Swim Finals

I hadn't gotten around to writing a post about the girls swim finals. They both did great. It was a very long day for them, as the meet started at 10:00 AM and didn't finish until 7:00 PM. In the end both girls took a metal in individual events. Addy got one for the 200 meter breast stroke (3rd place overall in that event) and Savannah took one for the 100 meter freestyle (4th place overall in that event.) Savannah was forced to swim with 13-14 year old girls because their team needed someone to fill an empty spot because of a girl that became ill. Amazingly, Savannah wasn't nervous at all. She was just happy that she got to swim against the "big girls" and then got to stand with them after the race. When the older girls race it is a much bigger deal and all eyes are on the race. Usually there are lots of camera flashes and a lot more cheering (or screaming parents who are extremely competitive) and Savannah loved all of the extra attention. We never expected her to actually metal, but she took 4th place. She is pretty much walking about 2 ft. taller now! Now that we are done swimming for a few months, we can finally return to karate. We haven't been practicing very hard for karate since we were so busy with swimming and now the kids fear that all of their karate friends will be several ranks above them. Addy doesn't want to return to karate because she says that, "There is nothing more embarrassing then having a 7 year old have a higher rank then you." Unfortunately for Addy we don't allow the kids to quit for reasons like that. We are so mean! Karate is great because it teaches the kids so many valuable lessons and they can kick butt (should they ever need too.) So tomorrow we are back to our Tuesday's and Thursday's karate practices from 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm followed by swimming (no meets, just practice, fun & games) until 9:00 pm. Hudson will start karate in a few months too. YIKES!