outfits

I spent hours practicing throwing a baton up in the air and twirling around in enough time to catch it in my front yard.  Sometimes I missed and it landed (ouch) on my head, other times I got dizzy from spinning so much and looking into the sun and fell down in the grass.  The anticipation of trying to do a difficult trick and then accomplishing it was thrilling.

My neighbor was my baton twirling coach and my mom was in charge of making most of my outfits.  She resurrected many outfits from my early years.  I passed them on to some cousins so that they can enjoy them and play dress up.  I have my favorites that remind me where I performed and to what music. I just hope the cousins enjoy the costumes as much as I enjoyed baton twirling.