My kids have gone European on me. They ditched their California board shorts for speedos. Seriously, when they came home asking, “Mom/Dad, I really want to get a Speedo. Can you buy me one?” we looked at each other like: what sort of odd children have we raised?
It turns out the Speedos of today are not the package-hugging, nightmare inducing garments of yesteryear (unless you are a large, hairy man at Atlantis). And supposedly they are super comfortable (to quote both Carter and Caleb).
Yesterday was the boys’ first (and only) swim meet of the season. It’s nice that it’s a fun, non-competitive environment with kids of all skill levels and ages swimming against each other.
Pre-race warmups
Stretching
Caleb competing in the 25m freestyle
It was super sticky and melty out there. We were jealous of the swimmers.
Carter getting ready to swim the 50m freestyle. All the judges/timers were parents and teacher volunteers.
In between races she would dip her toes in the water.
Other events of the day: Carter 50m breaststroke, 100m freestyle relay.
Caleb: 50m breaststroke and 100m freestyle relay.
Carter
Teammates