Way to go, Jackson!

Jackson took 11 seconds off of his 50 free time and almost 6 seconds off of us 50 back times! Yeah, go Jackson. The Splash Club had an inner-squad meet this morning to give new kids/parents a chance to see how swim meets work and to let the more experienced swimmers get back in the groove for the season. Jackson was awesome. He did three races and made improvements in two of his times. The third race, the 100 meter individual medley was a first for him and he got disqualified. This was the first time he raced the butterfly and he got DQ'd for not keeping his arms moving forward at the same time. He didn't want to do the race because he is still struggling with the butterfly and the breaststroke, but his breaststroke looked awesome. It was a good meet for him and, even though it was just our team, the meet was USA Swimming sanctioned, so his times count for future meets.

After the meet, the kids and I headed out to Tulsa to get them some winter clothes and Damon stayed home to start painting the dining room. The kids and I hit Old Navy, contributed to the economy there, and then went down to Build-A-Bear. They both had BAB certificates burning holes in their pockets. Skater the Monkey and Bear came home with new outfits and some rockin' new shoes. I also got them Dairy Queen, at the Mall. It was a banner day for my kids. On the way to the car, Reid said, "Mom, I am very, very, very, very happy." Good, this should off set those DHS mom days! :-)

Next weekend, we will probably hit the Pumpkin Patch and the weekend after that we are headed to Dallas for an early Happy Birthday Reid celebration. Since her birthday is right after Christmas, it is very hard to have any big celebrations during that time. Sometimes, we do something a month or so after and we have her kid party on her 1/2 birthday, but this year we are doing it early. We are taking her to Dallas, so her Nana (Damon's mom), her Aunt Sherry and Damon and I can take her to the American Girl Store. We can't wait to watch her little head spin with all of the pink!