Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday Dear Betty....Happy Birthday to you!!

Betty celebrated her 75th Birthday on Monday October 19th, 2009. We were so happy to see her on Tuesday, We continued the celebration with all of her friends here in "Dayaway". Betty has been a a part of our program since January 2008, we are so happy to have you as a part of our program!

Autumn Joys!

This fun little poem below was the insirparation for our fun craft project. I had gone out in the morning to the park across the street (Mounds Park) to gather all diffrent sizes and shapes of leaves. Each person had watercolor paint, paper and a pile of leaves. They painted the leaves and pressed them on to watercolor paper. After we enjoyed some wonderful warm apple cider, donuts and some good reminiscing.

Autumn Joys

By Mabel Duch

Yellow leaves, golden leaves,
Red and orange and brown.
I love to see the colored leaves
Before they tumble down.

And when they’ve fluttered through the air,
Lie upon the ground,
I like to scuff then with my feet
And hear the rustling sound.

I like the smell of cider
Warming on the stove,
Apple odor mingled
With cinnamon and clove.

I like the tastes of autumn,
New apples tart or sweet,
And slowly roasted chestnuts.
These things are fun to eat.

I like the feel of autumn wind,
A cool and gentle breeze,
Softly blowing on my face;
Then dancing with the leaves.

The special joys of autumn,
I’d like to keep them here.
Though they must go, I’m glad to know
They’ll come again next year.

National Food Bank Week!

Last week was National Food Bank week. We made signs and attached them to boxes and placed them in different locations around the Marian of Saint Paul Campus. We are very impressed with the amount of food we have collected. Thank you to everyone who donated. We will be taking a group out on Tuesday afternoon to drop all of the food to the local food shelf.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday Dear Fay...Happy Birthday to you!

This lucky lady is celebrating her 68th birthday on Tuesday October 20th, 2009, with her daughter who lives down in Florida. We will be celebrating her birthday upon her return with all of her friends here! Fay has been a client of "DayAway" since May 2006! We are so happy you are a part of our program! See you soon, we all miss you!

90 Years Young!

Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday Dear Rudy....Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!

Rudy celebrated his 90th Birthday on Sunday October 18th, 2009 with all of his family and friends! It was so nice of him to stop by today so we could give him his gifts and birthday cake from all of his friends here. Rudy has been a client of "DayAway" since July 2002. We are so lucky to have you as a part of our program!

Crafty Friday!

Our ladies love to do all kinds of crafts. So, we have made Fridays our day of all kinds of craft projects. Here, one of the clients is painting a butterfly that will go onto a window or a door so the light can shine through and show all the pretty colors. Another client decorated a bag with some fun designs in puff paint.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday Dear Thomas...Happy Birthday to you!

Thomas has been a client of the Adult Day Program since May 2008! We were so happy that he joined all of his friends here in "DayAway" to help celebrate his 84th birthday today! We are so lucky to have you as a part of our program!