All-Star Show Offs!

[SheCheers]

Here's the Blue Debut schedule. Everyone should defiantly tune in at 1:40 for Sassycats (my team):D

CP told me she did a "stunt off" vs John the other day (which is hilarious) but her words were "we did jags stunt first, then Jungle, then Sassycats because it's AWESOME!"

 

[sportygal2012]

You're on Sassycats?! I've been hearing the best things about y'all in the last few weeks :)

Yes I am and really? Yay! That's always good to hear!

 

[sportygal2012]

CP told me she did a "stunt off" vs John the other day (which is hilarious) but her words were "we did jags stunt first, then Jungle, then Sassycats because it's AWESOME!"

Haha love John, you never know what to expect with him!

 

[oncecoolcoachnowmom]

Be happy to introduce you to a Royalcat and a Reigncat! #g3fca2a

I clearly do not pay attention to the movement of people's kids on this forum enough! How did I miss that you have kids at CA now? Fun!

 

[12stepCheermom]

I clearly do not pay attention to the movement of people's kids on this forum enough! How did I miss that you have kids at CA now? Fun!

I wasn't real out front with the move when it happened but the "cat" has been out of the bag long enough there's no reason to try and keep it low key anymore.

Given cp16s multiple time consuming activities he realized even before me there was no way to make them all work in the final push to the Academy application with a 4 hour round trip drive. So we traded a one way two hour commute for 24 minutes and came home to the two coaches that raised him from a gangly kid without so much as a forward roll (literally) and trained him to level 5.

We miss our friends from last year and look forward to cheering them on but he made the right decision (and it was entirely his I was willing to drive) to ensure he could balance marching band drum major, worlds level cheer, 4 AP classes (he's currently in the salutatorian spot) and cadet commander of the civil air patrol. He even managed to get himself a girlfriend that he never had time for last year.

Cheer is awesome but it had to come into balance. The USAF academy is his priority and that application (for him) opens the weekend of NCA. #push

 

[oncecoolcoachnowmom]

The guidance counselor in me is all YASSSSSSSS because you can't list on your USAF Acad. app that you "only have a 3.4 because of a hellish cheer commute and too many other things going on, but can throw a mean whip whip arabian to double."

 

[12stepCheermom]

The guidance counselor in me is all YASSSSSSSS because you can't list on your USAF Acad. app that you "only have a 3.4 because of a hellish cheer commute and too many other things going on, but can throw a mean whip whip arabian to double."

Ohhhhh if only he could list a whip whip Arabian double :D Brag moment...he's got a 4.75 GPA (weighted, unweighted it's a 4.0)

When we first moved I kept it low key because it was obvious (from the barrage of questions and messages) people were thinking there was some great big dramatic story about why he left Coed Elite but there isn't one. It was all very undramatic.

He loved that team and still does. There was no drama, it was only that his dream of getting into the Academy and being a fighter pilot for the USAF took precedence. He's been committed to this since he was 6 (I'm seriously not kidding about that) and now that it's crunch time, he didn't want anything to get in the way. I think that hit him in the middle of the tryout process and knowing it was his junior year (and for the academy you actually apply in the spring of your junior year...not senior) and on the way home in our two hour drive he called one of his former teammates (my carpool baby from last year at Navarro/SOT now), his dad, his coach he's now back with because they had remained close and his non-cheer BFF. I just drove home quietly and listened. But they were good conversations, he thought everything through as an adult, considered all sides and by about 80 miles into the drive had made his decision. We "resigned" from the gym when we got home and he went to tryouts at CA Charlotte (only 24 minutes away) the next day fully aware that he might only make a restricted team since his double was inconsistent at that point. He was willing to accept that.

But in the end, he can coed stunt, has a standing full and hit his doubles at tryouts so he made the RoyalCats and it all worked out.

So there's the "juicy" story I've never told (not that there's any juice to it, I think that's the general assumption sometimes with CEA and they don't deserve that) for why he left. It's the most mature, adult decision I've seen him make and he did it entirely on his own. It was a proud mom moment.

