Mom's Letters: He's Got the BLUE!

Saturday, May 31, 2008

He's Got the BLUE!

Luke swam in his first swim meet this morning. Practice started last Tuesday, and he swims every single morning from 8:45-9:15 all summer long. Quite a commitment! Luke is enjoying it, eating much more than he usually does and even napped yesterday, so it is great!

This morning three teams met at the pool at 7am. There were lots of crowds and comotion and Luke was pretty quiet. It was all a lot to take in. He is swimming in the 5/6 year old boys heat and today was freestyle.

Short story short, my boy took first in his race!! He truly is a talented and natural little swimmer, it is so fun to watch him! Tyler and I were smiling as they gave him his blue ribbon. But the best part was when we got over to congratulate him, he was thrilled with his BLUE one... but told us that he wants to collect one of every color this summer! It was cute.

2 comments:

shauna said...: I am so proud of Luke!! Way to go. This is just the start of a room full of blue ribbons. Yup, he's out grandson. We'll be seeing him soon. The pictures are great but the one with the ribbon is priceless.!!! Love, Shauna; May 31, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Anonymous said...: too cute!! mom; June 5, 2008 at 3:03 PM

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Saturday, May 31, 2008

He's Got the BLUE!

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