We just finished up with swim team, all the neighborhood pools have swim teams and they have meets against each other, we were part of the Plaza Oaks Piranhas and finished the season undefeated! It is big in Texas, and I was hesitant to do it since it is an every day thing, but it is a short season and a lot of fun, a big community builder. It has been great for the kids, both Jacob and Gwyn are swimming amazingly. They practiced everyday after school in May, and then early every morning in June. No need for lessons next year, being in the pool everyday for 30 minutes with swim team coaches instructing them is worth so much. It has been awesome for me, since the pool is so close we would ride our bikes up every morning, swim and then come back home. The kids loved it. Gwyn swam freestyle and a freestyle relay, Jacob swam freestyle, freestyle relay, and backstroke. Jacob even made it to the Meet of Champs:) Gwyn didn't get to practice much in May due to her broken arm, but swam every meet and since they didn't really know what heat she should be in since she missed the time trials, she swam last for the first couple of meets and got several first and second place ribbons. Jacob who swam in the first heats in each of his events, did not understand how she was getting first and second place ribbons and he was getting third, fourth, fifth, sixth. He did get two second place ribbons on the last meet, so he was pretty excited about that. Gwyn just wanted to get all the colors, she didn't want any more first place (blue ribbons), she really wanted the fifth (pink) ribbon. This blog is heavy on pictures and video of swim team:)
Brian had a line of kids who wanted him to draw piranhas on their backs after he drew these on our kids. He looked at the line, and said he wasn't going to draw on anyone with a sharpie until they asked their parents...they immediately scattered to go ask their parents and he quickly disappeared to go to the concession stand and then avoided them all night, ha!
Little Annie was a trooper, and loved hanging with her big brother:
Don't feel too bad for Annie being dragged to all the swim meets, as you can see, she has a ring pop in one hand a pack of skittles in the other, ha!
Jacob swimming:
I love watching Jacob's reaction to Gwyn getting 1st place:
Jacob swimming:
Gwyn swimming:
She is so stinking cute!
I've moved all of Gwyn's size 4 clothes to Annie's closet, so she comes down in multiple outfits / day...her favorite right now is this ballerina outfit:
Maddy gave us some clothes, and this one dress already fit Annie, she was excited!
Sweet little Annie hoarding all the toys in our pool, here she is yelling at Jacob that she has the toys and he doesn't!
Love these kids:
He's got my eyes:)
Time for a flag change, Jacob is quite proud!
One I took before church on Father's Day:
A rare family pic of all of us:
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