Cookie Decorating with the Ely Rotary

On Monday, December 20th the students of the PrairieWood Transition Center took some time out of their busy schedule to relax and enjoy the holidays.  Karen, Keith, and Jeff of the Ely Rotary brought cookies and all the fixings to decorate.  We enjoyed great conversation, and delicious cookies and punch as we celebrated the holiday season together.  Enjoy several pictures from our great afternoon together.  Thank you to the Ely Rotary for the fun party!

All of our fancy frostings and sprinkles!

Keith helping Sarah and Cassie pick out their cookies.

Kendra decorating with chocolate frosting...YUM!

Brian, making the perfect Candy Cane.

Some of our finished products.

 

 

We will be on Holiday Break until January 3rd.  We hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe holiday season.  See you in the new year!

Wrapping things up...

Only 3 days of school remain in 2010 and we are busy at the Transition Center wrapping things up.  We spent the week baking and preparing our thank you treat boxes.  We also took some time out to celebrate with our friends from the high school, participating in a gift exchange and sharing lunch and treats together.  Everyone got to enjoy a little extra sleep on Thursday morning as we experienced our first "snow delay" of the year.  Lets hope winter continues to be mild and we don't have to worry about too many more of those!  Our feature blogger this week is Andy.

"This week at PrairieWood I learned to sweep floors in Luke's shop at work.  I enjoyed shoveling snow at work.  I was challenged by making the oatmeal rasin cookies.  At PrairieWood, I would like to learn more about taking the city bus places."

Have a great weekend!

Holiday Bakers

Coming to you a little late this week...the holiday rush has got us VERY busy at PrairieWood.  This past week we spent most of our days mixing up a variety of cookies to share with our friends, work supervisors, job coaches, bus drivers, and administrators as a THANK YOU for all they do to help us become independent adults.  We whipped up batches of Oatmeal Rasin, Chocolate Chip, Sugar, and Peanut Butter Blossom cookies, along with Peanut-butter Finger bars.  We love learning to bake cookies because it gives us the chance to practice measuring: reading measurements, finding the right measuring cups and spoons, and making sure we level whatever we are measuring so we get just the right amount.  We will spend time next week baking and packaging our cookies.  Our guest blogger is Ahsia.  Here is what she had to say about her week at PrairieWood...


"This week at PrairieWood I learned to use the PODD book to talk about what we are going to do.  I enjoyed making chocolate chip cookies.  I was challenged by knowing when to push the button to get off the bus at Hy-Vee.  At PrairieWood I would like to learn more about baking cookies."

See you next week!

Giving Back!

PraireWood Students and Staff took some time (some chilly time at that) to give back to their community today.  The crew spent two hours ringing bells and caroling for the Salvation Army Red Kettle drive.  The kettle was awfully full when our shift ended and we returned to the center to warm up with some hot chocolate.  It was a great day!  Sarah is our feature blogger this week.  Here is what she had to say about her week at PrairieWood...

"This week at PrairieWood I learned to make breakfast burritos.  I enjoyed eating ham and scalloped potatoes for lunch.  I was challenged by remembering to ask for help when I need it.  At PrairieWood I would like to learn more about making chocolate chip cookies."

Sarah will get to learn about making those cookies next week as we begin preparations for our Holiday Thank You cookies.

Below are pictures from our afternoon ringing bells for the Salvation Army!  Thank you to the patrons of the Wilson Avenue Hy-Vee for all their generous donations!!!

Our first familiar face, Mr. Starcevich.

Ahsia, ringing that bell!

The whole crew, trying to stay warm.

Warming up with Hot Chocolate and a movie back at the center.  The perfect ending to a great day!