In the past two weeks Allie and Avery have attended two McCutcheon High School camps, dance and cheer. Cheerleading was first and Avery was very apprehensive to go. She started crying when we got there and I really didn't think she was going to stay. I think the only reason she did was because Allie was there with her......little did she know that they would soon be separated into their own age groups. When I picked them up I found out that Avery never left Allie's side. On the second day I had asked her to try and go to her own class and used a little bribery telling her if she did we could go play at GG's afterwards. Fifteen minutes after I dropped them off I had a call from the Cheer Coach asking if it was okay for Avery to stay with Allison's group because she was much happier there. (Allie had told her she needed to stay with her group so we could go to GG's!) LOL! Also on that 2nd day of camp Avery met one of the cheerleaders that she really liked. From that day on she enjoyed camp and would constantly be saying, "I love Katelyn!" However, she still didn't really participate all that much in the cheers as you will see in the video.
I love it when Blake makes that face!
The following week was Dance camp. Both girls were really excited about this one. I knew they would be more comfortable since they know the McCutcheon dance director really well. The girls were not initially in the same group but, once again, Avery wouldn't cooperate unless she was with Allie. Parents were allowed to come to camp 15 minutes before it was over to videotape. During that time Avery was always participating but always way behind in the moves and sometimes doing her own thing. It was actually pretty funny......she was making all of the other parents laugh. On the night of the recital I was so surprised that she actually did the performance....and pretty well compared to their practices. Deedra later told me that she bribed her with graham crackers! :)
The girls and Deedra
The kids and I have been going through old pictures and we came across this gem:
This is Deedra and I 13 years ago when we both taught in the Creative Corral PreK @ McCutcheon.
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