Swing Into Spring!

We had a ball welcoming Spring at CCV!

Yesterday, our fabulous Chefs created a wonderful diner-style meal that was complete with burgers, fries and ribs! We even had Root Beer Floats for desert!

After lunch, we scooted upstairs to the Stardust Room for our Swing into Spring Sock Hop!

Our line dancers never fail to impress!

We had so much fun!

Mike & Lyn are amazing!

Did you notice M&M's home made Saddle Shoes? NICE!

While we're looking at feet....

It was almost like an instinct. Suddenly, everybody knew that you don't wear shoes to a Sock Hop-and the shoes were kicked off under the tables!

We had a great time dancing!

For those who weren't quite done dancing, the Chair Dancers wrapped up the Dance Floor after the Sock Hop.

Have a great week!

Water Party!

Water is wonderful for you. It keeps you healthy and moving. Doctors say to drink 8 glasses a day. But, lets face it-water is so plain! In Arkansas, we drink tea.

We don't "like" sweet tea. We don't "love" sweet tea. We are in a longterm relationship with Tea! Down here, people have been drinking tea since the ripe age of two!

We made a group effort today to move away from tea and try some of the new flavored waters that have come out in the last few years. We tried everything from Strawberry to Pomegrante to Mojito and Appletini!

The favorite?

Margarita!!

And after the party, Stacy took a moment to demostrate her awesome skills with a broom. And no-those skills do not include cleaning.

STAY, BROOM!

We all practiced the utterly useless skill of freestanding a broom. Who knew, right? You learn something new every day!

And what is a party without somebody getting pushed around in a dolly?

Oh boys....those were virgin Mojitos!

See you at the next Water Party!

NoodleBall!

On your mark...

Get set....


NOODLE!

We have been waiting all winter for the chance to find a store selling Water Noodles! The great pool toys make for an epic on-land battle!

We asked residents to sit across from each other. One side held green noodles and the other side held blue noodles. The object of the game is use your noodle to push a beachball (which is dropped in the middle) all the way to your left and through two chairs for a goal! The first team to 6 points wins!

Linda had to teach Jim a lesson for messing up her hair!

GO GO GO!

Send that ball down this way!

We had a GREAT time playing the year's first game of Noodleball! Join us for the next game-we're sure you'll have a blast!

PARTY Gras 2012!

It's Fat Tuesday in Hot Springs!


Let's play a game...can you guess who these three are?

We had a GREAT lunch! Our wonderful Chef team gave us some Cajun flavor surrounded by the traditional Green, Yellow and Purple!

We think Bill should wear this hat every day of the year!

Even with six inches of feathers, Linda is the shortest person in the building. Poor Linda...

Now, what Mardi Gras would be complete with a parade of floats throwing beads into the crowd?

Oh yes.

The staff decorated cardboard boxes and Chef Lee created a beautiful King Cake! We cranked up the Jazz music and pranced through the Dining Room at lunch!

Go big or go home!

It was harder to tell who was having more fun-the staff or the residents!

DANCE DANCE DANCE!

"Never leave the house without your cardboard box, Dennis!"

Everyone had an amazing time at the Mardi Gras lunch! After lunch, we headed upstairs into the Stardust Room and danced with DJ Monica! Don't worry, we'll share those pictures with you tomorrow. Until then, Laissez les bons temps rouler!!

I'll Love You To the Moon & Back!

We had a positivitly AMAZING Valentines Day celebration at CCV! To start the day off right, our Secret Pals exchanged gifts-but shhhh! We won't tell! We had a violinist play for us during out candlelight lunch-it was the most amazing lunch we've ever had! Have a look and follow our wonderful Valentines Day!

Who WOULDN'T love to each lunch at a place like this?

After our amazing Italian lunch with chocolate covered strawberries, we headed upstairs for a dance that we won't soon be forgetting!

This was the wonderful night sky stage!

Remember Tom and Jonnie? They were our King and Queen of Hearts for 2011. They enjoyed one last dance as the Reigning King and Queen before handing down their crowns.

Jonnie as she crowned Lynn...

Mike and Lynn shared their first dance as the King and Queen of Hearts 2012!

We even got Chef Joseph to come and dance with us!

Tom was such a gentleman!

We had a fabulous time! Join us next year!

Off & Running!

We have had a fabulous 2012 so far! We have been so busy, in fact, that we haven't had time to keep up the blog as much as we would like. But-there's no time like the present! Lets get everybody cuaght up with some of what we've been up to!

Skip Bo is one of our favorite games! And a little peeking never hurt anybody...

We're keeping our brains sharp! Each week, a new word puzzle is set out. Residents complete the puzzle and return it for Funny Money. We have had a blast with our word puzzles!

Wii bowling is one of our favorite pass times! We have to say, we're getting pretty good!

Valentines for Vets is our current Service Project. We are creating Valentines to be given to the Veterans at the Veterans' Hospital. We are so passionate about this program! It is wonderful to be able to do something that can make some of our Country's Heros happy.

Stay posted-we will be having lots of new pictures and videos and news of the excitement at CCV coming to you soon!

Happy Turkey Day!

As we join around our tables with our friends, family and neighbors, we would like to wish you a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving! 

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We hope you Gobble 'Till You Wobble!