swim team

I am proud to say that a child of mine is going to be on swim team this summer. And not only that, he is a good swimmer...thanks to his daddy's good genes! (Clay's dad told me yesterday....it's in the blood!) He has never had swim lessons, and he can swim better than me, and I had lessons as a child and did horrible, and have had a lifetime to practice.

I got him this swimshirt b/c it is still pretty cold, and he was just shivering tonight at his first night of practice. He did great though. The kids 6 and under get to use a kickboard to help out, but he just jumped in there and took off at tryouts, and today his coach said he didn't even need to start with kickboard, and she put him in his own lane for awhile for some girls to work with him on his technique. I am so glad I signed him up. He told me in the car that was a bit too much to learn all at one time! He was pretty tired b/c they had him swim that whole length of pool several times, but he has practice 3 times a week so I know his stamina will build up quick. And we will be going to the pool a lot this summer. Maumelle has a great pool with 2 water slides...(one of them looks like a slide from a water park!)