Swim Team as in ICAT.

Adelyn and Michael joined the swim team this summer.  It was kind of a cop-out on my part, because I wanted to be cheap.  You pay $25 per month for swim team, instead of $35 for just a two-week lesson.  Adelyn has been through several swim lessons, and I thought she'd be good, and Michael didn't know how to swim at all, maybe a little front crawl, but I figured he'd catch on.  And he did, so I think I made the right cop-out this year.

 Adelyn prepping for her backstroke, her 2nd favorite stroke.  Her first is breaststroke, by far.  I told her that swim team was a month-to-month commitment, and she was pretty sure she would just try it for a month, and be done.  But she kept going, and never asked to quit, and rarely complained about every day practices at noon.  I love hearing her talk about swim team next year.  It was so good to watch her, she seemed so comfortable in the water, something I hope for all of my kids.

 Michael was spoken to by several adults about his swimming.  He was accidentally registered as a six-year-old (he is seven), so people were super impressed by his skills.  Even when he told them he was seven, they commented to me what a great swimmer we have.  His P.E. teacher at school calls him Michael Phelps.  He has the perspective of a winner, and gives A LOT to do his best.  I'd say swimming comes pretty natural to him, but his drive to be better is really what makes him good.

And these little tikes made it through an entire summer of long, drawn-out swim meets, without too much grief.  You can tell they have swimming engrained in them because we walked by a high school football game the other day, and they heard the announcer over the loud speaker.  Braden said, "sounds like swimming!" because the only loudspeaker they are used to, is the ones at swim meets.