Winnie the Pooh

Ellen, this one is for you. :)

Paper Airplanes

I checked a book out at the library on paper airplanes. Eric told me this morning that he thought a paper airplane was like being a Christian. Once he explained it some to me, I told him I thought that would make an excellent devotional for him to lead. So, tonight he led us in a devotional. He led two songs, then had a Lord's Supper, then explained how we are like paper airplanes. He said that the devil wants to cause us to go crooked and not reach the finish line of heaven. But he said if we follow Jesus, he will help us always go straight. Love that kid and his sweet heart for the Lord!

Another great meet!

So, Eric blew me away at this meet too. He got first place in both breaststroke and backstroke. Whoo-hoo! He has never gotten first place before!!! And this also got him 10 points for the team. He has now earned 16 points. So very proud of this hard working kiddo. He also got 8th in freestyle. And a DQ again for butterfly. Gonna keep on trying. Maybe he can get a butterfly time this year. Besides the two first places, he also got some big news. He got to participate in his first relay. They only pick the fastest freestyle swimmers, and he has never been chosen before. I looked just out of habit of checking and saw his name on the list. We were quite surprised, and he was super nervous, but it went well. He was on the C team (so it was our 3rd ranked team), and their team came in 4th. He did a really good job as the anchor.

First swim meet

Eric rocked the first swim meet of the season! He competed in all four strokes. In freestyle, he went from 29.84 seconds last year to 23.93 seconds this year. He took off almost 6 seconds! He came in 10th place. I was super proud of that swim! In backstroke, he was already a silver swimmer, so he was only competing against other silver swimmers. He went from 26.67 seconds last year to 23.91 seconds this year. He came in 2nd place. In breaststroke he went from 31.71 seconds to 29.12 seconds. He came in 2nd place. His time was fast enough to qualify him as a silver swimmer in breaststroke. In butterfly, he got disqualified. But, I thought he rocked it! He got a fast enough time that he would have made silver in it if he had not gotten the DQ. With his two silver swims, he has already qualified to go the Meet of Champs in both backstroke and breaststroke. So proud of that kiddo. He works very hard. Swim teams compete against each other earning points for each 1st (5 points), 2nd (3 points), and 3rd (1 point) place. In each of the two previous years, Eric won 1 3rd place, so he earned 1 point for the team. This year, he has already earned 6 points.

2nd Stripe

We started tae kwon do last month. Eric is loving it! He earned his 2nd stripe today. The first was for knowing all the training principles. The second was for knowing all his kicks.

First Day of enrichment

Tuesday was Eric's first day for the year.



On the above photo, I would like you to notice the top button. This is how Eric always leaves for play, church, etc.



My sweet boy, still so little. Again, I feel so blessed that I can see that!



At the morning assembly.



Getting ready to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.



Kiddo has a separate lunch and snack time. I always write a message from his family on his snack bag.




I also always put a napkin in E's lunch with a joke on it. He loves this. (I don't know why these pictures keep turning sideways on me. I uploaded them twice, and they turned sideways both times. Oh well.)



E and his buddy Zachary at the end of the day. Notice the top button now. E loves to button it all the way to the top, and always buttons it as soon as he notices it is not buttoned.

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.