More Cheer Stuff :)

Cheer is in full swing and it's going by WAY faster this year than last year.  We are already almost halfway done with our season; I can't believe it! September is FLYING! Holy cow!

Last weekend we had an away game and it was triple digit weather, so we decided to make a little quick getaway out of it.  We took the kids to a hotel overnight so that we could cool down by swimming (most hotels here have outdoor pools because of our heat) since our neighborhood pool is already closed.  They had a blast and it was fun to get out of town for a night.

He makes me laugh EVERY SINGLE DAY!

When I say it was a scorcher, I mean the weather was as hot as the surface of the sun, I swear! We  were outside the majority of the day and we were just dripping with sweat.  But- everyone powered through it!  The girls cheered the boys through another victory (yay!) and Sully had a soccer lesson later that afternoon.  He had he coaches cracking up at his energy (and intensity).  That kid never stops.... He wanted to run, run, run the whole time but since it was a LESSON and not a game, there was too much talking/instructing and downtime for his liking.  We decided to pull him out for now and sign up for actual GAMES in the Spring.  Lessons are too boring for a kid who can NOT hold still for more than 1.8 seconds.  Spring Soccer will be his outlet to run his heart out as much as he wants!

On Friday of last week we had our 3rd "Football Friday!"  The cheerleaders get to wear their uniforms to school and the football players wear their jerseys.  Lucy's got a couple of cute boys in her class who play football so she's extra excited for Football Fridays this year!  I believe the crushes have officially started!

Then on Saturday we had another home game and the boys won AGAIN!  They are 3-0 this season so they will definitely be going to play-offs this year!  Anyway, Lucy earned the Spirit Stick (only 2 girls earn it each week and it's awarded to the peppiest, happiest, most energetic cheerleaders of the week.  It's a pretty neat achievement to get it and last year she didn't get her spirit stick until one of the very last games.  So she's been working extra hard this year to earn it quicker and it paid off!).  The squad also got to throw mini- footballs into the stands like the high-school cheerleaders do at their games.  It was all a very big deal!  I'm proud of my cute cheerleader!

This upcoming weekend we've got some BIG EVENTS! (Concerts, school events, games and dances) so I'll be writing again soon!  We are busy as ever and so hot...our days have not cooled down yet and we are getting pretty tired of it :(  This might be our hottest September yet!  It's our 4th one here and even though our first year was really hot too, we at least had some days in the 80's that year (facebook memories have reminded me of it!).  Our last 2 Septembers living here we have even had a couple days in the 70's! But this year its been high 90's/low 100's every. single. day.  And with humidity we have between 102-110 heat index each day.  It's been 3 1/2 months of this and I'm about to lose my mind!  SAVE ME!!!!!

The only thing getting me through these torturously hot days are these cute faces:)

P.S....

Last but not least, this little first grader pulled out ANOTHER tooth in secret on Friday the 13th! Her cousin Evvy pulled a tooth out on that same day, so that motivated Piper to go hide in her room and yank her own tooth out!  She will NOT let me pull her teeth! She has done it in secret every single time! But she sure is cute, isn't she?!