Mackay Madness: cheer sleep over

Thursday, January 28, 2010

EnD of YeAr...CHEER SLEEP OVER

We took our 5th grade Westlake cheer squad to a cabin for our end of year sleepover.
My friend Kristin, who is the other cheer mom, arranged for us to use her families cabin. And it was fantastic.

OH MY GOSH....drama...something is wrong with the ipod...now what...how will we dance???

Franci taught the girls the funniest game called ...YUP, BoNg! Hilarious. She was so much fun. It was like having a teenager around. She and I kept sneaking out of the cabin and hiding in snow forts and we would jump out and scare the girls. They cried...we laughed. Lovveeee it!

There was a lot of dancing and cheering going on...as you can imagine.

The girls were free to be CrAzY. And they were....ALL NIGHT LONG! LiTeRaLly!

This was their fabulous bunk room. 13 beds, a ping pong table, air hockey, basketball, and an entertainment center! Really sad and boring.

Here's Krisin and Franci...we tried for over two hours to figure out the DVD player. Jen had made a video that she had worked on for over 30 hours and there was no way we were going to not show it! Of course, we finally got it working (miracle) and the video of the girls throughout the year was sooooo cute. They absolutely loved it, and all of us moms were teary eyed. We really had a great year, and this group of girls was so darling.

The next morning, we served a huge breakfast and sent the girls out back to go sledding. Oh my gosh, it was hilarious. We just stood at the bottom and laughed til we were SICK! It was so much.

Franci, Liz and Kristin...looking gorgeous first thing in the morning while we watched the sled show!

I love to see Addie so happy. She has had such a great time cheering. I think she has made some long and lasting relationships with a group of great girlies. And that makes me happy for her! There is nothing like good friends. I have certainly been blessed with them throughout my life, and I pray every day that my girls will too!

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!