Today was a fun family day at a swim meet in Petaluma!! Only Ma-lak and Rea competed this time, but hopefully at the next one in September all four will be ready to!
Tomorrow is day #3 of the 3-day meet, and I think I'll be sitting that one out.. It was a very long day (I was still pretty worn out from the previous 24 hour's ordeal AND I got a little sun-burnt again today!) Rea had a few issues with her goggles when she dove in for her 50 free style, had to pause a few times to adjust them, and Ma-lak got down to the end of the 25 on his 50 free and forgot that he was swimming the whole 50 and almost didn't come back! For their first big meet with tons of people yelling and shouting and screaming and cheering them on and how DAUNTING that can be, they did awesome!
My sister had gotten these little camp chairs for the kids for their birthdays earlier this summer and boy did they come in handy today! Thankfully some of our friends who were old pros at this swim meet stuff warned us to bring something to sit on and be prepared for a long day. So I did pack a lot of snacks and drinks and a blanket and chairs. But we didn't prepare for the weird northern California weather where it's 50 degrees till noon and you're drinking coffee wrapped in blankets and then all of a sudden it's 80 and you're fried within the hour... Lesson learned! We got a little awning tent/canopy today and tomorrow will be much better!
Hopefully I can actually get some decent pictures!!
Great job, guys! We are so proud of you!!
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