Reading this makes me so happy as a Mother and so excited to watch my children grow and discover their hidden talents! What a great post; thank you! (And way to go Annie Kate)
That is so wonderful! One of my daughters has overcome some of her own huge obstacles recently, and I can totally relate to the teariness, I am so proud of her I could almost explode. The most wonderful moments of this motherhood thing.
Wow...that is amazing. What a girl! Doesn't it just beam you with pride when you think how excited and giddy you were the whole time and then to think of how big her heart must of felt and how much her confidence grew in just a short time. Tell her WAY TO GO! Just goes to show that you can do anything you put your mind to. Congrats to you, the proud mom as well! Sunshine
I am amazed and impressed with Annie's discovery of her talent for swimming. I would have been crying too, it sounds like the Olympics or something. Go Annie go!
Thank you for sharing this (I, too, had tears). I think it is wonderful that you encouraged her to try something she hadn't before. Sometimes we are all afraid of failing, but what a great thing to discover something you are good at, at such a young age. It takes most of us a lifetime to find our niche.
That is so amazing. I could never figure out breast stroke when I was on the swim team. It takes so much energy to do it. I got all teary-eyed just reading this. I'm so proud of her. I just want to give her a hug and tell her GOOD JOB!!!
What an inspiring post! How amazing she is!!! I think that being proud of what our children accomplish is one of the most emotional things, about being a parent! Good luck at the meet this Sat. Annie Kate!
From one swimmer to another- that's awesome!! You go Annie Kate!!!! Butterfly is beautiful (and tough to master). Keep at it ;)
4:29 PM
Anonymous said...
AWESOME!! We enjoyed our first season of swim team as well this summer. It would be tough talking her OUT of doing it again. A great way to spend the long summer days. Good luck next weekend!
Yeah!!! That is awesome. I am proud of her too and I don't even know her. The pictures you took are awesome and a treasure as well as the memories. You should be a proud mother this week. BTW your girls are beautiful
8:43 PM
Anonymous said...
Oh, this is a wonderful post. It made me teary and proud of her and she's not even my daughter! So exciting!
That is so awesome! You live in this amazing place where you have the big city right there, but it seems more like you live in a small town. Way to go wtih the swimming Annie Kate!
11:17 PM
Anonymous said...
I love the pictures- amazing! And your commentary is great! I would have been crying as well. I wonder what hidden talents my kids will have. I hope I am able to see them and nurture them like you have. AK inspires to just do it. I love that.
How utterly cool this is! How did she learn to do it? Butterfly is such a hard stroke and I can't believe she went from disqualification to 1st place. I hope she is as proud of herself as you are of her!
I read the whole post. The entire thing! That is so cool that she is a good swimmer. Someone I knew from high school was big into swimming all her life, and she got DQed a lot for false starts. So her parents would take her to DQ (Dairy Queen) to ease the pain.
It's so exciting to see my girls grow up and experience new things and realize there talents. Wow, I'm so excited for you! Annie Kate seems so talented in the water, that dive picture is really cool - good for you capturing it. So great, fun times!
you must be a very proud mom!!! and it must be so rewarding watching your child find that inner strength and pull it out!! that's pretty amazing! what a fun uplifting and positive post!
I love this whole story. I love that when I read it, I see the possibilities and lessons in it. I can imagine someday, several years down the road, you reminding AK of this story and reminding her that she can do anything...whether she thinks she can or not.
I'm glad that you were screaming and cheering for her so whole-heartedly. We just had Erin's sports day at school yesterday, and the parents were sooooo English and uptight! No-one was cheering! I got tired of the formality of it all, and eventually plucked up the courage to holler, 'GO ON, ERIIIIIN!'
Bless their little hearts! AK is a little dynamo! Long may she reign!
