Babes with Batons

Well, I want to appease the family, so I'm doing this post first.

Avery was in "Twirling Camp" this last week and they perfomed last night at halftime of the girls Varsity Basketball Game. Avery was the youngest girl out of 50, and the oldest girls were 6th graders. I didn't realize how tiny Avery would look until she got out there with the big girls!! The teacher was Cheri Liess, a friend of mine from here in Abernathy, who is the director of the High School Twirlers. Some of the high school girls helped as well.

Avery was about as excited as she gets yesteday waiting for the performance. She told me, at least 20 times throughout the day, that "I'm supposed to be out in the hall with Ms. Cheri at the start of the 2nd quarter!". Our camera was having "issues" and kept dying on us, so Gabe did his best and got a few good shots, even though he missed watching Avery because he was so busy trying to be the photographer. I wish Aunt Robyn lived here and could follow us around and be our personal photographer! That would be fab! Anyway, we did video the show and when I get a chance I'll try to figure out how to upload that so you can watch it.

The girls twirled to a Hannah Montana song, "The Best of Both Worlds". Apparently that is the song on her show, but I'm not into the teeny-bopper-elementary-age-girl-idol world these days, so it was new to me. All the girls screamed and squealed when they heard that they would be twirling to her music though. Avery participated. I guess we are moving into the world of "peer pressure" at age 4.

Grandparents Mam & Granpappy came to watch (well, Granpappy was a little late due to cows getting out, but he got to watch the video), and our friends Kaidance and Amanda. Then they all came over for our "after twirling party" where we had sandwiches and chips, and chocolate chip cookies in honor of Gabe's birthday coming up tomorrow. It was very fun!