cheerleading anyone?

On Saturday I got to have a mommy morning out. My girlfriend and her daughter were in town for her daughter's cheerleading competition, so I decided to go and check it out. Oh my goodness was it something to see. I had no clue it was just like the cheerleading competitions that you see on tv. It was actually a lot of fun to watch. Aly is on the mini squad (she's only 6 years old). The divisions range from 1 to 6 with 6 being extremely good: ie throwing people in the air across the gym floor and so forth. I only stayed until division 2 and even those cheer squads were good. As I was sitting, I was wondering what our little Gwen is going to want to do. Be a cheerleader, dancer, gymnast... or ride dirt bikes, play baseball, football, or who knows what. Any way she goes its going to be one expensive hobby. My girlfriend says its about $2400 a year for her daughter to compete with this particular cheer leading squad. I couldn't believe it! I can only imagine what the cost of it will be when Gwen gets to be the age to join. Here are some pictures and a video of the mini squad and their performance.