Throw a back-to-school get-together with“Sunshine in Mind & Happy Thoughts Party”. These days it is so easy to take the negative side – so, take the drudge details and turn these into opportunities. Begin with lemonade, of course, and the famous saying to turn lemons into lemonade. Top your lemonade stand off with cherries and orange slices on picks to make each glass super appealing. Set your table centerpiece with a wide-brimmed sun hat and decorate the hat with fresh fruit and chilled fruit cups. Try hulling out oranges and fill the oranges with this colorful treat. Fruit flavored Jell-O (set) and whipped with whipping cream with a high-speed mixer. This light and flavorful treat will put the group into a cheerful mood. Create a station of Bananas Foster – with ice cream! Read excerpts from literature and poems and have your guests guess the writer or poet. For prizes and door prizes offer a backpack and other scholastic goodies for a prospective on looking for the good in education and reading. © Kelly McBride Loft