Swimteam

In this neck of the woods our children do swim team. You don't have to try out for it, you just have to know how to swim the length of the pool unassisted. Each swim meet you compete against your own time and the top 3 fastest swimmers get the team points. So it is competitive, but only if you want it to be. Camie and Taneal are the only ones that have ever scored their team points. And when they do win points, it is a big deal because it is so hard to do. When there are 75+ swimmers in your age group and you are in the top 3, you should be impressed with yourself.

With swim team comes a whole lot of commitment. The swimmers practice Tuesday through Friday for an hour. Well, I have four swimmers and only two in the same age group. That means we practice for 3 hours each evening. Yes, each child only swims for an hour, but the family is hanging out at the pool for three. This is a picture of Gavin watching the swimmers. It isn't so bad hanging at the pool because they kids get to play at the park with their friends for two hours in addition to their hour in the pool. The only hard part, okay, one of the hard parts, is supper. How do you feed a crew of children when you aren't home? And eating out every night isn't an option.I have to be on top of things and pack a supper. Things like pizza rolls, taquitos, sandwiches are at the top. It is quite the family commitment, but so worth it. The kids absolutely love swimming and then playing at the park every night for 8 weeks.  And it is fun for me to see them improve their swimming skills and them being pleased with beating their own time at the meets on Saturdays.

This is where we will be through the month of May and June. My kids swimming their hearts out and me sweating my guts out, with a baby and five other kids and a cooler it tow.