luau dance

Two weeks ago, SJ had his last dance of the year at the Junior High. It was a Luau Dance, so they were encouraged to wear "tropical" or summer clothes. SJ wanted to wear a Hawaiian shirt (which he did not have), so we bought one at Kohl's after his last speech session. The night of the dance he paired his shirt with red jeans and his YOLO sunglasses (orange-of course).  He wasn't sure if he could wear his sneakers or have to wear dress loafers, so he waited until we picked up Topher to see what he was wearing. Topher had on sneakers, so SJ kept his on too.


I dropped off the boys at the Junior High and went to get Bob at soccer practice (Bob is not a dance kid-way too shy). Topher's dad was going to pick up the boys when it was over. I was hoping that he wasn't crying at the end of this dance.  They returned around 10:30. He wasn't crying, but he wasn't 100% happy. I asked him if he had fun and he replied with "a little".  I decided not to push that evening.


The next morning, I tried to get more information out of SJ. He said there were a lot of kids there, but he didn't dance with anyone. He wouldn't tell me if he asked anyone to dance (even after many questions from me). He said the music was loud, but better than the Snow Flake music. I asked him if he would go again next year at the new middle school and he replied with, "Sure, why wouldn't I?" Well, I guess that answered all of my questions.  Even though he is not dancing with girls and the most popular kid there, he still keeps trying and that is one of SJ's best qualities. I hope he keeps that quality all of his life.