Our experience this year with Annie Kate on the swim team has been so unexpected and such a wonderful joy for our whole family. The little girls love screaming "Go Annie" on Saturdays. We were not sure if she would make the team or have to be on pre-team and she had had no lessons prior this. So it has been such a blessing to discover one of her talents.[Image]swimming back on July 5, 2007
One of the wonderful lessons Annie Kate has learned this season is to try and give it your all. The first two meets she got disqualified for the Butterfly stroke. It is a dang hard stroke. The first time she heard she was not legal to swim it I think she thought she was in trouble with the law. [Image]in the swim huddle for the team cheer She went the whole season only swimming Back stroke, freestyle and breast stroke and did not swim the butterfly in the meets. Before last Wednesday's meet I asked the coach if she could just try to swim it knowing she would probably get disqualified. He said to go ahead and sign her up. She was so nervous and kept saying, "I don't know how to do it!" She swam and ended up not only getting first place, did not get disqualified but knocked 6 seconds off her original time! Amazing.[Image]team cheer - "let me see you get down"
Because of her time she got picked to swim in the Saturdays coaches pick swim meet. She was able to swim, Back, Breast and Butterfly. She swam her little tail off! She got second place in Back and Breast.Butterfly was the last stroke of the day and she again was nervous she would get disqualified. She was head to head the whole time with one of the best girls on the team. I was the only one from our family there and standing on the side of the pool screaming my guts out. It was so close! We could not tell who had one, but she had knocked off another 3 seconds off her time![Image]pink power towel
I was doing the ribbons at the meet and when I got the print out that Annie Kate had got first place in what she thought was her worst stroke of the season - I again got teary! I could not believe it!
She had it in her head all season that this was a stroke that she just could not swim. I was so proud of her for just doing it. She had even asked some of the coaches during practice to give her some extra tips. [Image]my favorite photo this season at her first meet.
Then last night we got the list of who was going to divisionals this Saturday. Only two swimmers per team in the county get to swim for each stroke and age. You can imagine our surprise when she was on the list to swim; Breast stroke, Back Stroke and BUTTERFLY! [Image]theme for one their home meets. they put cups in the fence by the pool. "protect this house"
I can't believe I am saying this but I think I will actually miss the two meets a week and two practices a day at the end of this week! We can't wait for Saturday!
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Reading this makes me so happy as a Mother and so excited to watch my children grow and discover their hidden talents! What a great post; thank you! (And way to go Annie Kate)
1:21 PM
I'm crying!! That is so insperational! I'm so proud of her. Breast Stroke is the hardest to swim and I never was able to master it. Good for her!
1:26 PM
What an amazing transformation to go from disqualification to 1st place. I'm so excited for her!!
1:27 PM
How exciting for Annie Kate! I come from a family of swimmers so I know how hard the butterfly is to swim! Good luck this weekend!
1:29 PM
Way to go A.K.!! We are so proud of your working so hard and doing so well. Good luck this week as well, and I wish I could be there to cheer you on.
1:29 PM
That is so wonderful! One of my daughters has overcome some of her own huge obstacles recently, and I can totally relate to the teariness, I am so proud of her I could almost explode. The most wonderful moments of this motherhood thing.
1:40 PM
Wow...that is amazing. What a girl! Doesn't it just beam you with pride when you think how excited and giddy you were the whole time and then to think of how big her heart must of felt and how much her confidence grew in just a short time. Tell her WAY TO GO! Just goes to show that you can do anything you put your mind to. Congrats to you, the proud mom as well!
Sunshine
1:59 PM
ahh, to use *your* word, this post gave me chillies!!
i'm so proud of AK!!
2:06 PM
I am amazed and impressed with Annie's discovery of her talent for swimming. I would have been crying too, it sounds like the Olympics or something. Go Annie go!
2:09 PM
My eyes teared up reading your post. I am so happy for her! Way to go, Annie Kate! I can't wait to hear how her meet goes Saturday!
2:17 PM
What an incredible little girl you are raising, Kristi! Best of Luke to Annie Kate!!!! :)
2:21 PM
Thank you for sharing this (I, too, had tears). I think it is wonderful that you encouraged her to try something she hadn't before. Sometimes we are all afraid of failing, but what a great thing to discover something you are good at, at such a young age. It takes most of us a lifetime to find our niche.
