Waterbaby

Katherine enjoyed being on the Y swim team this summer.  She excelled and truly showed us how good of a swimmer she is.

She didn't always like the water.  Her careful nature and disdain of the water in her face made her a pill to deal with in the bathtub when rinsing off her hair.  I remember well, because her little brother is showing the same attributes.

She participated in 3 swim meets and did rather well in all of them.

Her first swim meet:

Warming up

Prepping for the 25m freestyle race

Off she goes

Now for the 25m breast stroke race

MOM!

K and sweet Melina, her dancing and swimming gal pal.

Getting ready for the 25m back stroke

Her second swim meet:

Our little Wahoo

Her freestyle race yielded a 2nd place

Her back stroke race yielded a 2nd place also.

And she got a 3rd place in the breast stroke.

Her 3rd swim meet:

Warm-up time.

Freestyle, she competed against all boys and got a 1st place!

 

 

Backstroke she got a 3rd place.

 

Breast stroke she got a 4th place.

 

 

She did so good this year.  It warms my heart to think of how far she's come from our little toddler afraid of water in her eyes.  Something tells me I'm experiencing just a taste of the heart-swelling I'll be feeling in the future with other events she participates in.