Swim Team

The girls are having so much fun at swim team and are coming home absolutely exhausted and hungry every night. They are turning into amazing swimmers. Last year, Hannah was afraid of the water and wouldn't let go of the side for fear that she would sink...now she is swimming like a little fish. Today she was working on breaststroke which is pretty hard for her, but she is improving and really likes swim team. Carolyn looks like an old pro. She is so comfortable in the pool and so happy trying new things.

The thing I like best about our swim team is the coaches. They are great. They realize that this is a SUMMER REC LEAGUE and honestly, the fun and the comfort in the water is more important than racing. I am so impressed with how in touch they are with what being a kid is like (they rub pretend bumble bees off their ears with their shoulder to work on form on the back stroke and try to avoid spilling an imaginary bowl of boogers off their heads to practice smooth breathing in free style). My greatest fear with starting swim team was that they would be so intense that my kids wouldn't enjoy it, but they laugh and play and relax and I am glad we did it!!!



I had a hard time getting Hannah to take her head out of the water to get her picture. She swims all the way across the pool when she is doing free style and when she is doing back stroke now!!!




These are of Carolyn swimming freestyle...kind of hard to see. She swims with such big arms and such a straight body. She is getting faster every week!