Hills of Walden Typhoons Swim Meet

This morning Joseph participated in the Hills of a Walden Typhoons swim meet! The typhoons are the training team for the swim team, and we've been going to "practice" four days a week for the last seven weeks. When he started, Joseph wasn't comfortable putting his face in the water and wasn't sure about swimming without his puddle jumper. He has made great progress this year!

Hanging out with his friend William before the start of the meet. They had all of the kids swim in three events-kick with the kick board unassisted, a length of freestyle and a length of backstroke. 

Joseph did great! He didn't complain about having to jump in, although he decided to hold off on trying to jump from the blocks until next year. He's gotten a lot more comfortable on his back and is working hard to get those arms and legs going the right direction. And he's figured out how to paddle and kick with his face in the water doing freestyle. He definitely learned a lot this summer!

After the meet, the kids got to enjoy sprinkle donuts and juice before the award ceremony. 

Joseph was pretty excited about getting his swim medal!

A group picture, although a few of the coaches were missing. Joseph had at most a 3-1 ratio all summer, but usually it was 2-1 which was nice. 

The boys in Joseph's group with coach Kirsten. 

I'm so glad we signed him up for this program and look forward to doing it someday with Maddie!