Today's meet

E did great today at the meet! He entered all 4 strokes for the 2nd time. He rocked the breast stroke again, taking 3 seconds off of last week's time and coming in 4th place.



Preparing to enter the pool for his freestyle. (love the shark eyes!)



Freestyle



Starting position for backstroke



Oh, elusive butterfly, we got a disqualification again. This time I think E just tired out. He was doing awesome, but a couple of strokes near the end, his wrists just didn't quite clear the water. But, you know what I am most proud of, this boy doesn't give up. He will try again and again. In the above picture, though, he was doing the stroke beautifully.

Meet 2

Sorry to take so long to post this. E was pretty sick for 3 or 4 days. So proud of him in last week's meet. Kiddo got a time in breast stroke!!!!! Last year he couldn't get the stroke down enough to enter. This year he got a time the first time he entered it. So proud of him. He works very hard at his swimming! Here he is with his ribbons. He got 6th in breast and 7th in back stroke. He disqualified in butterfly. He had a beautiful stroke all the way down, but forgot to do a two hand touch at the end. Great effort and so proud of him.

Swim Meet

E did such a good job at last week's swim meet. He took 8 seconds off of last year's freestyle time and 5 1/2 seconds off of last year's backstroke time. He did a great job this past week too, but I am waiting for them to post results.

Penguins

We finally got a chance to see the new penguin exhibit at the zoo. AMAZING! We loved it!







Sweet boy loved them so much, he kept hugging them through the glass.



They all had colored bracelets on. Eric named this one Rainbow Heart (can you tell we are Care Bears fans?).


I thought it was neat that Eric had on his Meet of Champs shirt that says Swim Hard, Swim Fast.


I asked Eric to turn so I could get a picture of his face. The penguin decided to turn to look too. So funny!

Lots of accomplishments

Whew! We have been so busy lately! Eric has had his end of the year programs for soccer, Christ's Kids, and Sparks (more on that later). In Christ's Kids this year, Eric had to know:

Level 1
1st Man and Woman
Jesus' Mother and Father
Days of Creation

Level 2
Books of the New Testament
Acts of Worship

Level 3
10 Plagues
Fruits of the Spirit

Level 4
10 Commandments
12 Sons of Jacob
John 3:16

Then once he completes his Christ's Kids material, he can begin learning verses. Eric learned 31 verses and received a medal. Learning all those verses was a lot of work, especially when he learns a verse each week for homeschool as well as several verses a week for Sparks.

Easter

We had lots of fun at Easter this year. Holidays seem to be getting more fun each year, and Easter was no exception. Eric had a great time!





E loves to read. He pulls toys and candy out of his basket, but what does he want to do before church? Read his book. He took it with us and finished it on the way to church.





We stayed after church for a potluck and egg hunt with about 40-50 church members.

Creek Exploring

We had a fabulous afternoon at a nearby creek! Eric had the best time exploring with Sean and his brothers!


I love, love, love this picture of Sean and Eric! I love their gap-tooth smiles.



Eric was so proud of the frog that he caught.