Love him in his goggles! He's the funny looking blond-whitey boy in the front (green goggles, looks like he's cold).
And here we go. It looks like he'll make a great dive, but his entrances are actually usually a lot more entertaining- including some belly flops and some straight vertical jumps in with his arms in a diving position. Very cute though.
Here's how the meets usually go: warmup (ie, jump around in the pool with friends), wait, swim 25 meter free style, wait, wait, wait some more, watch others race, eat some snacks, and finally swim 25 meter back stroke, collect ribbons, rush home to dinner and bed (one sentence, lots of commas, 3+ hours!)So to pass the time Isaac always finds other little kids to play around with- even if they're girls.
Ethan takes lots of random pictures. This lovely one is of a poor, lonely dropped frito on the pavement.
And a close-up of a leaf. Yep, couldn't leave that beauty out of the blog post.
Miles generally gets locked in his stroller and fed snacks and handed toys the whole time. I know it's mean but he's so in love with pools that I just know I'd turn to help Ethan or Isaac for 5 seconds and he'd be gone and into the pool before I could do anything.
Ethan takes lots of random pictures. This lovely one is of a poor, lonely dropped frito on the pavement.
And a close-up of a leaf. Yep, couldn't leave that beauty out of the blog post.
Miles generally gets locked in his stroller and fed snacks and handed toys the whole time. I know it's mean but he's so in love with pools that I just know I'd turn to help Ethan or Isaac for 5 seconds and he'd be gone and into the pool before I could do anything.And finally it's time for the backstroke!
Not sure how helpful taking his picture during the race is- especially when he stopped concentrating long enough to smile for his dad. But oh well, he's the first, everything must be documented.
Ethan actually LOVES being on the swim team. He's in the water and there's friends, and he's a true Kitchen and very competitive. The first thing he does every time he gets done with a race- even before getting a towel or giving a high five, is to ask the timer what his time was. He's getting better at free style- dropping a full 25 seconds from last week to this week. But really he's a backstroker. He's won every time and continues to get faster- which helps offset his snail-like pace in the free style. But hey, sometimes it's better to be the slowest- if you're REALLY dragging (and look like you might be drowning more than swimming) you often get amazingly loud cheers from the crowd- especially when you're a funny-goggle-eyed-skinny-boy-6-year-old!
Not sure how helpful taking his picture during the race is- especially when he stopped concentrating long enough to smile for his dad. But oh well, he's the first, everything must be documented.
Ethan actually LOVES being on the swim team. He's in the water and there's friends, and he's a true Kitchen and very competitive. The first thing he does every time he gets done with a race- even before getting a towel or giving a high five, is to ask the timer what his time was. He's getting better at free style- dropping a full 25 seconds from last week to this week. But really he's a backstroker. He's won every time and continues to get faster- which helps offset his snail-like pace in the free style. But hey, sometimes it's better to be the slowest- if you're REALLY dragging (and look like you might be drowning more than swimming) you often get amazingly loud cheers from the crowd- especially when you're a funny-goggle-eyed-skinny-boy-6-year-old! He's so cute and so much fun- we're just glad to be a part of his life.
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