Thanks to our cook, Jared, who shared stories of his recent Canada fishing trip to our care center residents.
He also brought his fishing boat so residents could look at it and reminisce about their fishing days. 
Here is a little snippet of his talk (turn up the volume, the audio is quiet).
This week was CNA week! We appreciate our amazing CNA’s who work so hard to make Atrium Village Care Center Residents feel comfortable, safe and loved. They do an amazing job!
Happy Flag Day! It is wonderful to have a day to recognize our beautiful flag that represents the sacrifice of brave men and women and the freedoms that we enjoy.
We were honored to have veteran Terry Kruse from the Lone Tree American Legion speak to us today about our flag, sharing some very interesting facts and history.
Here is a little snippet of his speech. The audio didn’t record very well, so turn up the volume to hear.
Thank you Terry!
Tractorcade paraded by Hills Monday, so we headed to the edge of town to watch it go by.
It turned out to be a pretty nice afternoon, the sun was mostly under, and it wasn’t blazing hot.
Our Activities Director/Social Worker, Jane, got a treat by riding in an antique car! 
There are some pretty colors in our Atrium right now as flowers begin to bloom!
It’s our final day of Nursing Home Week, and it’s 1950’s Day!
We had a cookout for lunch of cheeseburgers, baked beans, macaroni salad and sunshine jello – yum!
Our staff brought out their pearls and poodle skirts to wear.
In the afternoon we had root-beer floats in the care center and a sing-a-long with Iowa City Hospice Choir to finish the day!
Housewives are the heart of a family, especially in years past. So for day four of Nursing Home Week, we are celebrating the housewife with Betty Crocker Day!
The residents reminisced over old kitchen tools and recipes.
We taste tested some classic baked goods such as chiffon cake.
Our staff got into the spirit by wearing their aprons!
God Bless America! It’s Patriotic Day, so get out your Red, White and Blue!
This morning, the Care Center residents listened to patriotic music played on the piano and enjoyed cinnamon rolls with blue icing and red sprinkles.
We salute our Veterans at Atrium Village Care Center: Ken – Army, Jack – Navy, Dwight – Air Force, Jim – National Guard, and our director of Nursing, Terry – Army.
We had fun taking turns being Uncle Sam! 
Today we celebrate farmers!
We all brought our straw hats to wear.
Terry, our Director of Nursing, wore her overalls!
Our little friends from Kinderfarm Preschool visited in the afternoon to help plant sunflower seeds with the care center residents.
We finished the day with more friends – of the furry and feathered variety! Farm animals such as pigs, a horse, dogs, goats and a chicken and rabbit were here.
Apartment resident, Donna, had this great picture of her and her Grand Champion Steer! 
We also had a couple tractors, since it wouldn’t be Farm Day without them!
Watch this video to see how the two little pigs arrived! They rode over two miles down the highway like this!
Thanks to everyone who brought in animals and tractors!
This week is National Nursing Home week! So each day this week will have a special theme with many activities and lots of food!
Monday is All-American Sports Day.
We all wore our favorite team attire and the Care Center Residents and the employees enjoyed a tailgate party. 
We had chips, salsa, dip, crackers, cheese, bologna, little smokies and our residents favorite drink – root beer!
We also had fun pretending to be a soccer goalie!
