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Jan
31

Getting Ready for Summer Swim Team

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My daughter has really taken to swimming and her sights set on the two end lanes of the pool – the lanes where the youngest swim team kids train. She is 6 and really wants to race. She is picking up her strokes quickly and is asking when she can be on the swim team. Her swim school has a 6 week summer swim team tune up later this spring. I am hoping she will be ready for it – as I think it will be a fun introduction for her.

She has also started to really pay attention to the swim gear the big kids have. Luckily, I found Swim Outlet and Swim2000 last fall when I was looking for her first suit. The two sites have everything a swimmer needs at prices that are very competitive.

It was pretty funny this evening watching her try to teach her big sister how to do the butterfly in her room. I think she has the water bug!

Categories : Swimming
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Jan
30

US Womens Figure Skating Championships

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US Figure Skating Champion Mirai NagasuFigure skating has a new star!! Fourteen year old Mirai Nagasu captured the crown this past weekend at the US Womens Figure Skating Championships. Rachel Flatt (age 15) took second and Ashley Wagner (age 16) took third. The World Championships are in a few weeks and US Skating officials have a tough decision to make. Mirai and Rachel are too young to compete and some of the “veterans” like Kimmie Meissner are not really having their best seasons.

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Categories : Ice Skating
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Jan
26

2008 Beijing Olympic Mascots

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The mascots for this year’s Olympic games are called Fuwa, or “good luck dolls”. The mascots are cartoon renditions of a panda, a fish, a Tibetan antelope, a bird and the Olympic flame. They are named Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini.

Beibei is the fish representing the element water

Jingjing is the panda representing the forest

Huanhuan the Olympic flame represents the element fire

Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope representing the earth

Nini is the bird/swallow representing air

When their names are put together – Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni – they say “Welcome to Beijing”.

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Categories : Olympics
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