A New Adventure...

Madeline and Isabella decided to take on a new activity this summer, swim team.  We talked about it last year, but decided that they were not quite ready, or rather Isabella, who REALLY wanted to swim was not ready, so we decided to wait a year for both of them.  This year I was still a bit concerned about Isabella and her swimming ability.  She seemed to do more treading water than swimming, and honestly scared every adult who watched her swim.  They were excited, and I knew after watching a couple of practices last year that there were several kids on the team who were not real strong swimmers, so we signed them up.

I have to say that after watching them in practice, I was still concerned about Isabella being able to swim across the pool for her first meet.  I was surprised when she said that she did not want a coach in the pool with her when she swam her first race, and shocked when she jumped in and swam the entire lap without stopping.  She even came in third.  She then went on to swim backstroke and a relay.  I was so very proud of her!

Madeline did equally as well!  She swam two relays, freestyle and backstroke.  She was just touched out for first place in the freestyle.  When I asked her what her favorite thing was about the meet, I was surprised that she did not say the freestyle race, but instead she said that her favorite parts were the relay because she got to make new friends and work as a team; and backstroke, because she made up a song while she was swimming.  She also pointed out how beautiful the setting sun looked on the water as the meet ended.  You never know what amazing stuff is going on in their heads!