Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Swim Team 2012

Mason was able to participate in Brimhall's swim team this summer! Practices were held Monday-Thursday from 9-9:45am, June 4-July 19th. Swim meets were held every Thursday at 6pm, the entire month of June. Mason learned Freestyle, Breast stroke, Butterfly (my favorite because his dolphin kick was adorable with his little bum wiggling in and out of the water!), and the Back stroke. Mason by far was NOT the fastest swimmer in his age group. But he did it!

I was especially proud of him during his Back Stroke meet. Mason does not have the greatest attention span and at practice that week he was CONSTANTLY turning around and sneaking in some doggie paddling to "catch up" while swimming the back stroke. At the meets you get disqualified if you don't do that specific stroke the ENTIRE race. So before his meet we had a pep talk about not turning around and doing the back stroke the WHOLE lap. During his race I could see his struggle and wanting to turn around, but he didn't!!!! He came in last place in his heat, but ended up getting 4th place because of other children getting disqualified! Way to go Mason!
If you ask Mason what his favorite part of swim team is he would most likely reply "Ashlynn". Poor Ashlynn. If I EVER needed to find Mason all I would have to do is find Ashlynn and there was Mason! I'm just happy that he finally figured her name out. Driving one day I glanced in my rear-view mirror at Mason. I noticed he was chanting something over and over again. I asked him "Mason, what are you saying?" He replied, "Ashlynn. So I don't forget her name." Too cute. She is a sweet girl and very tolerant of Mason's infatuation with her.

The LAST week of practice he finally started to dive head first into the water!!!! I was so excited for him and really proud!!! He tried hard all season to dive at the beginning of his races but it was more like a "jump-dive" feet first.  
In the end, I'm glad it's over but happy we did it. Mason loves the water and I think this was a good start to a healthy active lifestyle.
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  1. Lori KayeJuly 26, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    Wow! What an adorable grandson I have! I love how hard he tries and how hard he works to remember what he is supposed to do--from keeping the right style thru the whole race to learning someone's name. I don't think his attention span is short if he can stick with all that!

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  2. The Talley FamilyJuly 26, 2012 at 12:12 PM

    What a stud! I am so impressed! I love Mason:)

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  3. Pat TalleyJuly 26, 2012 at 2:09 PM

    I am impressed also. Way to go Mason. Mason is a Type One (check out Carol Tuttle's, "It's Just My Nature") and that is why his attention span can be short. He is like a butterfly or a dolphin just liking to play and have fun. A sport that Carol Tuttle says Type One's excel in is sprinting - fast and quick.

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