Quote of the Day...

"Please hold my hand, Belyn.... you're my best friend." 

~ Sofia A. McNamara, June 13, 2011

Take Your Mark....

Since we have moved here, Sofia has been taking swim lessons through a swim club - the Balikpapan Barricudas. She has gone from a scared little girl who will barely go into the water into one that wants to paddle around the deep end with her water wings... she has come a long way! However, if any of you know Sofia, she has what I call a "20 minute warm-up time"... if she encounters something new, she needs about 20 minutes to get adjusted and comfortable with things. So having an 8am swim meet with 80+ kids cheering around the pool while she is supposed to just jump in and SWIM didn't go over nearly as well as we had hoped! :) I told her she didn't have to go, and she decided she'd do it with her teacher... I was so proud of her! Once she hopped out and got her ribbon, she wanted to do it again to get some more!
Later in the morning I somehow got roped into doing the family fun race, which until 5 minutes before I didn't realize I had to swim down the pool with 35lbs on my back!!! Ah well, Sofia loved it and I didn't mind. We ended off the meet with a potluck lunch with a lot of the other swim families. It's been a great way to get to know some of the people we've met and to meet some new ones too!