time with Patricia. They had a lovely chat about families whilst Pat made this lovely flower canvas with Linda to hang on her wall. [gallery size="medium" ids="28504679,28504680,28504681"]Oakdene in Mansfield
We would like to wish Katarzyna our cleaner all the best as she moves on from us for bigger things! Good luck with all your future endeavours Katarzyna, you will be missed! [gallery size="medium" ids="28504700,28504701,28504702"]Wednesday 11th
Riversway in Bristol
Pam and Alison took a couple of the residents out shopping, followed by a bite to eat and a drink. A passer-by said it was nice to see people smiling when they are out! [gallery columns="4" link="file" ids="28504690,28504691,28504693,28504694"]Oakdene in Mansfield
We had lots of fun with a chocolate fountain! We cut up our fruit and took it in turns to dip in our skewers into the chocolate. We had lots of chats about our favourite fruits! [gallery size="medium" ids="28504683,28504684,28504685,28504686,28504687,28504688"]The Fieldings in Sutton-in-Ashfield
We took a lovely trip to Whitby. The sun was shining, the sights were brilliant and we even got to see an old fashioned sailboat out in the water. Everyone had such a wonderful day! [gallery size="medium" ids="28504738,28504739,28504740"]Thursday 12th
The Fieldings in Sutton-in-Ashfield
We held our very own mini-May fair at the home, with plenty of fair games including, ring toss, hook a duck, can knockdown and some "pie face" Everyone had a brilliant time, even if there was a little bit of cheating going on with the pie face!
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Oakdene in Mansfield
A few of our lovely residents had some fun when we got the dress-up box out. [gallery size="medium" ids="28504704,28504705,28504706,28504707,28504708,28504709"]Riversway in Bristol
We enjoyed the ice cream bar we created. We handed out some ice creams to some of our residents who chose their toppings and enjoyed some ice cream Sundays in the garden. Everyone was pleased as the weather was warm so a perfect day for the trolly visit [gallery size="medium" ids="28504724,28504725,28504726,28504727,28504728,28504729"]Stoneygate Road in Leicester
We had a small Birthday Celebration in the home! She really loved her cake and gifts and everyone got together to sing happy birthday! [gallery size="medium" ids="28504766,28504767,28504768"]Friday 13th
Riversway in Bristol
David helped us to arrange the beautiful flowers we had from the Coop. We cut the flowers and arranged them into vases to give out, we had lots of happy smiling faces! [gallery size="medium" ids="28504730,28504731,28504732,28504733,28504734,28504735"] Mo celebrated her 84th birthday on Saturday 7th May. We decorated her room with banners to celebrate the big day. She had lots of lovely flowers and cards from her family. She liked her card and flowers from everyone at Riversway [gallery size="medium" ids="28504820,28504821,28504822"]Oakdene in Mansfield
A couple of our lovely residents decided to help with the cleaning. A little hard work makes you feel like you accomplished something in your day! [gallery size="medium" ids="28504712,28504713,28504714"]The Fieldings in Sutton-in-Ashfield
It's tradition to open a May Day Fair with a May Queen, so we found our own! She was so honoured to open the day for us! [gallery size="medium" ids="28504770,28504771,28504772"]Saturday 14th
The Fieldings in Sutton-in-Ashfield
We had a little bit of fun and made some bird feeders to put out in our garden. [gallery size="medium" columns="2" ids="28504781,28504782"]Riversway in Bristol
We made our own biscoff and caramel ice cream.
We also tasted a raspberry ripple ice cream in an oyster waffle that we had made earlier that day.
Everyone enjoyed mixing, whipping, and crunching up the ingredients.
We spoke about our favourite flavoured ice-creams, how times have changed and how there are so many more flavours to choose from these days.