It is that time of year again.
We are spending everyday at least 45 minutes a day at the pool.
Grace is on "The Team."
She loves being on the swim team. When it comes to meet days, she gets so nervous and overly excited. She loves cheering on her team mates. She enjoys swimming across the pool and giving you a great big hug afterwards. She has even started liking the fact that I write on her body for the meet. She doesn't let me write more than her event/heat/lane chart and her name and age, but this is a big improvement over last year. She has improved her time and is swimming in 3 events per meet, freestyle, backstroke and a freestyle relay.
At meets she eats and eats and eats, hot dogs, pizza, candy and anything else that I might pack/buy for her.
This year is proving much harder for mommy with a mobile toddler instead of a lap baby. Lily is well known all around the pool. She does her laps around the pool deck. She gets her exercise getting in and out of the pools. (There is a baby pool, but she prefers to play on the stairs and jump into the big pool. She dislikes having mommy hold her in the pool and she does not want to be in the baby float. She wants FREEDOM! She loves meets, because everyone knows her name(I don't even have to write it on her back), she can eat all the junk she wants and she LOVES cheering for her sister. (It also helps that our neighbors and best friends are on the team). She also hates meets because they are LONG, HOT and she can't get into the pool at all. (wait til next year when Grace moves up to the 7-8 year old crowd and there are more events.)
So far Grace has participated in 2 meets and has 2 left(we were out of town for the first one.) The first that she participated in was away and she did pretty well with only mommy there to cheer her on. The next meet was home, delayed for about an hour due to heavy thunder and lightening, but otherwise fun. Can't wait to see what the next two hold.
Well it is time to rest from our morning at the pool and for mommy to think of new ways to put muscle as well as meat on Grace's skinny bones.
This is what you do with 4 swimmer waiting out a storm, go to the car and watch a movie!Go Waves!
2 comments:
How fun! I can't imagine chasing a little one and cheering on another! Sounds busy! Oh and thanks for your comment on the beach ball sprinkler...I feel better that it wasn't just me!
the best part is wearing the ankle brace and tennis shoes around the pool, so stylish. Lily would love to be able to get in the pool with her sister. Don't worry about the beach ball, it is always the best laid plans.....
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