My swimmer does it again!

Blake had Novice Championships today. He SO rocks the water!!!

He got 5th place in the 50 yard freestyle. 10th place in the 50 backstroke and 6th in the 50 breaststroke!

After the meet his coach told him he'd better build a BIG trophy case :) LOL!!!

He got 2 nice medals and a really nice ribbon today. I'll have to take pics :)

I'm so glad he's finally found his niche :) He played soccer for about 6 years and then decided that wasn't for him. He tried T-ball. He tried hockey. He wanted to try basketball but when it was time to sign up he changed his mind. But swimming is DEFINITELY his sport! He has ALWAYS loved the water. As a matter of fact, Shelley made me a tray with various pics of Blake and the great majority of the pics are him in or near the water :)

That's my waterbug!!!

I love my swimmer!

Blake had another swim meet today. He learned some lessons... the hard way. He swam 3 events and was disqualified from 2 of them. One because he stood up to adjust his goggles before his return lap in a 50 yard swim. And another because he didn't touch the wall with both hands before his return lap in a different 50 yard swim.

The first time he was a little upset, but was OK with it.

The second time, after the official told him that he'd been DQ'd, he stormed off the deck and into the locker room. I was told he was quite upset.

He calmed down after a bit... and apologized to his coach for losing his temper. He thinks he DID touch with both hands... and on the little screen on our video camera it appears that he did... BUT, he should have told his coach immediately and had it appealed on deck instead of storming off and throwing a fit.

We told him it's all good... he has to learn. *shrug*

As I've told him from day one... as long as he FINISHES the race, I don't care what else happens :)

Anyhoo... there was a photographer there today and if you told her what race and lane, she would take pics of your swimmer and you could purchase all sorts of stuff with them.

We got a couple of 5x7s and a button of this:

Yes sir! That's MY swimmer!

(isn't it cool how you can see his reflection in front of him?)