Today at Acorn House we celebrated National Cupcake Day by making our own cupcakes. After baking them in the morning, residents enjoyed decorating them. Needless to say they went down really well and were very much enjoyed by everyone for afternoon tea. 

In support of the Alzheimer's society dementia cupcake day, today we had a lovely coffee morning with delicious cupcakes some of which were donated by a student from Poynton high school who during lockdown turned her passion for baking into a small business. We finished the morning with a fun singalong.

Today we updated our board, we changed it from spring to summer, we decorated it with beautiful flamingos, palm trees and ice lollies. Lets bring on summer. Residents enjoyed looking at all the pretty bright colours. 

As part as the national nutrition and hydration week 2021, we at Manorhey enjoyed some healthy smoothies, made with our favourite fresh fruit. Residents got involved by chopping the fruit as part of the preparation for the smoothies. The residents felt lovely and refreshed and enjoyed the different variations of fruit.

We have been given some new CDs by a friend of Troutbeck Care Home and will enjoy listening to these later today. With eight CDs to choose from there should be something for everyone to enjoy. 

A Friday afternoon was well spent decorating and sampling cupcakes. The chef very kindly, at short notice, whipped up a batch of scrummy cupcakes for our residents to decorate using fondant, icing, vanilla butter cream and chocolate icing as well as a variety of sprinkles. They looked and tasted amazing. 

Residents at Dussindale Park had a busy afternoon creating some beautiful flower arrangements. These stunning arrangements were they displayed around the home. 

We have so many seeds now and can't wait to get sowing these flowers and vegetables over the next few weeks. We have been enjoying the sunshine over the past few weeks and hope this continues throughout summer. 

Congratulations to Amber Court - May Regional Carnival competition category winner for the most creative event. Home Manager, Delma Dela Cruz, said staff and residents had a wonderful day and we are thrilled to have won a lovely sweet and biscuits hamper. Residents and staff and looking forward to tucking into the hamper. 

Residents at The Hawthorns have had lots of fun in the sun this week. We had refreshing drinks created by our ladies and individual paddling pools set up for everyone to cool down whilst relaxing.