Oliver and Lael had their first swim meet - the timed trials to set their starting times for the season. They both competed in four strokes and did great. They each did one lap of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and the butterfly. I was quite concerned about the last two strokes, and about battling Lael over wearing the swim cap but they did great. I'm not sure how competitive they'll be this year but so far they are having fun. We have a break for the holiday weekend and then we have meets almost every Saturday through the end of July. The only downside is that we have to be there at 7 am, which is brutal for us. This summer Erik will be dropping them off at 8:30 every morning to practice and then I'll pick them up at 9:15. Right now is a tad crazy with baseball and swimming, but we're down to our last four games. Yay! I think next year Oliver will be the only one doing baseball but we'll see how it goes. Gotta survive the last month of school first.
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I think I may just have to get my kids ready for the swim team for next year. They would probably both love that.
Ya - I didn't know how it would go. Getting in the outdoor pool on a cold day to practice is only so appealing. And Lael with a swim cap - Ay Carrumba! But it's working out well so far. They get right in. And when you're moving around in the water, it's fine (of course the pool is heated to 80 degrees). But they do love it!
Time to blog again.
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