Skylar's swim meet 10 & under series

Skylar had her third swim meet last Sunday- a very cold day was spent melting inside Fountain Park in St.Albert.  She did very well in all her swims beating her times for all her swims(ribbons).  She raced  butterfly for the first time- it was a lot of work for her- just to do her best at 50m at fly- and that is a hard stroke!  You could see in her swim that it was taking everything in her just to get to that wall at the end of her 50.  
I love the social part that goes along with swim club  for Skylar- the kids have so much fun together and the swimming is somewhat secondary at this stage.

Pre warm ups- before all their swimmers had arrived.

Warm-ups

Getting ready for back stroke- she did great on her backstroke till she flipped turned then she forgot and started back doing free style.  As soon as she remembered she flipped back on her back and finished her swim.  Her coaches reassured her that she was not the only one who had made a similar mistake.  Awesome coaches- Chelby and Erica!

Watching the starter, now ready to dive (lane 2)

The fun had while passing time waiting for their swims.

A little video of her favourite stroke- breastroke- in which she came in 2nd in her heat!

Sparks Enrollment

Last Monday Summer became a spark.  She held up her fingers and promised to share and be a friend.  She has the friend thing down pat.  She is so kind to everyone and friendly.  When I drop her off at school she greets all the other kids by names and not just the ones in her class or her grade but in some of the older grades too.  So cute.

First she had to slide over the rainbow.

 Then promise to share and be a friend.

 She received her badges.

 So cute and proud next to her friend Jessica O.

The last bit of California

On our last night we went to the beach looking for tide pools, we didn't find them but we found a beautiful sunset.  The girls had fun collecting smooth rocks- their carry on bags were quite heavy on the way home.

Ready, set,

Go!

What a life, just a little bike ride on the beach.

Great friends and Great times.

The last of Legoland

Someone liked this driving thing a lot.

 The water park at Legoland

 The  Eiffel tower in the Las Vegas section.

Still working on the New York skyline.

A little more Legoland

I love that they have included a running race.  

I love that Skylar and Summer knew that this is Beethoven.  Thanks to Mme Pickering.