Madie has been practicing every week for months for this competition. I didn’t know anything about it at all. I’ve never heard of it. But it involved acting and Madie was so excited about it that we supported the many, many before and after school practices. Finally it came down to this day. I was actually looking forward to the competition because I would finally find out what it is that she was practicing for!
It was a type of improv. It was so cool to see the girls get all excited about creating a skit with their fabulous imaginations. They were having so much fun. Even more exciting was that there were only five teams, and the top two were able to go to state. They were thrilled with the idea.
While the girls were waiting for the announcement of the results, I took them back to the house where they played and ate and got dressed up and played some more. One of the teachers told us that the kids dressed up crazy during the announcements, so the girls colored their hair and put crazy socks and clothes on. It was wild. The girls looked great. Then we went back to the competition and our girls were the craziest there. They didn’t care. There were having fun. Unfortunately, the girls tied for last place. It was their first year and the other groups were better trained (Madie’s coach didn’t say hardly anything to the girls the whole day. I would ask her questions and she didn’t have any answers. It was very frustrating. I was very disappointed.)
Madie was so sad, but Ainsley did her best to try to cheer her up. She was a great cheerleader! In the end, we learned a lot and are excited to do it again next year. Although next year, we moms have vowed to help more!
The Puddles 