Happy New Year to all! Check out below for our fun activities from the past few weeks.
At Shoreview Senior Living, we enjoyed a happy hour with Monroe Wright. He’s certainly a crowd-pleaser!
We also rang in the new year early with plenty of music, balloons, and root beer floats. We hope 2019 brings you joy and happiness.
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What a blessed holiday season we have had! At Shoreview Senior Living, we have lived life to the fullest the past couple of months. From worship services, sing-a-longs, Rockin’ Tony, and a Christmas tea party, to entertainment from the Senior Saxes, there is no shortage of fun activities here! Check out all of the pictures below.
Fun singing carols and making jingle bell music together!
Pastor Steve and Professor Burkart led us in Thanksgiving worship. We heard an inspiring message, sang songs, and learned the history of familiar Thanksgiving hymns.
Residents at Shoreview Senior Living had a great time making hats for our upcoming tea party!
The Senior Saxes entertained us with holiday music during happy hour!
Cheesecake, holiday trivia, Christmas carols, fun hats, and time together made for a very enjoyable Christmas tea party!
We enjoyed a fabulous lunch buffet at the beautifully decorated Lake Elmo Inn and Event Center!
Rockin’ with Tony on a Wednesday afternoon!
Residents at Shoreview enjoyed the sermon and singing carols at our Christmas Day worship service.
Santa was a hit at Shoreview Senior Living’s holiday party!
At Shoreview Senior Living, we are enjoying a November filled with beautiful music and art. Check out below for pictures from our musical and artistic ventures!
It’s always fun to sing along with Trudy! She’s so spunky and sweet! This month’s theme was “Thanksgiving.”
Happy hour with James Shaw was so much fun! His impersonations were great!
We enjoyed a craft session making art for our doors!
At Shoreview Senior Living, our residents love the chance to come together for fun activities, celebrations, and great conversation. Our most recent activities encompass all three. Take a look at what we’ve been up to!
We had a blast celebrating Halloween at Shoreview Senior Living!
Shoreview Senior Living residents gathered for a Friday Bible study and great conversation.
Our residents of Shoreview Senior Living are keeping busy this autumn season with all the essentials: music, food, and painting! Check out the events below to see what our residents have been up to these first few weeks of October.
Our friends from Silverwood Nature Center taught us about leaves and their changing fall colors, which inspired our watercolor art lesson.
Shoreview residents, families, and friends were treated to delicious German food and festive accordion music in celebration of Oktoberfest! Festive wear! So much food!
The early birds at our made-to-order breakfast!
Our Shoreview Senior Living residents enjoying the beautiful sounds of the Coral Bells!
Another month just flew by! Residents participated in the Slice of Shoreview Days parade, celebrated birthdays, and enjoyed many good times in July.
On Saturday morning, Shoreview Senior Living participated in the Slice of Shoreview Days parade! It turned out to be a beautiful day. Rockin’ Tony made this day even more special by joining us on the float. Thank you to all who helped make this event happen. Be sure to check us out on CTV North Suburbs online. We also wanted to give a shout out to DARTS Aging and Caregiving Resources transportation for all their time and dedication!
This is where the memories begin. A family celebrating their mom’s and friend’s 90th Birthday.
We started the day with a game of volleyball, then we played a little trivia out on the patio in the afternoon. Residents enjoyed a bit of ice cream while testing their knowledge. Once they were filled up, we went inside to do some relaxing yoga with Nancy. We can’t thank you enough, Nancy, for your time and dedication! We all had a wonderful afternoon.
Silverwood Nature Center visited again and talked about farmers markets. Residents were able to share their stories of canning their favorite veggies and fruit, as well as their days on the farm. They also created a berry bowl from clay which will be fired in the kiln and brought back next month for them to enjoy!
Monday was such a busy day. A group of residents headed out to White Bear Lake to go fishing. We couldn’t ask for a more beautiful day! Everyone caught a fish! Ricardo caught the smallest fish, and Donna pulled in the largest fish. When we docked, residents enjoyed some lunch by the lake. Thank you, Ted, Kathy, and Julie for a terrific morning. Bear Boating of White Bear Lake, MN is a wonderful organization!
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June has been full of so many fun activities! From field trips to art and music to yummy treats, the residents are having a blast!
We went outside for some trivia and root beer floats. It was a perfect day to enjoy these cool treats. We also realized that there are a few residents you should NOT want to give a water gun!
Aloha, from Shoreview Senior Living! On Wednesday, we had our 1st annual Hawaiian-style BBQ. There were decorations to make residents feel like they were in the tropics and wonderful Hawaiian music from Johnny Pineapple. It was truly a great afternoon! We even had some special Luau dancers who made this whole event come together. They definitely brought many smiles and laughs to the afternoon.
Residents got creative and made some beautiful glittery butterflies to use as a plant stake or an ornament. They all turned out absolutely adorable and bring a bit of summer into the room.
