One of the things we love doing is visiting with the sweet grandmas and grandpas at the nursing homes, so for our Valentine's "Big Hearts, Little Hands" club activity this year we threw a "Senior Prom" for all of the seniors living there. It was so sweet to see the elderly people and the kids dancing together, playing Memory with each other, taking photo booth pictures together and just have fun interacting! The kids served h'or derves and desserts and we partied the late afternoon away.
There's nothing sweeter than watching these kids serving and loving and putting smiles on the faces of these people. It was noisy and chaotic and happy and all around a perfect time. Although, I must admit, I was hoping for some senior prom romance between a couple of the residents. I just pictured one of the gentleman asking one of the ladies to dance to a Frank Sinatra song, sparks flying and us having to tear them out of each others' arms, with both of them exclaiming that they hadn't had this much fun since before the Great Depression.
No such luck, but Frank was talking an awful lot to Delores in the hallway after the party, the whole time we were cleaning up. Who knows how long they lingered and what kind of spark ignited after we left! It was Valentine's Day Eve after all!
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