MY GIRLS (AND BOY)

This week I took my 2010-2011 cheer squad to camp. We were at a college in middle of nowhere KS for four days. I went to camp in high school and loved it. It is a lot of work. You are at breakfast at 7:30am and don't head to bed until 10pm. It was a little overwhelming for my fifteen 12 and 13 year olds. They were tired. They learned tons of new material and did their best to keep up with the high school squads there with them. All of my 8th graders (but one) are retuning cheerleaders, but every single 7th grader is BRAND NEW! If you don't know how intense cheerleading camp is ask someone to explain it to you. All I can say now is, my poor little 7th graders. They were troopers and stuck it out. They struggled to learn a dance at the beginning of the week and I never thought it would be ready to show by camp competition time on Thursday. We worked and worked and in the end they blew everyone out of the water. We ended up getting, Camp Champs (1st place or best at camp) in the dance routine for their age group! Their performance was awesome. We even put up two half's, a straight up full and thigh stand, and then for good measure did a suspended forward roll out of the full, and threw in some standing back handsprings. Only a few of the high school squads did that stuff. I am excited that I have some real talent this year. Camp was tough and we all learned some valuable lessons. I am glad we went and excited for a new season to start! I LOVE MY GIRLS!!!!! AND BOY!!!!! (who, by the way, spent some time with the big guy instructors and got his very first CHAIR!!!!, that's a guy/girl partner stunt)