Cupid Shuffle

   Tim's school has a neat program called the Davis Difference. Kids volunteer to spend time hanging out with the special needs students, helping them feel included. It usually meets an hour before any major "party" so they can have a fun little get-together before all the noise starts. Friday's theme was Luau. In the 27 degree weather. They said dress summery.

Tim's idea of  luau wear. I eventually managed to get him to
"loosen up" and unbutton his top collar button.

   The Davis difference party had little games and snacks in a smaller classroom. Tim was greeted by several friends, and ran around introducing himself to every girl he didn't already know.

"Hi my name is Tim, what is your name?"

  I had to encourage him to talk to the boys as well, and to get into the games. He was perfectly content with just sitting in the back reading a college dictionary.

"These are my boy-friends." 

Tim made a few goals on himself before he got the hang of mini-foosball.

Magna-darts, Tim says he made 7,500 points.

Then we went to the actual luau. There was a dance, of course, and watching Tim jump around 

with his friends was great. There were several dances with choreographed dance steps that everyone really enjoyed. Lots of jumping. One was the "Cupid Shuffle" and another the "Cha-cha Slide".

Now jump two times!

In the same room as the dance, they had a green screen set up, so you could put on luau props, (grass skirts, panama hats, leis, etc.) and have you or a group's picture taken. Later, you can pick out a vacation background to insert instead of the green background. Pretty neat. 

Tim picked out the lei to wear.

  In the cafeteria there were popcorn and snow-cone stands. Tim got a cherry snow-cone, I had blue raspberry. Well, it was more like crushed ice in a cup with wayyyyyy too much syrup.  We laughed at how they made our lips blue and red.  A few more dances and it was time to head home for dinner. Tim was happy, he got to wear his sandals, got to talk to girls, and jump around. Also, cherry coke. Bonus!

Davis Difference