Ahh, summer, the time of swimming here in the valley of the sun. We believe in all things water related in an attempt to stay cool. The girls have swim team every morning and ride their bikes 2.4 miles each way to and from practice. Oh happy day, mommy is in no way involved with swim team practice. Unfortunately I get to go sit in the blazing heat every day for Griffin's class, I just couldn't figure a way around it.
Griffin is in a stroker class in an attempt to learn the different strokes so he will be able to do swim team next year. He is one active boy and has a hard time just holding on to the side of the pool waiting his turn. He has to swim back and forth and down to the bottom and misses half the instructions. He is on week 3 of his lessons and has improved quite a bit on his freestyle and back stroke although he weaves like a drunken sailor when he does the backstroke and takes twice as long to get to the destination because of it. He gives it all he's got though!
and diving...that's gonna hurt
Mary and Helen are on week 5 of swim team practices which start 2 weeks before school ends. They have had 3 swim meets and have improved at each one. Today we were at the YMCA from 7 am to 11:30 am for the swim meet. There were 6 different teams there and that was a lot of kids to get though with the 6 and under girls then boys; 7/8 girls then boys; 9/10 girls then boys starting with a medley; all ages, then breast stroke; all ages, butterfly stroke all ages, backstroke; all ages and ending with freestyle. The girls did 3 different races; both did backstroke and freestyle while Helen did butterfly and Mary did breaststroke. It was a long morning but the girls did great, spent time with friends, won lots of ribbons, had lots of fun and Mommy melted. Daddy volunteered to take one for the team and stay home with the boys....Lewis didn't wake up until 10:30 and Griffin is zombied out on the Wii--Lego Starwars of course so daddy had a rough morning.
Griffin is in a stroker class in an attempt to learn the different strokes so he will be able to do swim team next year. He is one active boy and has a hard time just holding on to the side of the pool waiting his turn. He has to swim back and forth and down to the bottom and misses half the instructions. He is on week 3 of his lessons and has improved quite a bit on his freestyle and back stroke although he weaves like a drunken sailor when he does the backstroke and takes twice as long to get to the destination because of it. He gives it all he's got though!
Learning proper kicking...
and diving...that's gonna hurt
Mary and Helen are on week 5 of swim team practices which start 2 weeks before school ends. They have had 3 swim meets and have improved at each one. Today we were at the YMCA from 7 am to 11:30 am for the swim meet. There were 6 different teams there and that was a lot of kids to get though with the 6 and under girls then boys; 7/8 girls then boys; 9/10 girls then boys starting with a medley; all ages, then breast stroke; all ages, butterfly stroke all ages, backstroke; all ages and ending with freestyle. The girls did 3 different races; both did backstroke and freestyle while Helen did butterfly and Mary did breaststroke. It was a long morning but the girls did great, spent time with friends, won lots of ribbons, had lots of fun and Mommy melted. Daddy volunteered to take one for the team and stay home with the boys....Lewis didn't wake up until 10:30 and Griffin is zombied out on the Wii--Lego Starwars of course so daddy had a rough morning.Helen Butterfly
Mary Breaststroke
Yes, Helen is really that much taller than Mary now!Now we are getting ready for our escape from the heat trek up to Idaho then meandering on down to Utah and ending with Lake Powell. We are very excited about our vacation except for the 16 hour drive the 1st day when we go all the way to Featherville--yeah, Google that thriving metropolis!!!
We know all about using the pool to stay cool. Although, Arizona is still hotter than St. George. In your meandering and traveling, if you end up in St. George we would love to have your family drop in and say "hi" or drop in for a longer chat.
ReplyDeleteSwim team is so great for the kids, but torture for the parents sitting in the heat. I love that you get the girls to go to practice on their own. Have a great trip!
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