Cheer Competition

The girls won 1st place at the Southeastern Competition December 4th!! It was held at the University of Memphis!!! Great job girls!! You've worked hard!!!

It's been a while since I've posted..it's December so that explains it. I'm posting a few pics to help explain my craziness. The first picture is of Megan's cheer team. They all came over one Friday night for pizza and a movie. The squad is made up of 6th, 7th and 8th graders. It was great having them over and getting to know all the different personalities and most importantly..I now know all their names. They started out watching the movie ELF but it only lasted for about 30 minutes before they decided to play hide and go seek followed with dancing to their favorite songs.
FUN STUFF


Believe it or not, the next two pictures took place the same weekend as the Cheer Movie night and the Cheer Competition (forgot to mention). Rachel is shown in the first picture with her 4th grade friends. It was her first time to attend the Jingle Bell Ball. It's a big dance in Memphis that until last year was always held at the Peabody. It's now at the Gibson Guitar Factory. They needed more space. Megan is shown in the 2nd picture with her 6th grade friends. They went to a dance at Chickasaw Country Club. Megan is wearing a dress borrowed from a friend's daughter after deciding her dress was too casual the day before. Talk about a MOMMY MELTDOWN!!! Pricilla if you are out there and reading this-YOU SAVED MY LIFE!!! Thank you thank you for loaning us 6 dresses. Yes my old neighbor and now friend loaned us 6 dresses after I called her in a panic.
So anyway..both girls had a great time at their dances. The
first of many!!!


So one may think I could breathe a little easier after that crazy weekend but NO!!! The one thing I had been preparing for had yet to take place. My girlfriend's SURPRISE 40th Birthday party!!! AT MY HOUSE!!! The decorating, the cooking the midnight text messages to my other friends..oh and the lying was all in preparation for DECEMBER 8th at 10am. It all came together so beautifully and it was with the help of other great friends!!! It was perfect!! And she was so surprised!!!




SO that almost sums up my December.. Oh yeah.. let me throw in the work Acura Party, the 4th grade coffee (at my house) and the Teacher's Annual Breakfast, and tomorrow is the 4th grade Christmas party that with the help of the other room moms, will be a breeze compared to everything else.
No I have not finished my Christmas shopping. No, I have not sent out Christmas Cards!!! And NO!!! I have yet to bake any cookies!!! Ha ha!! It will all come together!!! I am sure of it!!!


Coming Soon----More pictures from the Crazy month of December!! It's not over. We leave for Canada this Sunday!

Megan turns 12

I'm tired so this will be a short post. Megan's not officially 12 until Nov. 17th but tonight we celebrated with a Mall Photo Scavenger Hunt. They had an hour to find all sorts of items and take a picture. There favorite was finding a picture of a cute guy. Their opinion of cute and my opinion of cute are way off. I wish I could post the pics. Way too funny!! I'll see if I can get the girls to forward them to me.

Party Central

Here's a blog I started and never posted. This was in Oct.

Rachel sang at the Mid-South Fair on Saturday. I love to hear her sing. It just brings joy to my heart. I can not help buy smile. I know I know...I'm a little partial. Rachel's performance was not a competition but strictly to help her with stage presence. She and three other children went on stage before the big act. There were very few people in the audience..mostly other parents but no more than 25 people. I'm still amazed at how easy it is for Rachel to go onstage. She doesn't think about it or worry if she'll mess up...doesn't bother singing the song a million times to get it right. She just goes up there and sings. And it was perfect (to me). She also doesn't talk about it after-wards. She doesn't ask if she did OK. It's so natural. Now, I'm not saying she's a natural at singing because she does need work. She needs practice on stage, working the audience, clapping her hands, and really getting into the music. I'm only saying it's way to easy for her to walk on stage. Anyway.. her singing was the highlight of my weekend. I have played the video over and over this weekend and I never get tired of listening to it.
It was a busy weekend!! Rachel had 5 girls over for her 10th birthday party. We heated the pool for 2 days and they swam in it for 30 minutes. Did I expect anything more??? Of course not!!