Swim Meet #1

Alex talking with Coach Zac before swimming his heat.
Enjoying some R&R between swims.
We made it through the first swim meet with mostly smiles. Alex fell off the block before he could even dive in to warm up, so he was a little tender emotionally. It was an indoor pool in Georgetown which rocked on the first of many HOT Saturday meets.
Conleigh & Alex both swam on the free relays. Alex's team which was co-ed came in 4th overall and Conleigh's was 7th. I must say Conleigh was dynamite. Her team was waaayyy behind after the first leg and she dove in and caught them up to the other team. She also swam the free leg on the medley relay. She wasn't scheduled for that but there was a no-show, so she was the lucky girl who got put into that spot. She swam five events including 25 free, back and butterfly and the relays, and her final verdict for swim meets was, "Awesome!"
Alex on the other hand is ready to quit. This is surprising to me, but I think once he learns the strokes, he will enjoy it because he was definitely enjoying the social aspects of it. Poor guy got in to swim the 25 backstroke and first of all it was cold. I could tell by the way he s.l.o.w.l.y. got in. Then there was a delay and he was hanging onto the concrete side of the pool with his little fingers. THEN, he attempted to swim the whole 25 in backwards butterfly fashion. He used both arms at the same time, the whole way. At about 20 yards, he started to crack and cry. He turned around to see how much further, and then went back to his back position and continued the backwards butterfly. Thankfully, Peter was able to be there right as he got out of the pool to comfort him. Like Peter said, "he did a great job for not even knowing how to swim the stroke."
Campbell hated every minute of it. She was bored out of her gourd. At about 10am, it was looking pretty gloomy regarding her making it to the end of the meet. A friend was leaving early to go home, shower and go to her daughter's dance recital. This is how it worked out. My friend drove Campbell (& Alex who was now done with his three events) to our hosue where a babysitter met her on the driveway. I had given my friend Peter's car key, so the babysitter could unlock Peter's car and open the garage door. It was so nice that that worked out. Conleigh enjoyed having mom and dad dote on her til the meet was over at 1:30.
After the early start to the day, Conleigh was still ready to head to South Austin and see Katie & Grace. We hadn't seen them in months and it was like it was yesterday when those three got together.