The Swim Carnival

One great thing about living a warm, beach community is that the schools provide swimming lessons for all the kids during term one.  Each Tuesday all the kids with their swimsuits, rashies, thongs (the shoe type), and towels board the bus and head to the local pool.   Today was the final day of swimming this term and it ended with a big, school-wide swim carnival.  It was such a fun experience to watch.  All the students are divided into 5 different house groups.  Will's house group is Jordan and they are orange.  All the kids arrive at the pool, wearing the appropriate house group color, ready to cheer on their team.  Throughout the day, students were reminded to stay in the shade, keep their hats on, and reapply sunscreen (which the school provides) as well as encouraged to make-up cheers and yell for their teammates.  It was quite an exciting day.  Will participated in two races:  the 25m free-style and the 25m breast-stroke.  He won first in the breast-stroke.  He was incredibly excited and decided that maybe, just maybe he should become a competitive swimmer.   We shall see, but for now we will enjoy today's success.  Way to go Will!