Cheersport Cheerleading Competition Nov. 22, 2009

On Sunday Katherine and the rest of GAC competed in the Cheersport competition. This was the first official competition of the season. Katherine competed on 2 different teams and as soon as she finished competing with one team she went back back to warm up for the other team. Katherine's Youth 2 team (Y2) came in 3rd place. After seeing the scores they only missed 1st place by 3 points, so it was very close. Katherine's other team Jr. Pink came in 2nd. I was very pleased with her performance. Go GAC!! As a mother that did band and musicals in high school never thought her daughter would be interested in cheerleading, but she is and she is good at it. I have learned more about this extremely athletic in the past year for my daughter. These girls are true athletes and need to be cleared of the streotype of "cheerleaders" that some people still give them.

Reflections 2009

Ethan and Katherine both won on Friday for the school level Reflections. Katherine created a dance to go with the song Party in the USA. Ethan composed a song (short and sweet) . She wrote song in C minor for the Bass Cleff. He even wrote it on sheet music, put the correct notes. Both students perfromed and had it recoreded for the competition. Thanks to Uncle Steve to videotaping and making the DVD's. They both compete in January for the county level.

Happy Birthday Nathan!

Today Nathan celebrated his birthday. We started the day as a typical Friday the 13th. Nathan came to read to Ethan's 1st grade class and then had lunch with both Katherine and Ethan. He took Katherine home and had a special afternoon with his daughter watching movies. After school Ethan and I finished our birthday shopping before going home. We had a nice dinner, yummy ganache cake and a relaxing evening. I hope you had a great day Nathan!

More Pixs from GAC Extravaganza

GAC Extravaganza 2009

Today we spent the day watching all of the wonderful GAC cheerleaders perform their rountines. These all-star cheerleaders show how athletic this sport really is. Katherine performed on Jr. Pink, a level 3 Jr. team and Youth 2, a level 2 youth 2. Here are a few pictures from our day.
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Halloween !!!!



Ethan was Kevin Youkilis for Halloween. His favorite Red Sox
baseball player. Katherine was a 70's go-go dancer. Don't worry,
she didn't really die her hair, but she did look cute as a blond.

It's Halloween Time!


On Friday, Katherine, Ethan and I went next store to carve pumpkins. This year Katherine designed our pumpkin and carved it all out herself. Ethan and I got the job of scooping out the pumpkin guts.