Brace yourself for some cuteness.  The day Reece has been waiting for has finally arrived!  Today she participated in her first swim meet!  Since January, this little one has been begging me to sign her up for swim team (ever since I took her to one of Morgan’s practices).  I convinced her to wait until summer when she had more free time.  For 5 long months I’ve endured the questions of when swim team starts!

A majority of  last night we talked about what to pack up for this morning and she had everything laid out and ready and we hit the road at 7:30 a.m.It was a little breezy this morning so getting out of the pool with wet skin is a little rough but she handled it like a champ.  This swimmer was so excited to be at this meet – there was nothing that would get her down! These little ones swim 25m and only freestyle and back stroke at the first meet.  As the summer continues they will add in breast stroke and butterfly.  Honestly, I just pray that they make it to the end of the pool!  There’s definitely some crying, panting, hanging on to the ropes, etc. that occurs at these pre-competitive meets.  Yikes!  Luckily for me, I didn’t have any of that with Reece.  Actually I think she would’ve tried to do a flip turn and swim the other 25m if they would’ve let her!She talked to me about every little detail the entire way home, barely taking a breath. Adorable!  Way to go Reecie Cups!

P.S. Don’t even ask me what her times were or what place she took – I literally only watched her lane and tuned everything thing else out.  Mom’s are good at that.

In the meantime, I just received a phone call that another soccer club wants her on their academy team after watching her at a short session this week.  Yikes, I was hoping they would say she was horrible.  I would take any ounce of her athleticism!  You go girl!