Chase tried out in May for the summer swim team and made it. He practices Monday-Friday for 45 minutes. He has really enjoying his swimming lessons. He never complains and he's willing to try his hardest. He is a hard little worker. He had his first swim meet on July 6th.
Grandma and Grandpa A. came down to watch him. We didn't know what to expect so we learned a lot. The meet lasted a lot longer than we thought. While we were waiting, Bridger went over to the kiddie area and swam. He really just went on the slide over and over again. Grandpa and Grandma loved watching him.
Chase was really nervous so he only signed up for two events and they were towards the end. So he had a lot of waiting. His first event was the 25 meter butterfly. He loves to swim the butterfly. He thinks that the butterfly is easier than the breast stroke. There was a problem with the buzzer so all three boys were a little confused so they just took off swimming. The officials decided to have them start over but by the time we got the boys attention they were half way. So they gave them a couple of races to rest before doing it again. But when he finally raced, he did a great job! He got first place. I was so nervous just watching him. I'm so proud of him because I think it takes a lot of courage to try new things. About 20 minutes later he swam the 25 meter freestyle. There were four boys in his age group and he placed second. He is so funny. As soon as he gets out of the pool he wants to know who won and what was his time. I'm so focused on him that it's hard to look at anything else. I'm so proud of him for trying! He's turning into a little fish.
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