Officially a "Pageant Mom'

Well, for those of you who don't know, I have added another name to my list of roles......."Pageant MOM"! Every year in our hometown, there is a Junior Miss Cherry Festival Pageant for girls age 3-14. I toyed with the idea of putting Cameron in this pageant for a few months and I had the paperwork filled out and ready to turn in, and yet I just couldn't make the decision to go for it. I knew she would do an awesome job, but my fear of stages and being seen almost made me back out of it completely. I'm so glad I just decided to go for it and do it because it ended up being a great experience overall.

After an entire week of practices from 5-7 each evening and a very full day of interviews, dress rehearsals, photos, and hair appointments, the pageant FINALLY started at 7:00 pm, which is just usually when Cameron is getting tired and starts to get whiny and bossy and controlling. Luckily, she pulled through and only had a few major break downs.

She was absolutely to die for cute in all of her acts, so I had to include shots of each for you to see.....I guess I'm braggin' up my girl too much, but how can you not?

Here she is in her "Party Dress" waiting to go onstage. All of the little girls were running around back stage and sliding in their dresses playing "Princesses".

And here she is ready to go out for the bathing suit competition. I just fell in love with this bathing suit. I thought it was really outstanding against her blonde hair and the flag was so cute while she waved it.

Cameron and Alexis.....waiting to go out and dance.

So yes, I am a pageant mom and while I don't know if we'll do it again, it was a great experience for us both. I am so proud of my girl for being so brave and speaking so clear and just being herself. Yay!