The blue group had another wonderful day at Garden View Village on Wednesday! When we arrived, Elsie and
Doris were waiting for us.
They joined us while we had our snack, and then we
sang our song for the Winter Concert. We had a few more Senior Friends gather
by that time and everyone loved it! We loved all of the decorations they had in
the Golden Room, and Kathy challenged us to a “Present Finding Hunt” to see how
many wrapped presents we could find in the building. We found 26!
We especially
loved the decorations Thelma had near her room and the decorations in the front
lobby.
We were told that the big Christmas tree is going up soon, so we are
welcome to visit with our families to see it in the front lobby area after this
Sunday. After a visit with some more Senior Friends during their coffee break,
we went back to the Golden Room to create centerpieces for the dinner tables.
Along with our wonderful parent helpers (Ash-Fyn’s mom and Tanya-Luke’s mom),
our school helpers (Tamara McLean and Laura Holmes) and our Senior Friends (Doris,
Elsie and Marg), we created really cute snowmen and reindeer decorations!
(These are the ones the red group created at the school on Tues)
(These are the ones the blue group created at Garden View)
We
are excited for the Red group to see them on the tables next week! We finished
with Ash reading us a story (There Was A Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow) and
singing a few songs. While listening to the story, one of our new Senior
Friends exclaimed happily, “it has been such a long time since someone last
read me a story!”. What a simple joy! We also had a Senior Friend find a few
colouring contest pages in the newspaper that she photocopied for us and gave
us to colour at school (reindeer and Christmas trees). There were lots of full,
happy hearts and smiles today (Senior Friends, Kindergarten students, parents,
Garden View staff and school staff included!)
