We got the Spirit, Yes we do!

This week Peyton has spent at Cheer Camp with the Permian & OHS Cheerleaders and all of the girls in Odessa that are Peppettes and Cheerleaders for 5th & 6th grade in Odessa.  Each day had a theme, day 1 - Team Shirts, day 2 - crazy hair (in the Odessa American newspaper), day 3 - crazy socks, day 4 - camp shirts, day 5 - uniforms.

Each day Peyton got in the car she would let me know, "We didn't win the Spirit Stick today."  The ever elusive Spirit Stick.  Just to hold it can unlock secrets of the Universe!  The power that this stick wields for a cheerleader is more than any thing that Indiana Jones ever got his hands on in one of his adventures.  Each team that won it each day got to keep it over night until it was given to the new Spirited team.  The last day, the stick is awarded to the team with the most Spirit for the week and it is theirs to keep.   Such an award!

She was puzzled by this.  The feed back from the PHS/OHS cheerleaders was good.  They were yelling as loud as they possibly could.  Their hair was indeed crazy as was their socks.  What could be the problem?  

It all came down to the final day and the show off!  This is the day that all the Odessa Elementary schools got to show their cheering and dancing that they had been learning all week.  After all the performances were over and the big announcement was made .....(is the anticipation getting you or do you see where I am going with this?)   The Reagan Texans Won!  (Let the frenzied, girl squealing begin.)   You have never seen such excited girls.  The stick was held high and every one worked to get a hand on it.  The Super Bowl award ceremony is awesome, but they got nothing on our girls.  They jump and squeal and carry pom poms all at the same time, let me see a 250 lb linebacker do that!

The coveted stick has neon curly ribbon, the handle is zebra and it has some glitter too, of course.  It is enough to make you do Spirit Fingers and Leg kicks all at once!  Congratulations Reagan Texans!  Cheer on!