Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Cheer Camp

I've tried to upload the videos from the girls' cheer camp upteenth times, and the videos just refuse to sync with my blog. So, for now, I've decided that it is time to skip the videos, that I should tell you a blurb about the cheer camp, and that blog life should move on. I'm going to do that now.

The girls loved cheer camp last month. They got to practice with real high school cheerleaders, and then got to perform at a real high school basketball game. They looked so cute mimicking their high school heroes, and I loved watching them. My favorite part of the whole cheer camp was at the end of every cheer when they are supposed to yell, and kick like a cheer leader. Watching a first grader (Lydia) and second grader (Julia) uncoordinatedly kick and yell like mini cheerleaders makes said first and second graders look like babies again. So cute. Because the girls were on opposite sides of the gym, and too far away for a good picture, Just got a bunch of weird pictures looking like this:
 I don't have any pictures of Lydia like this one of Julia. I just have a great up close video. I wish I could show it to you. Maybe sometime.

Anyway, I wish I could say we were less busy these days, but I guess that's not the way our Stewart family chooses to live. We jump from one event to the next. Last week, Dave and I spent the week in Houston, while my girls stayed with my sister at her house in Wyoming. Dave had a training, and I decided to help plan an event for the brokerage I used to work at. Driving to and from Wyoming, flying out of the Denver airport, visiting family and as many friends as possible, and working while in Houston made for a whirlwind of a week.

Saige was potty trained before our trip, but decided while we were gone that going to the bathroom in her diaper is much more convenient. So, re-training my toddler this week has been exciting to say the least. It's a battle of the wills at times.

Julia and Lydia are looking forward to summer, and with today's temperatures, so am I! They are ready to be out of school, and I am ready for my face not to hurt when my skin collides with North Dakota wind.

Dave is planning to hold down our fort this weekend while I go on a women's retreat with the ladies from our church. I believe he has a video game night with friends tentatively planned. (This reminds me of a movie I watched recently: "A Mom's Night Out". I'm sure it won't turn out like the movie did though.) And, I hope he has a good time with our girlies and his friends.

Anyway, I plan to get blogs posted more regularly, so please come back. Thanks for reading! -Amber