Here at CTC we take Holidays seriously... Last year there was a major transition from individual Halloween costumes to group costumes and it became an office vs office war (See October 2009 post from last year for details). This year we in Springfield had Home Court Advantage and we took FULL advantage. We were inspired by our new rainbow floor to do a Candyland Theme.
The preparations began weeks in advance by having the patients make decorations (i.e. Lollipops, Gumdrops, Candy Canes, Gingerbread Men etc...). Because of the factor of surprise, we had to keep all of this top secret so spies from the Sterling office wouldn't find out what our plans were. The night before the big party we had pizza and beer/wine after the patients left and went into full decoration mode... We each chose a room to decorate per our character's spot on the game board and the waiting room/hallway was the path to each room set up for trick-or-treating.
Susan, Suzan and Melissa getting fueled up!
Kristen/Gloppy Creating her swamp and chocolate river...
Working hard on finishing touches for the door frames...
My Lollipop room (I was Princess Lolly) starts to come together...
Melinda even recruited her sons to help out... Thank goodness they are soooo creative!
Queen Frostine/Melissa setting up her kingdom of cold...
DAY OF THE PARTY!!!!
Our Game Pieces
King Candy and Lord Licorice
Princess Lolly
Gloppy
Plumpy and her Game Piece
Grandma Nutt
Mr. Mint
Queen Frostine
Jolly
Skating on Queen Frostine's pond
Lord Licorice hanging out by a cotton candy tree
Do I need to tell you that we won??? And we really deserved it!!!!
Ironically however, the other office decided to dress up as Candyland too... (they did a pretty good job themselves, I hate to admit)
Double Mr. Mints
Sterling King Candy
Grandma Nutt and her Peanut (bringing your kids gives you a handicap)
My Lolly sista
Oh, what a day... I think King Candy had too much fun/food....
Until next year...
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