One Proud Mama

I am so proud of our little Ann Park!  Tonight was her first swim meet since last summer and she blew it out of the water - literally.  When I got the list this morning and saw that she was swimming in three out of four events, plus the relay, I knew that it was going to be a long night.  Last summer those long nights were accompanied by whining and wanting to go home, but not this time around.  Don't get me wrong -- it was still a long night (we got there at 4:00 and left at 8:15 for time reference), but it was full of fun for Ann Park.

She qualified for the Senior County meet in all her strokes, which is a BIG DEAL - especially for a 6 year old.  Plus she beat her times from last summer in freestyle and butterfly and placed in every stroke.  (She would have beat her time in backstroke but she ran into the rope twice slowing her down.)  She came in first overall in butterfly and got to swim the butterfly in the relay.  I think that it is going to be "her stroke."  The best part of the whole night was the incredible smile on her face and hearing her excitement in her voice.  She loved every minute of it and that makes me the most proud of all! Guess that means that mama is going to a lot of swim meets this summer . . . it could be worse!!