2:37 PM
What an amazing hiddden talent to discover! Congratulations, Annie Kate.
I can't butterfly at all. I'm more of a doggy-paddle girl.
2:43 PM
That is so amazing. I could never figure out breast stroke when I was on the swim team. It takes so much energy to do it. I got all teary-eyed just reading this. I'm so proud of her. I just want to give her a hug and tell her GOOD JOB!!!
2:47 PM
I almost cried reading this!
2:48 PM
Way to go A.K.~Good luck Saturday!
3:11 PM
I am smiling ear to ear. I can just picture you cheering her on.
3:40 PM
What an inspiring post! How amazing she is!!! I think that being proud of what our children accomplish is one of the most emotional things, about being a parent! Good luck at the meet this Sat. Annie Kate!
3:48 PM
From one swimmer to another- that's awesome!! You go Annie Kate!!!! Butterfly is beautiful (and tough to master). Keep at it ;)
4:29 PM
AWESOME!! We enjoyed our first season of swim team as well this summer. It would be tough talking her OUT of doing it again. A great way to spend the long summer days. Good luck next weekend!
4:52 PM
Congrats to AK! This is an outstanding achievement. I know how proud you must be. So exciting!
5:25 PM
I have tears in my eyes and goose bumps on my arms. What an awesome story. I think your pictures totally rock too.
5:27 PM
That is so awesome!!! Way to go AK!!! She must be so excited to have done so well! Good luck on Saturday!!
7:12 PM
Yeah!!! That is awesome. I am proud of her too and I don't even know her. The pictures you took are awesome and a treasure as well as the memories. You should be a proud mother this week. BTW your girls are beautiful
8:43 PM
Oh, this is a wonderful post. It made me teary and proud of her and she's not even my daughter! So exciting!
10:01 PM
Those are great pictures. I think I'll be crying my eyes out when that is Evie!
10:05 PM
That is so awesome! You live in this amazing place where you have the big city right there, but it seems more like you live in a small town. Way to go wtih the swimming Annie Kate!
11:17 PM
I love the pictures- amazing! And your commentary is great! I would have been crying as well. I wonder what hidden talents my kids will have. I hope I am able to see them and nurture them like you have. AK inspires to just do it. I love that.
6:41 AM
How utterly cool this is! How did she learn to do it? Butterfly is such a hard stroke and I can't believe she went from disqualification to 1st place. I hope she is as proud of herself as you are of her!
6:46 AM
Go Annie Go! That is so wonderful!
7:23 AM
I read the whole post. The entire thing! That is so cool that she is a good swimmer. Someone I knew from high school was big into swimming all her life, and she got DQed a lot for false starts. So her parents would take her to DQ (Dairy Queen) to ease the pain.
7:54 AM
what a sweet post! I totally get your emotion! it is amazing to see how brave kids can be.. and then turn out so successful! Way to go Annie Kate!
9:32 AM
Wow AK! That's so awesome, I wish we were there!!!
10:07 AM
I got teary eyed just reading this. That is awesome that you have raised your kids to believe they can do anything!
10:18 AM
It's so exciting to see my girls grow up and experience new things and realize there talents. Wow, I'm so excited for you! Annie Kate seems so talented in the water, that dive picture is really cool - good for you capturing it. So great, fun times!
10:28 AM
you must be a very proud mom!!! and it must be so rewarding watching your child find that inner strength and pull it out!! that's pretty amazing!
what a fun uplifting and positive post!
11:47 AM
I love this whole story. I love that when I read it, I see the possibilities and lessons in it. I can imagine someday, several years down the road, you reminding AK of this story and reminding her that she can do anything...whether she thinks she can or not.
12:21 PM
I'm glad that you were screaming and cheering for her so whole-heartedly. We just had Erin's sports day at school yesterday, and the parents were sooooo English and uptight! No-one was cheering! I got tired of the formality of it all, and eventually plucked up the courage to holler, 'GO ON, ERIIIIIN!'
Bless their little hearts!
AK is a little dynamo! Long may she reign!
4:14 PM