First Swim Meet

Dallin and Daphne and Sean are swimming on the Eisenhower City Swim Team this summer.  I did swim team when I was growing up and it's the BEST thing for learning how to really swim.  This is the first year I've put my kids on swim team.  I figured that having 3 kids on the team made it worth the daily trip to the pool at 8 a.m.  (Earlier than we have to have the kids to school during the school year!) It has been an adjustment, but I'm really glad we're doing it if for no other reason we get up and moving everyday.  In past summers--we really sleep in and sometimes don't even breakfast until 10 a.m.  Well now they eat breakfast in the car on the way, half the time, so we knock that meal out pretty early.

Anyway, here are pictures from the kids' first meet.  I was really nervous for Sean.  On the first day of practice the coach said, "Hop in the water and give me 25 freestyle."  Sean just stared at him for awhile and then asked, "What's a freestyle?"

All lined up for their first event, the 8 & under 25 Freestyle

Here is Sean racing his first 25 Free event.  He stopped and hung on the lane rope every few strokes, and you can see in his face, that he thinks he'll probably drown on the way over.  Poor guy.  He told me he thought that pool was definitely longer than the pool we practice in.  (It's not, but I'm sure it felt like it!)  I was so proud of him for finishing!!!  

(As a side note, he just completed his second meet yesterday, and only held on a couple of times in freestyle, and NOT AT ALL in his breaststroke race.  

And that is why I LOVE swim team--very fast results!)

Christian, Bobby, and Dallin

There were two races where Christian came in first, and Bobby and Dallin tied for second.

funny!

Kirra, Daphne and Loralyn came in one right after the other.

Here are the Schmutz swimmers and my swimmers with their ribbons for the day.

Go Hammerheads!