My Little Cheerleader

Since before McKenzie turned 3 years old, she's wanted nothing more than to be a cheerleader. When they built a new Gymnastics & Cheerleading Studio by her daycare, she asked me every single day for weeks to go sign her up for Cheerleading classes. So when they finally opened for business we went to sign her up only to find out that you had to be at least 6 to take cheerleading. She was so sad and of course asked me how long it would be until she turned 6. I didn't have the heart to tell her it would be another 3 years.

Fast forward almost 4 years, and McKenzie finally got to to live out her dream of being a cheerleader. Douglas County High School sponsors a yearly cheerleading clinic, and even though it was only for a few hours last Saturday, she had a blast. She was in her element. Even t hough they were only there for 3 hours, it's amazing how much she learned! She was even doing hurkies. ("What the heckie is a hurkie?" - A line from Hannah Montana...if you don't watch it incensently like we do at our house, you won't get it, but to us, it's funny.)

I know I'm partial here, but she really stood out in the huge crowd of kids. She was enthusiastic and jumping and really, really enjoying herself. She LOVED it, and she was really great at it!

They performed for the parents on Saturday right after the clinic, then after their performance they sat down on the gym floor and watched the high school team perform their routine for competition. There were so many kids, Madison hadn't been able to see McKenzie until she sat down, and once she saw her she started crying to go and see her. I expected McKenzie to ignore her and tell her to be quiet, but she did just the opposite. She waved at Madison and motioned for her to come over then she held her in her lap until Madison wiggled away and sat on the floor beside her. I tell you, this kid has a heart of gold and she is so in love with her little sister. I was so very proud!!

The cheering pictures above are from Tuesday night when the little girls got to perform at half time of the high school basketball game. McKenzie thought she had died and gone to heaven she was so happy about getting another chance to perform. We got much better pictures that night because we got a spot right in front of where she was standing. I'll try to learn how to upload the video because it's priceless!

Happy Friday!