Today is the day. I have talked about setting this up and now is the time. I am isolating myself at my desk but this will be done today! Wow! I can scratch this off my list....
Yesterday began very early. Tara had an opening ceremony for football/cheerleading which began at 0830. The event occured at Hickham AFB which is on the other side of the island. The hot side. This cheerleading stuff can be "all consuming". We (the moms) have painted, glittered, re-glittered and applied sealant to a 5 gallon bucket that our aspiring little girls will use as stools as they cheer. Uum? What happened to standing and cheering as you rally the stands in support of the game? Anyway, the 3-4 weeks of practice 3x a week for an hour and a half paid off. Our girls looked wonderful and had quite a perfomance!

The entire armed services from Oahu was there to show off their football players, cheerleaders, coaches and staff. Each group perfomed a routine and those important to the Youth Activities program were recognized. A final pass and review was done and then it was over. The coaches presented the girls with a lei and that inspired more picture taking. One thing I always enjoy with anything military. An event, even a movie, begins with the Parading of Colors (the flag) and the National Anthem. Two little girls from Hickam sang the Anthem with such pride it brought tears to my eyes. I enjoy that aspect of miltary activities. It inspires pride and respect and that is a good thing.

The day was not finished there. Tara had a game at noon. They were able to then use those beautiful buckets!! The real story here was not how cute and adorable my little girl was, but how nasty and dirty the boy got. The boy would be Tyler. Trey is still dubbed the baby. It has rained here lately which created lots of puddles, muddy puddles. A football? Mud puddles? Little boys stuck at their sisters game with nothing to do? I am sure you can connect the dots here..... In case your curious, my husband was the one throwing the ball to the boys- and the one that walked Tyler home.