The proud parent thread - Page 5

jinx · 06-30-2010, 09:52 PM

Wow, that's fantastic!

kerosene · 06-30-2010, 09:58 PM

Sweet!! Awesome news, monster.

monster · 06-30-2010, 10:19 PM

thanks. She did go. she's all "meh" about it. She really has a shot of winning the league in this stroke this year. I think she knows that and doesn't want to jinx it. She's so awesome

Griff · 07-01-2010, 05:52 AM

Which Olympics is she targeting?

monster · 07-01-2010, 08:49 AM

oh 2016 I should think. Question is, will she be an American by then?

Flint · 07-02-2010, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

My 3yo daughter spelled the word "germs" and drew a picture of a mean germ, and of a boy with a germ on his hand.

Actually I had drawn the original picture demonstrating that germs are on surfaces, they get on our hands, and then when we eat food they could get in our body by going in our mouth. She came back later and showed me her picture of a mean germ, a boy with a germ on his hand, and then he is sad because the germ made him sick. And under the mean germ she wrote the word germs! The "S" has an arrow showing you where it goes, she said.

monster · 07-10-2010, 08:51 PM

They all did good at the swim meet today, but Hector is the total star.....

Butterfly is his 2nd best stroke, he's good at it. He has a good personal best for 50 fly -43.xx seconds. When you're a kid, you expect to beat your personal best on a regular basis. When you're good, taking off a secong is awesome. Even a half second is celebrated.

Today he swam a 40y fly (our pool is only 20 yards) -starting from the side, not blocks- in 30 seconds. Calculating that up to at 50yard time means HE DROPPED 6 SECONDS! SIX! Without a start from the blocks! He came in second out of maybe 30 -and he just aged up so was swimming against kids up to two years older than him.

He so rocks.

kerosene · 07-11-2010, 12:34 AM

Sweet!

Griff · 07-11-2010, 10:55 AM

Dynomite!

Spexxvet · 07-12-2010, 08:12 AM

My 10th grader scored a 28 on the ACTs, 99th percentile.

Griff · 07-12-2010, 08:37 AM

Wow!!!!!!

monster · 07-12-2010, 10:07 AM

Excellent.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-12-2010, 10:27 AM

[cheapshot] Must take after Mom. [cheapshot]

Sorry Spexx, I couldn't resist the opening.

Spexxvet · 07-12-2010, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

[cheapshot] Must take after Mom. [cheapshot]

Sorry Spexx, I couldn't resist the opening.

In looks, too (good thing).

monster · 07-26-2010, 08:56 PM

Swim and Dive Championships this week:

Day 1: 8 and Under dive ....Thor was 8th out of 46, scoring 11 points for his team.

06-30-2010, 09:52 PM	#61
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Wow, that's fantastic! __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-30-2010, 10:19 PM	#63
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks. She did go. she's all "meh" about it. She really has a shot of winning the league in this stroke this year. I think she knows that and doesn't want to jinx it. She's so awesome __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-01-2010, 05:52 AM	#64
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Which Olympics is she targeting? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-01-2010, 08:49 AM	#65
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	oh 2016 I should think. Question is, will she be an American by then? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-10-2010, 08:51 PM	#67
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	They all did good at the swim meet today, but Hector is the total star..... Butterfly is his 2nd best stroke, he's good at it. He has a good personal best for 50 fly -43.xx seconds. When you're a kid, you expect to beat your personal best on a regular basis. When you're good, taking off a secong is awesome. Even a half second is celebrated. Today he swam a 40y fly (our pool is only 20 yards) -starting from the side, not blocks- in 30 seconds. Calculating that up to at 50yard time means HE DROPPED 6 SECONDS! SIX! Without a start from the blocks! He came in second out of maybe 30 -and he just aged up so was swimming against kids up to two years older than him. He so rocks. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-30-2010, 09:58 PM	#62
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Sweet!! Awesome news, monster.

07-11-2010, 12:34 AM	#68
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Sweet!

07-11-2010, 10:55 AM	#69
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Dynomite! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-12-2010, 08:12 AM	#70
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	My 10th grader scored a 28 on the ACTs, 99th percentile. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-12-2010, 08:37 AM	#71
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wow!!!!!! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-12-2010, 10:07 AM	#72
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Excellent. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-12-2010, 10:27 AM	#73
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	[cheapshot] Must take after Mom. [cheapshot] Sorry Spexx, I couldn't resist the opening. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-26-2010, 08:56 PM	#75
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Swim and Dive Championships this week: Day 1: 8 and Under dive ....Thor was 8th out of 46, scoring 11 points for his team. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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