frogger fever

i have never been a fan of men in tight…well, anything.

signing them up for swim team was as much as a challenge for me as it was for them.

the team uniform is a speedo.

i thought we could work around it.

i tried to purchase regular board shorts in the team colors with the hope they would let my kids skate passed the rules. no luck.

so its been days, even weeks that my boys have been comfortably walking around in speedos on the pool deck. fine, i can deal with it at swim meets.

the other day a neighbor invited the boys to the pool. no kidding, both of them put on their speedos and were heading out the door when i had to put my foot down and stop them. a new family rule was added to the list: speedos are only for swim meets.

although they are not record holders, they work hard everyday.

zachary is officially the youngest and slowest on the team. he is not bothered by it at all. in fact he loves all the people standing at the edge of the pool screaming his name to encourage him to keep going and finish the race. he just keeps swimming, swimming, swimming. he has a lot of spirit and joy so the team graciously lets him compete each week.

dallin looked as though he won the lottery when he realized he was the heat winner in the freestyle tonight. he ran around the pool deck giving everyone high fives and shaking his competitors hands. it was a sight. “wow, he has a lot of gusto!” zachary observed.

our youngest frogger is the loudest fan his brother’s have. “go dallin, swim fast!” is what i heard over and over again tonight.” also, “good job zachary!” with a pat on his back was another favorite.

life at the pool everyday is pretty painless, especially since it has been a raging 100 degrees.

off to another swim practice tomorrow morning.