BubbaTubbs: Swim Season 2010

Friday, July 30, 2010

Swim Season 2010

Another swim season under our belt!
This year was just as HOT and a little busier with the addition of Petunia.
But we survived!
I have said it before and I will say it again: I LOVE watching these boys swim. It doesn't matter what place they take, its fun to watch. (Its especially nice to see them improve and get a medal for placing 1st through 3rd-- but I just love to see them out there in those little Speedos moving those little bodies)

This year both the boys were able to swim in the season finals; Bubba placed 5th or 6th in the 25M Backstroke and Tubbs placed 5th in the 25M Butterfly.

I was happy to see them both make it in at least one event. Bubba was an "alternate" for the 25M butterfly and 25M freestyle finals, but didn't get the chance to swim since the 1st through 8th place contenders all showed up to compete.

This season Luke introduced the boys to "swim tattoos" courtesy of a black sharpie marker.Throughout the season most of the other teams had all sorts of stuff written/stuck to their bodies with their team name, cute phrases... so we got creative.

For the championship the "little" boys had "I'm on fire" written inside of a flame. (Maybe Luke should open up a shop "Bakes Ink." Luke gave the girls cupcakes on their arms.

Petunia loved wearing the boys' goggles in between races. (Yes--these are Tubbs' big goggles of choice for competition!)

Most teams sold snow cones at their meets for $2 - $3. But Rio Bravo Greeley had it right....a mobile coffee/lemonade cart with "shaved ice" was at their meets and they were oh so delicious! (There was lots of bribery through the season that consisted of shaved ice or snow-cones!)

There was plenty of time for the boys to swap DSi games....and sharpen their "vidiot" skills!

I just LOVE the physiques in these flattering Speedos.

Tubbs getting out of the pool after his race.

Both boys competed in the 25M butterfly finals. Great job boys!

Both of these "Bubbas" competed against each other in the 25M backstroke in the finals.

Looking forward to next season all ready. (Should be REALLY fun with a toddler approaching two) :)

1 comment:

Kim Simpson said...: I just have to keep telling myself it can only get better then pretty soon they will all be swimming and I can be one of those parents who sit and read or relax all day and casually walk over to watch their kids swim. Instead of running over and shoving your kids through the pack of people to make sure they get seeded in their race!; July 31, 2010 at 7:41 AM

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