April Group Project - Decoupage Trays

Trip down to Taieri Mouth

Today we made a day trip down to Taieri Mouth in the Van and a car. It was a beautiful day. When we got to the beach, Nicola wrote 'Stepping Stones' in the sand.


Above, a snack and friendship after lunch.
Below: walking on the beach.

After lunch and the walk, we decided to go for a drive to see about the animal farm that Louise had heard about. It has roosters, Emus, hens, and heaps of other birds roaming everywhere! We decided that it wold be nice to go back for a proper visit in the spring.

Nicola's 40th Birthday Celebrations!

Today was our Activity Assistants 40th Birthday! as well as one of our volunteers a few weeks before. And Two cakes were made to celebrate. One was made by Pam and it was a chocolate beetroot cake with white icing, and the other one was big fruit cake with chocolate icing. At Stepping Stones we celebrate birthdays with a free lunch for the birthday person. and every so often will have a cake and candles for two or three people together.

Easter Bun Baking and Raffle

To celebrate Easter this year, our activity was easter Bun Baking. We used the Edmonds recipe, and although the buns looked nice, they didn't really rise very well. We found out from a news item the next day, that the Edmonds recipe really wasn't that good. We wish we used a different recipe!
We also ran a raffle. We sold tickets for it and the money went towards our group trips fund. First prize was a hamper with fruit and special spreads, anfd second prize was a chocolate boxed treat.