W-A spells 'GO!'

one cheer-chant i heard coming home from cheerleading camp, from layla and her cousin ella. there were several others, equally motivating and accurate, during the drive home. screamed with exuberance and punctuated with swishing pom-poms across the backseat. for 12 minutes straight.

you wish you were me, don't you.

okay, it was actually funny and kind of cute. these girls were beyond excited to participate in the high school's cheer camp for girls aged 3-12. it was cute to watch them try to coordinate their bodies to keep up with the cheering rhythm. in layla's case, it didn't happen, but her smile was so big you didn't even care.

she got poked in the eye by another little girl's pom-pom at the end, though, and was too sad to participate in the culminating group dance. fortunately i had gotten enough video footage throughout the night that paul was able to see the real elation of the experience later that night.

they were served dinner there. layla, a scrawny little thing, ate her entire piece of pizza, which, for the record, was the largest single piece of pizza i've ever seen. she threw up at about 3 a.m. that night. bless paul for cleaning the carpet in several spots as i cleaned the bedding and the girl herself.

at least we've all learned a valuable lesson: w-a spells 'go.'