A Little R and R: Swim Team

We decided to put Reese on the neighborhood swim team this year. They have meets with surrounding neighborhoods and it was really fun to be a part of. Reese was part of the 5-6 year old group and honestly isn't a great swimmer. We've put her in lessons every year and she's gotten more comfortable in the water but is still very weak. The thought of her in a "race" doing the free style was intimidating. Hell she had never even heard of it! The very first meet was interesting to say the least. It took her close to two minutes to just finish the lap and she was the very last one. She stopped so many times and hung onto the rope, I didn't think she was going to make it. But, by the very last race she had gotten her time down to under one minute and wasn't touching the rope at all! She got the most improved swimmer and I can't even begin to say how proud I was of her! :-)

One of the coaches telling the girls what was going to happen. This was their very first race.

Getting ready!

Don't let this form fool you. It always turned into arms wide witha belly flop.

This is her first race and it took forever!

She was so proud of herself though. I thought it took so much courage to even do the race. The place is packed and people are watching. She thought nothing of it.