Three Hammerheads

The girls had their first Hampton Park Hammerhead swim meet today after two LONG weeks of practice.  Four days each week, we spend 2 1/2 hours at the pool...hence "long".  The girls haven't complained and have actually been sad when it's been delayed because of thunder. So, the fact that they are enjoying it makes it worth it. I am looking forward to summer when we don't have to juggle piano, homework, and church activities on top of swim practice.  The only downside is having to get up at 7:15 to get them to the pool...not fun! 
But...back to today.  Our morning started out at 6:15 and our first event was at 8:00.  Despite our grumpy start, we perked up quickly after arriving to the pool surrounded by our neighbors & friends.  Everyone was so excited and the energy was extremely positive.  I wasn't prepared for the chaos of meet sheets, sharpies, and mites, but figured it all out pretty quickly.  Within minutes of arriving, a friend said Elise was in the first event which was a relay.  So....we got her to her group and waited for her to swim.  Our morning of shuffling our girls here in there for freestyle, backstroke, and even butterfly didn't end for three hours.  We were all pretty exhausted, but had so much fun (well, once Danny started sweating the fun started going downhill :0)).  The girls did such an AWESOME job!!!!!!  Anabelle won 2nd and 3rd place for butterfly and backstroke.  Elise won 1st in backstroke and Sadie won 1st in backstroke! All qualified for silver or bronze, so we might be going to champs in July (I'm still trying to figure out how this whole thing works). We definitely have some serious backstrokers in our family!  Danny and I are so proud of our girls.  All of them handled the pressure well and applied all of the skills their coaches have taught them with each event.  I was simply beaming! 
So...one meet down, five more to go :0)!  Here are some pictures from the day~

 Eat my bubbles was the theme of the day :0).

 Anabelle after her butterfly event & sporting her new swim cap.

 Danny & Elise with her first place ribbon.

 Sadie on the block & ready.

Elise on the block & ready!
Go Hammerheads!

Kindergarten Word Wall Ball

 Sadie had her Word Wall Ball a few weeks ago where all of the kindergarteners celebrate learning their required list of word wall words.  Sadie was SO excited!

 Here she is with her teacher, Mrs Handzel all dressed up for the occasion.

Here she is with her dance partner Chase.  I asked if I could take her picture with him and they instinctively held hands!  How sweet is that?

Here's a little of Sadie's dancing moves.