Most importantly, though, we're celebrating how far our little fish have come in the last few months!
Joey started off the season bringing up the rear in most events -- but thrilled to collect his fifth and sixth place ribbons -- and ended the season on a high note at his first OMPA swim championship. He qualified for the backstroke finals by a hair -- placing 20th in a pack of more than 100 boys six and under -- and surprised everyone, especially his coaches, by shaving another two seconds off his time and finishing 13th in the finals. It turns out he was the most "improvingist" on his team this year, and walked away with an extra trophy at the awards night!
This swim mom was a little overwhelmed by the craziness of OMPA, with three kids to shepherd around a huge aquatic center on a 100-degree August day. I'll admit, on learning that Joey had qualified for the finals, my first words were, "Oh no!" I was not excited about lingering at that crazy scene for three or four more hours! But our little Marlin was pretty jazzed!
I think he was inspired by this ultra-cute sign one of his teenage coaches made for him, and left on our garage door in the middle of the night. Just in case you can't read it, it says, "Your strokes are gonna be anything but slowey, mister Joey!"
Clara wrapped up her "Mini-Marlin" season a couple of weeks ago, and earned a medal for all her hard work this year. How much does she love this medal? Too much to say. I can definitely see her trying to work this into her back-to-school wardrobe.
She swam a length of freestyle and backstroke in the annual "Mini Meet," and is pretty excited to be joining the "real" swim team next summer!
It's been a long season, full of fun, friendship and SPF. Here's a glimpse into the CCC world we've been immersed in since June!
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