Grandparents & Special Friends Day

Howdy howdy!

Sorry for not posting yesterday.
All I'd have really wanted to say was: Happy 4/20!
The day was mainly spent volunteering at CWS (for today's event) while Dash manned the grill at Beaver Bowls -- a local dispensary that he does all the design work for :)
We love the family that runs it, so it was partly a socializing occasion and partly charitable too since a number of homeless folks came by for the free eats. Good for them!

One of the visitors Dash had :D

Today was the Corvallis Waldorf School's "Grandparents & Special Friends Day" which is a day for beloved friends and family to sit in and observe the classes, get treated to a delicious meal, and hear from teachers and admin about the mission of the school and how they can help to support it.

I got to do a little bit of chalk work on the boards to greet the guests~!

I was one of the volunteers who helped with coordinating with teachers to collect samples of the students' works, and then help set up and do kitchen prep the day prior.

Just a small example of the baked goods brought in!

The lady in charge, Miss S. Kavur, pulled off this amazing event almost entirely single-handedly and she did a remarkable job!! She decided on the food being all home-cooked, not catered, and the main dish was an incredibly delicious potato tart. With homemade pie crusts and everything!

I really must get the recipe from her. It was so good!! She also made a giant spinach salad and berry salad using almost all local ingredients. Talk about awesome treatment for our beloved grandparents and special friends, yeah? ;)

I really wish I could've done more, because it was so fun to be a part of such a big event that really helps our school and makes it shine brightest for visitors from near and far :) I will definitely let the folks in charge know that I'd like to be even more involved for next year.
Here are some things we had featured:

A table and wall of art from all the grades.
And this is even before the Handworks teacher added the more 3D examples of the kids' work

Isn't that a lovely table spread?

And every place had its own little square of bees wax for the attendees to knead and work with while they enjoyed the Grades' performances and the speakers. What a great way for them to experience first-hand what the kids at Waldorf do too! :)

And then there were the gorgeous centerpieces.

Done pretty much all by Ashley R. as far as I know. Good job, Ashley!!
The woodland/rustic tone is so fitting to CWS, and these will also double as the centerpieces for next month's "Spring Fling" which is an evening for CWS parents to enjoy each other's company with food and dancing and music. Very cool!!

I'll be helping out with that too, and my goal is to make a bunch of origami stars to work into this woodland theme~ I'll be using that giant 30-lb ream of paper, so no expense on my part!
More updates on that later I guess.

Granted, they'll all be white ;)

So there you have it. How we spent 4/20 and 4/21.
Hope you've been having a great couple of days too.
Until next time, take care and Happy Grandparents & Special Friends Day!!