And I cannot complain AT ALL that when we get out of practice at 9:45 now were home by 10:15 rather than after midnight after the gas and Sheetz run. He may not make it as far at worlds as he did last year, but he'll trade that for making it father in his college/career goals. #happymom

 

[mamabear]

@12stepCheermom - showing us again how it should be done. Class act.

 

[retiredl5cheer]

Ohhhhh if only he could list a whip whip Arabian double :D Brag moment...he's got a 4.75 GPA (weighted, unweighted it's a 4.0)

When we first moved I kept it low key because it was obvious (from the barrage of questions and messages) people were thinking there was some great big dramatic story about why he left Coed Elite but there isn't one. It was all very undramatic.

He loved that team and still does. There was no drama, it was only that his dream of getting into the Academy and being a fighter pilot for the USAF took precedence. He's been committed to this since he was 6 (I'm seriously not kidding about that) and now that it's crunch time, he didn't want anything to get in the way. I think that hit him in the middle of the tryout process and knowing it was his junior year (and for the academy you actually apply in the spring of your junior year...not senior) and on the way home in our two hour drive he called one of his former teammates (my carpool baby from last year at Navarro/SOT now), his dad, his coach he's now back with because they had remained close and his non-cheer BFF. I just drove home quietly and listened. But they were good conversations, he thought everything through as an adult, considered all sides and by about 80 miles into the drive had made his decision. We "resigned" from the gym when we got home and he went to tryouts at CA Charlotte (only 24 minutes away) the next day fully aware that he might only make a restricted team since his double was inconsistent at that point. He was willing to accept that.

But in the end, he can coed stunt, has a standing full and hit his doubles at tryouts so he made the RoyalCats and it all worked out.

So there's the "juicy" story I've never told (not that there's any juice to it, I think that's the general assumption sometimes with CEA and they don't deserve that) for why he left. It's the most mature, adult decision I've seen him make and he did it entirely on his own. It was a proud mom moment.

And I cannot complain AT ALL that when we get out of practice at 9:45 now were home by 10:15 rather than after midnight after the gas and Sheetz run. He may not make it as far at worlds as he did last year, but he'll trade that for making it father in his college/career goals. #happymom

You have awesome kids!

 

[12stepCheermom]

You have awesome kids!

I got lucky. God gave me two awesome ones to take care of for him. I'm doing my best to meet that challenge ;)

 

[Fiercecheermom]

Ohhhhh if only he could list a whip whip Arabian double :D Brag moment...he's got a 4.75 GPA (weighted, unweighted it's a 4.0)

When we first moved I kept it low key because it was obvious (from the barrage of questions and messages) people were thinking there was some great big dramatic story about why he left Coed Elite but there isn't one. It was all very undramatic.

He loved that team and still does. There was no drama, it was only that his dream of getting into the Academy and being a fighter pilot for the USAF took precedence. He's been committed to this since he was 6 (I'm seriously not kidding about that) and now that it's crunch time, he didn't want anything to get in the way. I think that hit him in the middle of the tryout process and knowing it was his junior year (and for the academy you actually apply in the spring of your junior year...not senior) and on the way home in our two hour drive he called one of his former teammates (my carpool baby from last year at Navarro/SOT now), his dad, his coach he's now back with because they had remained close and his non-cheer BFF. I just drove home quietly and listened. But they were good conversations, he thought everything through as an adult, considered all sides and by about 80 miles into the drive had made his decision. We "resigned" from the gym when we got home and he went to tryouts at CA Charlotte (only 24 minutes away) the next day fully aware that he might only make a restricted team since his double was inconsistent at that point. He was willing to accept that.

But in the end, he can coed stunt, has a standing full and hit his doubles at tryouts so he made the RoyalCats and it all worked out.

So there's the "juicy" story I've never told (not that there's any juice to it, I think that's the general assumption sometimes with CEA and they don't deserve that) for why he left. It's the most mature, adult decision I've seen him make and he did it entirely on his own. It was a proud mom moment.

