Swim Team Finale

This weekend capped off the end of swim team! Saturday we had the championship swim meet and then Sunday there was the team banquet.  I have said it a million times, I know.... but I think swim team has been such a positive experience! We have loved participating in meets and practices and other fun events.  I think we will definitely do it again next year...maybe with both boys...? (I say that as I laugh out loud....NO WAY will Andy want to do that next year!)

Here is a look at our swim team weekend:

I have heard in the past that this meet is SUPER chaotic...over 700 swimmers all down on the floor, and parents are not allowed down there unless they are volunteering.  So, I volunteered to be a 6 and under chaperone for the boys.  THANK GOODNESS I did! Cal would have been a mess down there.

However, chaperones had to be there at 6:30am.  Cal wanted to make a quick Dunkin run before we went, so I woke up at 5:30 and got him up at 5:45...he was not wanting to wake up:

 We got all ready and walked down to the garage-- leaving Andy asleep on the floor of our bedroom.  When I raised the garage door, Cal could NOT believe we were up before the sun was up...he started giggling in disbelief:

We ran to Dunkin and then headed to Koury Natatorium, which is where  Carolina has their swim meets.  I love this next picture of Cal... sleepy-eyed, sweet boy:

Once we got to our designated spot, the boys all set up their stuff and settled in to play before warmups.  We checked in the boys and wrote their names on their backs.

The boys all headed to warm up-- and it was chaotic...again, thank goodness I was down there! Cal and George posed before heading over.

Standing in front of the pool...ready to go!

Cal only swam in one event at Championship-- 25 free.  There is only one relay for all of the 6 and under boys and you have to swim a stroke more than 2 times in other meets to be able to do it in champs (he swam backstroke only one other time, so he wasn't able to swim in Saturday). 

He swam so hard and dropped seconds off his time-- I was so proud!!

 Since he was only in one event, after he swam it, he had to hang around until ALL of the 6 and under boys were done, since I was a chaperone.  He was super tired and pretty over it by the end.  Hands down the pants.....

 One more picture of my little shark!

After the meet, we ran by Target to get a little reward for good behavior the last day of camp and for a great swim team season.... he got a paw patrol character and the movie Rio 2.

Sunday afternoon, we had the swim team banquet! The whole team gets together and receives a medal and then special awards are given out in each age group.  After all of that, the team watches a slideshow of pictures from the year. 

It was a great way to end the season!

Cal and Brad sat by each other on the floor...

Cal waiting to be called up-- with his hands behind his back- hilarious.

My little SHARK!

 Can't believe the swim season is over!!! Until next year.....