Swim Camp

Going into this summer, one of the things I was nervous about was keeping Tripp and Makinley entertained while having a baby. They are so used to being able to go, go, go and I didn't want the baby to keep them from doing things they love because she has to be on a schedule. Well, I needn't have worried. They have had an event-filled summer, and the baby has done awesome at getting dragged from one thing to another. A couple of weeks ago, Tripp had swim camp. Our rec department offers several different camps during the month of June, and swim was one of them. They learned all four different strokes and on the last day of camp, they had a meet. Tripp had a great time and it really improved his swimming skills.

 As you can see, Addie Grey was just hanging out in her stroller, despite the fact that it was smack dab in the middle of the time she should have been asleep for her morning nap.

 The four races Tripp competed in were freestyle, back stroke, breast stroke and butterfly. He has the hardest time with butterfly, but that's a hard way to swim.

 He won first place in his free style race.

 It was SO, SO hot in the aquatic center. Like you couldn't feel like you could breathe it was so thick and AG was dressed in a terry cloth onesie. So, I had to strip her down to just her diaper and even then, her hair was drenched in sweat. But, she did manage to take a little catnap. Don't I look lovely?! Countless days this summer of no make-up and hair in a pony-tail for me!

 On the back stroke race, Tripp was afraid he was going to hit his head, so he stopped short of the wall and ended up coming in 2nd place. If not for that, he would have won. Still did awesome!

On the breast stroke, he came in first and on the butterfly he came in third. It was a great week for him, and I was really proud of everything he accomplished. Makinley is actually going to start swim clinic this week, and she is going to try to be on our county swim team in the fall. She is a strong swimmer and has a ton of lower body strength. She can also hold her breath forever, so I'm excited to see how she does.