In May Katie joined her first competitive swimming team, First Colony Gold. Having stayed in swim classes year round and participated in the swim team class at her swim school she was ready. The first few practices the group was split between those who could swim across the pool and those who couldn't. Katie made the could team, this is our learning year.. We still have to figure out each week where we are supposed to be and how everything works, and Katie is learning about being in a race. Her natural instincts don't generally inspire a need for speed and we are working on that and while she is not the star swimmer on the team, she is the one with the biggest smile. She loves everything about being a part of this team and because of that I am willing to get her to practice four times a week and spend hours in the heat on Monday evenings sitting around to watch her spend about 2 minutes in the water!
Tonight was our fifth swim meet, and Katie loves swim meet days. Mostly she says she loves to relax between races, really I think she loves the camaraderie of the girls. Real friendships are forming and she loves the hours spent just hanging out with these girls that are her age!
I was so proud of her tonight, as she was sitting in the ribbon chair alongside some of her teammates, she cheered on her friend, rallying her teammate who was desperate for a first place blue ribbon..... And the friend got it, and Katie cheered for her even more. Katie is not in this for the first place blue ribbon, what excites her is participating, and tonight was so pleased with her two 4th place ribbons because green is mommy's favorite color... Maybe next year she will bring home a blue one for Daddy, but until then I will be very proud of my cheer leading team player, she will always come first for me!
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