Whimsical, Whacky, Seussical Clapping

This is the second year in a row that we have celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday. He would have turned 101 this year, and last year was the big centennial, with everyone jumping on the bandwagon to celebrate all things Dr. Seuss…this year, we might have been one of the few, but we still had a GREAT time celebrating this wonderful man and his cherished children’s stories.

Our play is really quite a bit of fun. We treat it more like it’s an award show, and in between getting awards, our characters put on little skits from each of their respective stories. We, of course, had the Cat in the Hat along with Thing 1 and Thing 2 who caused a raucous amount of fun. Horton and the Mayor of Who-ville were there and they taught us that people are people no matter how small. The Lorax, our favorite environmentalist, and the Grinch, who likes to pretend like he doesn’t care about anybody or anything, went around and met some of the audience. And, of course, the characters from Green Eggs and Ham taught us that sometimes we need to try something new.

It was fun as we celebrated the characters who have taught us and others so many morals to guide our life. If we’re lucky, next year we will be able to have some new characters added to the play such as Sneetches and maybe a scene from the Butter Battle Book (because in this writer’s opinion…it’s the best Dr. Seuss book, however, most people are completely unaware of it!) We hope you enjoy the photos from this event…also, let us know if you have a favorite Seuss book that you would like to see us re-enact!

Amazing Families and a Grateful Community

We want to take a few minutes to say thank you to our amazing families.  Here at Juniper Village at Louisville, we strive for excellence in all that we do. We truly want to set the bar for how a Memory Care Community should be run. For us, this isn’t just a job, it’s our livelihood, and because of that we say thank you to our friends and families who make it possible to do the work we love.

We have recently received a letter from a family expressing their gratitude for the love and care that their family member received here, and we thought it was worthwhile to share it with everyone else. Thank you for noticing the work that we do. Even if it goes unnoticed, we will continue to work diligently in caring for the residents who live here with us, because we are truly passionate about what we do!

Mardi Gras Hoo-haw

There’s something about Fat Tuesday that seems to have some appeal to many people. We’re not talking about going down to New Orleans and getting wild. We’re simply talking about the fact that this is one holiday in which indulgences are encouraged (and, frankly, in our opinion, every holiday encourages indulgence, but this one…well indulgences are the true essence of what Mardi Gras is all about). Now, we haven’t studied Mardi Gras in depth…the French name suggests that it should in fact be French, and in America, we equate that with New Orleans and Fried Food…so as such, how else could we celebrate Mardi Gras than by having Fried Food, candy, and the likes.

So, we broke out the beignets (thanks to a local French Restaurant that prepares them) and then had some other fatty delicious food. We stopped along the way to take some pictures in front of our Mardi Gras display; and, in our opinion, we celebrated Mardi Gras the correct way. Of course, we also handed out beads…because frankly they’re shiny and lovely, although there were no prerequisites required to have such beads…it simply was a party favor!

Please join us for our events, we always make sure that we have a good time, and everyone is welcome!