So, since I'm now becoming more familiar with the neighborhood pool concept, I've learned a few things. First of all, I now know what adult swim is. I'm not talking about a class at the rec center. It happens during a designated time every hour at the neighborhood pools (apparently also the country club pools). All kids have to get out of the pool and let the adults swim. Secondly, I've learned that neighborhood swim teams are the big thing. It seems like almost everyone joins it. So, of course I want Ella to be on the team.
The great thing about the swim team is that it's such a social part of the neighborhood's summer. There's practice every day. Parents have to volunteer at meets, there are crazy long Saturday meets, and there are also nighttime adult parties. I think it'll be a great way to meet other people in our neighborhood.
Ella is going to be trying out for the junior swim team, aka the Minnows. The main Willow Creek team is known as the Wahoos. Her tryout date is set for mid-May. In anticipation for the try-outs, I've enrolled her in a swim "crash course" at our local rec center. She's actually been doing pretty well. She passed levels one and two and is repeating level two because level three was full. Apparently I'm not the only one with the "crash course" idea. In order to be a Minnow she's supposed to be able to independently swim half of the length of our neighborhood pool. We'll see how it goes. There are some crash course pics below.
Barbell swim with Ms Krista
Back floating. She can actually do this on her own now. She loves it.
Waiting with classmates
Playing the game "Mr Shark"-she's one of the sharks
She's the one underwater here.
No comments:
Post a Comment