Almost a week later, I am still impressed with our winter brunch. For this event we invited residents' families and had a very popular local musician come in to sing and play for the duration of the 2 hours.
The kitchen made delicious brunch food and decorated the dining room for a buffet style meal. There were eggs to order, breakfast meats, and a variety of pastries. I made Belgium waffles, mixed with green food coloring and stacked with points up, in the shape of Christmas trees. We had cookies, fruit, quiche, and eggnog. Really, it would have been hard to leave hungry.
While I was busy getting things ready that morning (extra chairs, table cloths, extension cords) I set up Wii bowling for families to play with the residents, and after the party and a bit of a rest, we had a sweater party to celebrate December birthdays. There was still a lot of food left over for it, and we gave out superlative pins for "cutest", "most unusual", "most holiday spirit", etc. My sweater was "most British" since it was given to me by a friend as she studied abroad in England.
The best part was watching the families interact in a setting
purely orchestrated to have fun. Although these events are a lot of
work, they always feel worth it.
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