Swim Season

The 2011 Summer swim season came to a close last night.  To say that I am sad about this would be a lie.  It was a great season, but swim team is very time intensive.  We practiced for a hour (thirty minutes per child) five days per week and attended two swim meets each week where the family would sweat it out poolside for a minimum of three hours and the boyswould swim for a total of under five minutes.  Swim team is fun though.  Swim meets are fun.  We see our friends in the neighborhood, the kids see their friends and they get some exercise too.  Alex had a great first year.  He improved his swim time by twelve seconds, won a couple ribbons and learned a passable back stroke and breast stroke (except when he cheats by swimming under water to win his heat).  Devin had a harder year because he was at the bottom of his age group and didn't get as many ribbons as last year.  He did well though. He learned butterfly and finally mastered a legal breast stroke kick!!  All told I am very proud of my swimmer boys and hope that they continue with swim team for many many more years.

Alex before his first race ever!

Alex's dive.

Alex's first ribbon ever!!



Alex hugging the lane line in back stroke



Devin catching his breath after his first race of the season

Devin's back stroke

Devin's awesome start!

My boys

This is what Izzy looked forward to at every swim meet.