High School Cheer Begins

Peyton is 2nd from right, first row

High school cheerleading has officially kicked off with their first game last Friday and second game tonight. First game was away so the cheerleaders boarded the bus for their first away game, and Tom and I divided and conquered. He attended Peyton's first cheer game while I went to Austen's soccer game. 

Probably should have went to Peyton's game over Austen's but that's a story for a different post. Anyway, Tom said Peyton did well at her first game and she seemed happy but tired when she got off the bus after. 

Lots more practice leading up to game two this week including tumbling sessions (Peyton is working on her back handspring). I volunteered with another parent to get the girls fed before the game at school (picking up sandwiches and setting up a buffet line for them).  

The girls did great and looked good. Each week they get better and better. They had to stay after the sophomore game to perform with Varsity  until the Varsity game started and then had to perform with Varsity, the band and Poms at halftime. She literally cheered for almost 4 hours (and Hailey and I watched for 4 hours - Tom came later due to his work Cubs game). Needless to say she was exhausted by the time she left. But she looked good and seemed happy. 

Lots more cheering to be done but I'm not quite sure that we'll be staying for four hours every game! That may be a record on how long I've sat in those bleachers!

She's the base on the left side of "GO"