Piper wasn’t.

If you were one of the first five loyal readers of my blog, you may remember this post?  Yeah, Piper’s attitude toward swim meets hasn’t really changed in a year.  She did. not. want to do it.  But at least this year she didn’t whine, cry and act terrified.  It was more of a moping-around-the-pool kinda thing that she did.

And this year she didn’t have pierced ears on the line … so I had nothing to motivate her with.  Promised ice cream wasn’t cuttin’ it!

So this year … Piper & Wynter both made the team … actually, Wynter is more of the mascot for the team.  :)

When we went for try-outs, they were both goofing around … horribly!  Embarrassingly, horrible!  And wouldn’t swim properly.

Since Piper was on the team last year, they knew she could swim, but they needed to see how Wynt did.  She did okay … but still not strong enough to be in a meet, so instead, they asked her to ‘swim along with the team.’  That’s translated to being the team mascot.  She does a few laps here and there … but I think she’s best used judging canonball contests!  ;)

Without too much of a fuss, Piper swam in her first event {freestyle} … I think this photo of her friend Sam {different team} watching her dive in is so cute!  Don’t you wonder what she was thinking?  I even wondered if Piper took off before the horn blew.  I totally don’t remember that she did.  They didn’t stop the race, so she must not’ve?  But I still have to wonder why Sam isn’t diving in … hmm.  Anyway, love the shot …

LOVE this!!  She finished.  She made it.  It wasn’t that bad.  Nothing bad happened.  She did it!!  Woo!!

{still have to teach her to touch the wall when she gets to the end though …}

And then her next {and last} event was the breast stroke.  Last year, she did the whole thing under water.

This year she swam above water and did great!  She came in first place {she was the only one swimming, hee}!

I love this photo of her all by herself and waiting for the horn!

I love you Pipey J and remain the proudest mommy of all!