We celebrated our monthly birthday happy hour and a special 61st anniversary. It was so precious to see Tulli and Monica dance to an old favorite! We were spoiled with Kim’s signature chocolate Bailey’s cheesecake. It was a wonderful treat!! The Sunshiners, a mom and daughter duet, joined us for a fun hour of songs and had the residents singing along. Joy is 14 years old and is so talented on her flute. She wowed the residents as she played her flute while hula hooping. We even had a special furry guest, Bentley, who is an adorable great dane puppy. Together he and Leo brought many smiles!
This morning, we started out with a made-to-order breakfast for the residents! In the afternoon, Trudi joined us for another fabulous sing-a-long. She definitely took the residents “Over the Rainbow” with her beautiful voice. In the evening, Jamie played some cards with residents in Garden Cove.
On Tuesday, we traveled through history at the Minnesota Transportation Museum and saw exhibits featuring local and regional railway and bus history. We learned that the Jackson Street Roundhouse was built by James J. Hill in 1907 as one of the Great Northern Railway’s steam engine maintenance facilities. It was also the only railroad that did not go bankrupt. It was interesting to see how train cars were designed. We had a wonderful tour guide for our special tour of the forge and learned some fascinating facts from the blacksmiths. We dined in the middle of the museum and took in more history as we watched a short film. We had a great time and absorbed so much history of the Twin Cities.
Alyssa, Seth, and Cora joined us from Silverwood Nature Center to talk about pond life. From tadpoles to turtles to water beetles, residents learned all about the little creatures that make the pond their home. Afterward, they made a cyanotype print which uses the sun to expose their creation.
We had Josh Eidsor play his polka-style music on a concertina. Some recognized him from the polka spotlight on the channel 6 Metro Cable Network. It was a great afternoon! We also put up the fence residents painted flowers on. Our garden out back is doing awesome as well. Soon we will have cucumbers, zucchini, radishes, peppers, and tomatoes thanks to all our green thumbs.
We gave appreciation to our fathers with a pancake breakfast. It is always nice to show how much we care for these special men in our lives.
Rockin’ Tony came in for an afternoon of toe-tapping music! Tony had special guests: Judy played the tambourine, Jim played the sax, and Don played the trumpet. Tony even got ahold of Mr. Smiles (my puppet) and tried to get him to sing!
The past few weeks have been full of music, smiles, and laughter! What a wonderful start to the summer.
Ken Wanovich joined us for happy hour and played some sing-a-longs and classic tunes that we all love. Residents enjoyed delicious hummus, pita chips, and cocktails while listening to Ken’s wonderful music.
From volleyball to sing-a-longs to a picnic lunch in building B, we sure have had a fun week. It may have been muggy outside, but there was fun to be had inside! Nancy taught us a new yoga move called “lion pose.” We love this one! Not only does it help our facial muscles and voices, but we also look a bit goofy, too!
We celebrated our May birthdays and a 72nd wedding anniversary during happy hour. With the cake, ice cream, friends, and music from Monroe Wright – we sure had a great time.
Tony came in for an afternoon of rock-n-roll. It was great to see him and his nephew, Mason, who had just graduated preschool. He played his saxophone while Tony sang. He just looks up to his “gunkle” so much! Mason is so lucky to have such a special uncle in his life.
This day was filled with fun moments. First, it was Red Nose Day to support children in poverty. I love this day because it creates so many smiles! A group of us took our noses and went to the Masonic Heritage Center to see “From Ava to Eternity: the Life and Music of Frank Sinatra.” As we wore our noses to lunch and the theater, we noticed we inspired many smiles and laughs. Even the director of the theater put a nose on. We took a picture with the cast after the show too. It was a wonderful performance, and we look forward to going back in the near future. Back at Shoreview, Lexi had a great time enjoying popsicles out on the patio with residents.
Silverwood Nature Center visited us again to talk about baby animals. It was interesting to learn some of the fun facts! We knew rabbits multiply fast, but they are also known to have a litter each month. Wow! Residents then created a watercolor and ink press picture of baby animals in a nature scene. In the end, we were able to pick up the small bird baths that we made last month out of clay. They turned out so nice!
Leo turned three, and residents helped celebrate his special day. He played in the pool, showed them how he can jump through a hoop, and played some frisbee with the residents. Leo brought us some dog treats for everyone to share. What a beautiful day to celebrate this special pooch!
Thematic Thursday was filled with a variety of fun activities. We spent the day planting flowers on our patios. They look beautiful; it must have been our singing! In the afternoon, Amy came in for another improv hour with the residents. From funny noises to funny faces, it was a great time. Later in the day, The Hacklewrappers joined us for an evening of Bluegrass music. They were terrific and got the toes tapping.
The past few weeks have been full of activities that inspired residents to get moving!
We had a terrific Tuesday! Residents started out with volleyball in the morning. It’s becoming pretty competitive! After lunch, we all headed out for some trivia on the patio. We ended the wonderful day outside doing yoga with Nancy.
Monday afternoon, we enjoyed sitting on the patio before the rain came. Afterwards, we ventured inside for our Mother’s Day Tea Party. David Geske played some beautiful piano music for all the ladies (and a few men too), while the residents enjoyed tea with little cucumber sandwiches and petite desserts. It was a beautiful afternoon to celebrate with the moms at Shoreview Senior Living!
