Odyessey of the Mind 2009

Yesterday was Mikayla's Odyessey of the Mind and I have to admit that I'm glad it's over. They put so much time into their practices, and honestly, it was a FLOP! Their costumes were horrid, their props ridiculous and the coach's daughter had the main role! I never thought I'd be one of 'those' parents to complain about special treatment, but that's totally what it was. While this girl was good, Mikayla is just as dramatic, if not more so, and could have totally pulled off the role. Instead, she was a pegasus, and her line was "neigh". That's it! Parents aren't allowed to help at all in the costume design and Mikayla made a great paper mache nose for her costume, then decided last minute to use a cup. It was so hard for me to let her do that, but I wasn't allowed to have a say in it.

The entire team from Austell (our schools). There were 1-5th graders all involved.

Mikayla and her teammate, Mya

The team and their coach, Ms Mitchell

Mikayla and Veronia...the coach's daughter