My Woodcreek Wave

We have quite a little fish on our hands this summer! Turner made the decision that she wanted to be on the Woodcreek Waves swim team this year. Thomas and I honestly were not sure it was a great idea, but she convinced us she had thought through the "consequences" of this decision, and we let her make it.

...And yet again, Turner has proven that if she sets her mind to do something, she is going to do it. Even if it almost drowns her! :)

She is the youngest on the whole team, and her first day of practice, Coach Garcia asked the 5 and 6 year olds if anybody could do the Butterfly. Turner raised her hand and said, "I can!" The coach looked at me and said, "Can she really do the Butterfly?" I quickly replied, "She thinks butterflies are pretty. But what she lacks in skill, she will more than make up for in confidence!"

Needless to say, she also convinced them she could do breaststroke, and she ended up swimming the Medley relay (breaststroke), the freestyle relay, individual backstroke and freestyle in her first meet. She had the BEST time doing it at the meet and was SO proud of herself! Her "posse" was proud, too. Nana and Grandad, Mrs. Marks (her preschool teacher) and Ms. Cathy (her swim teacher) ALL came to cheer her on.

Turner won four ribbons (one per race), and you'd have thought she'd won the Olympics. She was especially proud of her 1st Place ribbon for the medley relay (in which her team was the only competitor!) She also received an 11th place ribbon -- who knew they even made 11th place ribbons? Ha!

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Needless to say, I feel like I've been learning a lot from Turner lately, as I observe her latest swim team adventure:


1. Have fun!

2. Persevere -- we can get to the other side of our current challenge, if we put our minds to it and trust our coach (coach with a capital "C")

3. Enjoy the journey...even if we occasionally run into the guard rails/lanes

4. Love on our "fans" and let them love on us and cheer us on.

5. Don't be scared to DIVE right in, even if that means we may belly flop every once in a while.

6. Be sure and celebrate the finish, whether it is a blue ribbon finish or a pink ribbon finish.