And I cannot complain AT ALL that when we get out of practice at 9:45 now were home by 10:15 rather than after midnight after the gas and Sheetz run. He may not make it as far at worlds as he did last year, but he'll trade that for making it father in his college/career goals. #happymom

When you can leave correctly, with honesty and dignity, it ALWAYS works out. Can't wait to see you guys this year!

 

[123jump4!]

@12stepCheermom And what about your daughter? She had decided to retire from cheer but your son convinced her to tryout at CA too, was that it...?

 

[12stepCheermom]

When you can leave correctly, with honesty and dignity, it ALWAYS works out. Can't wait to see you guys this year!

We spoke on the phone with CSP the next day. It was a hard conversation for him because he likes her and didn't want to let anyone down. But we told her the same thing I said here. It's just a balance issue but it was a sudden decision in the middle of the tryout process so it did come out of left field.

The good thing for her is my kid was never necessary or "important" in terms of that team (I don't mean that bad, it's just truth...he was probably the #16ish guy on that team, he's not making or breaking anyone's chances at a medal) It's not like Coed Eite doesn't have a bunch of guys beating down the door to get in so he was easily replaceable since tryouts were ongoing anyway. So that part was at least positive for CEA. His decision didn't hurt the team in the least and he knew that enough to feel a little better. But it was still a hard call for him.

 

[12stepCheermom]

@12stepCheermom And what about your daughter? She had decided to retire from cheer but your son convinced her to tryout at CA too, was that it...?

I don't know that convinced is the right word. Ordered is more like it. It's that military thing coming out in him.

She was definitely done. She went with us when he tried out in street clothes and stayed in the lobby. Not even the presence of her two most beloved coaches was changing her mind (and to their credit they didn't try. They just hugged her and told her how glad they were to see her, never pressured her to join for as much as you could tell they were biting their tongues).

The last set of tryouts was about two weeks later. She'd come to one open gym and was still dug in on her decision even though we all knew she'd regret it.

When the last set of tryouts came cp16 was going over anyway just to get some tumble time. I heard their conversation through the floor (they were in the family room under my bedroom) and I admit I did hear, "I'm sick of this ----. Go get your d--- shoes and the get in the car. Josh and Andy (the coaches) are waiting for you and I'm not letting you screw yourself over because you're stubborn. Go!"

I kindof waited with my ear pressed to the door to hear anymore and didn't. When I came downstairs about ten minutes later, she had her shoes in her hand and her nfinity bag on her shoulder and was wearing the new blue shirt I'd bought her in the hopeless wish that she'd tryout.

It took Coach Andy a solid 3 minutes hugging her before he let her go and all three of them were in tears when she walked into that gym. I'll never forget it. It's why I cried when I heard the song they picked for pyramid. She's not the only one with her experience on that team and that song is absolutely perfect for them.

 

[hercheermomma]

I don't know that convinced is the right word. Ordered is more like it. It's that military thing coming out in him.

She was definitely done. She went with us when he tried out in street clothes and stayed in the lobby. Not even the presence of her two most beloved coaches was changing her mind (and to their credit they didn't try. They just hugged her and told her how glad they were to see her, never pressured her to join for as much as you could tell they were biting their tongues).

The last set of tryouts was about two weeks later. She'd come to one open gym and was still dug in on her decision even though we all knew she'd regret it.

When the last set of tryouts came cp16 was going over anyway just to get some tumble time. I heard their conversation through the floor (they were in the family room under my bedroom) and I admit I did hear, "I'm sick of this ----. Go get your d--- shoes and the get in the car. Josh and Andy (the coaches) are waiting for you and I'm not letting you screw yourself over because you're stubborn. Go!"

I kindof waited with my ear pressed to the door to hear anymore and didn't. When I came downstairs about ten minutes later, she had her shoes in her hand and her nfinity bag on her shoulder and was wearing the new blue shirt I'd bought her in the hopeless wish that she'd tryout.

It took Coach Andy a solid 3 minutes hugging her before he let her go and all three of them were in tears when she walked into that gym. I'll never forget it. It's why I cried when I heard the song they picked for pyramid. She's not the only one with her experience on that team and that song is absolutely perfect for them.

This made me cry. I never get tired of this story.