Cheer Camp

Our high school cheer team put on a “cheer camp/clinic” every year.  The age limit was 5-11years old…but I asked the cheer coach how strict they were on the age restrictions. Ella was ALL about cheer leading…so she thought. They allowed Ella to join..even though she is only 3…which made me a little nervous. When you ask Ella what she is going to be when she grows up she says a cheerleader for the mustangs…so I thought this cheer camp was going to be a slam dunk…weeeelllllll…not so much at first.

Shes at a funny age…shes shy in new places with new people but when she warms up there is no stopping her! haha She knew 1 cheerleader, Kendall…but it took some time before she’d leave my side.  When she wouldn’t leave my side I started realizing why they set a 5 year old age limit…3 might have just been TOO young.

This cheer clinic was INTENSE. 4 days of practice…from 6-8pm Monday through Thursday and then performing at the high school game half-time show on the Friday.  I was exhausted by the end of the week. haha But Ella learned to LOVE it…and LOVES her cheerleader best friends the most.  The first day of practice I was a crazy “cheer mom”…with my camera. haha The rest of the week I only had my iphone.

 

The pink team were all the 3-5 year olds. These poor cheerleaders had their hands full to try and keep these kiddos busy for 2 hours. They stretched, sang, danced, played games, learned cheers, learned their routine and played.

The big night came…Ella was so excited to perform.  I thought she’d freak out and not do it…shockingly she did GREAT! Only issue we had…she fell off the cheer box during the game…but she was ok!

Girl talk before their game warm-up. Little sister NOT amused.

 

Ella thought Kendall’s box was the coolest.

It was the cutest to watch Ella. She cheered…and kept her eye on Kendall the whole time. She tried doing everything she did! I loved watching her so happy!!

 

Show Time!!!

My co-worker took these few…

So glad Khan got those pics for me…I was clearly sitting at a BAD angle!

So our first Roosevelt Football game of the season went great! Ella did SO good…she LOVED it!! She’s a little obsessed with Kendall (her best friend) since this clinic BUT thats ok!

Maggie’s first game of the season went good too…but we headed home right after half-time since everyone was BEAT