swim team

xander wanted to swim again and i wanted a pool to cool off in. so we joined the grandview neighborhood's swim team.
the first few days were a little rocky for xander. he was struggling to get down the end of the lane, and he was nervous about racing in a meet.
it was a hard mom moment for me...when he wanted to quit i wouldn't let him, even though i knew how scared he was. he spent two days out of the pool just helping out. todd got him in his parent's pool and got him swimming, so he knew he could to it. he just needed to make that decision for himself in the big pool.
we kept him off the lists for the first meet, but we dressed and went to cheer on the wahoos and to see what it was all about.
all the way he was nervously asking "mom, am i going to swim tonight?"
once there we found where to check him in and requested that he get in the pool with the team to warm up. still nervous he got in, but he made it. he took a break by flipping on his back, but he got all the way down.
getting out of the pool he asked again, "mom, am i going to swim tonight?" but this time there was excitement and expectation in his voice. "no, we decided that you were going to watch and see what it was all about." so we did...
but the next thursday, he swam three races! the freestyle relay, the 25m freestyle and the 25m backstroke. (i had to miss it because i was working) but todd was there to take pictures! we've got a little swimmer on our hands!