Two Little Fishies Swimming in a Pool

This summer we are experiencing Swim Team for the first time. :) It is a big commitment with practices every day (except Mondays) and meets on Saturdays (starting EARLY!) and then summer morning practices, but the kids LOVE it so far! Obviously both Carson and Christopher have known how to swim for quite some time because they spend April-October swimming in our backyard, but Swim Team and actually competing/racing using real form and real strokes is a whole other thing! Neither one of them were familiar with all of the different swimming strokes, so they have learned a lot!! After a couple of weeks of practice, we had "Time Trials" this past weekend in order to determine the beginning time for all of the kids before the meets begin. This was an eye-opening experience! :) The whole experience was chaotic, but definitely organized at the same time. There is a lot going into getting 225 kids grouped by age and swimming the in pool at the right time for the correct swim.

Here's Carson getting ready before her first swim. She and Christopher both love their swim caps. Not sure why??? :)

Christopher awaiting his swim.

Carson getting up on the block.

Christopher getting ready to swim...if you zoom in on the pic he is sitting just above the 4 ft. 6 in. sign.
Carson during a race.

Here is Carson swimming the free.

Christopher swimming the backstroke.

I can't wait to see how their times improve...it's amazing to see the amount of improvement in form and speed from week to week!