I had a mostly love relationship with summer swim team leagues. My kids swam on a local summer swim team from 2004 through 2017. You had to be a member of the swim club to join the swim team…summer swim…
Category: Musings on Family Sport Time
SPORTS: Musings on Family: Sports and Activities
I am guilt personified. If there is something to feel guilty about, I will find it. I will seek it out. I will claim that guilt as my own. And sometimes I manufacture guilt out of thin air. I have…
Top 10 Pet Peeves about the Pool
Another in my series of “giving new life to old posts” saved in draft… People who change babies on top of picnic tables. Gross. People who change older kids behind a towel instead of going to changing room. Give your child…
5 Post-Surgery Tips for Knee Surgery — Meniscectomy
DH and I both had knee surgery, more specifically a meniscectomy, a few years ago. Same knee. Same surgeon. His was a sports injury, mine was not. The key advice from me post surgery is: Follow the doctor’s postop advice…
The College Tour…Swimmer Style
My freshman and I scoped out pools and athletic facilities at colleges long before my daughter applied to colleges. Even though my 11th grade daughter was closer to looking at colleges, the 9th grader gained insight into what she wanted in…
5 Tips for Joining a Swim Club #swimming #swimmom #summer
Disclosure: The views expressed in this post are my own. Affiliate links are included in this post. When I look back at summers with my children, I divide the summers in to two types: (1) summers before we joined a swim club and…
5 Tips for Summer Swimming Fun #swimming #swimteam #swimmom
1. Join a Swim Club or Pool We are at the pool daily. Often we go to the pool on Saturdays and Sundays. I don’t know what I would do without our pool membership. It is our home away from home. Although 12 years…
You Know What They Say About the Best-Laid Plans…
You know how you plan and plan and then plan some more. Just when you think your plan is set in stone something happens to derail it. You look around and think “How did that happen?!” You’re blindsided. But, if…
Musings on Swimming
As a kid going swimming meant hopping in the car, driving to the local indoor swim center in my British hometown with my dad and sister. My mother usually stayed home on those Sundays to cook the Sunday roast beef…
Sunburn, Sunscreen, Rashguards, and Hats…Oh My
What Is It Like To Sunburn And Never Tan? 1. When my teen was 9, she would tell me that she wanted to lie in the sun with her friends and “tan.” Not wanting to burst her bubble, I agreed to…
