Swim meet in Daytona Beach. Summer Open. Our swim team always goes to this meet, but we've never been able to go before... it's a fun one because everyone stays at a beach side resort for the weekend and the kids get to play swim after the meet. You'd think that kids who swim 2 hours a day everyday would be happy to not swim for a bit. But no. Everyone one of them were in the pools or the ocean all day long Saturday. And by All Day, I mean, they started warm ups at 7am, and were in water until 8pm.
I also brought my good camera to this meet to try to get some pictures of the kids swimming, you know, with something other than my iPhone. Carly had to swim with the Seniors since we didn't stay for the afternoon portion of the meet (when the younger kids normally swim). She actually clocked some better times and shaved off a few seconds on her races, so she did really well.
Back stroke...
Butterfly... Much nicer than the first time she ever got in the pool to swim with the swim team (at age 5!!)... and I was watching her through the windows of the fitness center (of course, using the eliptical machine... probably the last day I ever did that!) and saw this little kid looking like she was drowning in 12 feet or water. No, not drowning. Just trying to swim the Butterfly stroke. Oh. That's my kid. I love how little girls think you are supposed to swim it like you are an actual butterfly and they just flutter around in the water. Probably singing her head off.
This was a 100 Fly, so she's coming back for the last leg...
Yup! Thumbs up!
And Ben... Pleasedon'ttakemypicture.
He will demonstrate all the strokes for you... while racing. He's good like that.
Fly:
Back:
Breast:
Free:
The resort we stayed at... Really nice, with 2 outdoor pools, one indoor, and the ocean. Daytona is a funny beach because you can drive right on it. We did not do this... you know our car would get caught in a freak tide. That's how we roll.
Body surfing... that girl is on the team. And goes to school with Ben. And told me that she always tries to get him to talk to her, and he can only say HI and look down. HA! But she said she was going to break him down. Good luck, sweetie. But it was fun to watch her try. And to watch Ben's look of horror. I'm going to miss Ben being in Middle School.
Yup. A book in the waves. Surely we didn't think Ryan would leave it behind?
Apparently, she always looks like she's drowning.
The dark sky that drove us indoors. To the indoor pool. Now we know why you would need that in Florida.
Fun weekend. Carly got some faster times... Ben held steady, but got 2nd and 3rd overall in many of his races. It was fun spending time with the rest of the team and just getting away from life for a while. And who doesn't love those waves?!?!?
