Dozing Off

This what happens during breakfast when Grayson doesn't sleep well and also gets up too early.

Swim Meet vs. Maryland Farms YMCA

Carter had his last regular season swim meet of the season yesterday.  It was another home meet in the indoor pool.

Carter did great!  He improved his time in both freestyle and backstroke by almost a second.  Also, in order to maximize points, Carter and Chase got to relays with the 7-8 year old boys.  Carter did the freestyle relay and Chase did the medley relay.

Here are Carter's results:

6&U Boys 25 Yard Freestyle: 32.45 seconds (3rd place)
6&U Boys 25 Yard Backstroke: 35.89 seconds (3rd place)
7-8 Boys 100 Yard Freestyle Relay: 2:13.65 (5th place)

Rylan's 5-Year-Old Checkup

Rylan had his 5-year-old checkup today.  It was very uneventful - which is great!  No shots, no blood draw.  Only a urine sample which Rylan thought was so cool! :)

My only real question was about Rylan's adenoids.  His speech teacher recommended we have them checked because Rylan always sounds congested when he talks.  Dr. Huss said they were larger but not worthy of surgery in his opinion.  He said that Rylan's seems like he has allergies because the tissue in his nose is somewhat inflamed and he has a line a across his nose which usually comes from rubbing a runny or itchy nose a lot.  I've never noticed any real allergy symptoms but Dr. Huss said Rylan might benefit from using a spray like Flonase for a month to try to reduce the swelling.  But he also said it would most likely be more trouble than it's worth (since Rylan would probably fight it).

Here are Rylan's current stats and others for comparison:

Rylan's 5 year stats:

• Weight: 43 lbs (66th percentile) 
• Height: 42.5 inches (39th percentile) 

Rylan's 4 year stats:

• Weight: 39.25 lbs (77th percentile) 
• Height: 40 inches (44th percentile) 

Carter's 5 year stats: 

• Weight: 40.2 lbs (46th percentile) 
• Height: 43 inches (50th percentile) 

Cheekwood

I don't think we've even been to Cheekwood this year yet so we stopped by yesterday with my mom for about an hour.

They have redone the train exhibit and it's really cool.  The trains come out of logs and you can walk under them now.  The big boys had fun exploring and finding all the new things.

Grayson LOVED the trains too.  He got so excited whenever he saw one ...

There is also a new outdoor art exhibit at Cheekwood this summer.  The exhibit is titled "Human Landscape" and it is by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa.  The boys had fun finding all the sculptures in the garden.

Carter imitating the art :)

We didn't stay too long since it was hot and Grayson was fussy but it was fun getting to explore the new exhibit!

Report Card

Here is Carter's report card from the end of the kindergarten.  He had a great year and learned so much!  I'm still trying to catch up on my end-of-the-school-year posts!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RYLAN!!!

Happy birthday to our awesome 5-year-old!!!  You are silly and hilarious, loving and sweet, and live life showing 110% of your emotions (good and bad).  We love you so much and are excited to see what you accomplish in the next year of your life!

Pool Love

This little man loves the water!!!

Swim Meet vs. Longview Sea Dragons

Carter had a swim meet again the Longview Rec Center on Tuesday.  This was the first time he competed in a home meet at the ISC (Indoor Sports Complex).  The pool where Carter's team practices is not great for swim meets so they use the indoor pool at another Williamson County Rec Center.

Carter had an amazing meet!!!

They switched up the order of the events a little bit for this meet and the freestyle relay was first.  Carter's team got second and even beat one of the other teams finally!  (They technically also beat a team in their first meet but only because that team DQ'd).

Carter's second race was the 25 yard freestyle.

He finished in second place with a time of 33.33.  He took more than 10 seconds off his time and missed first place by 2 seconds.

Carter's third race was the 25 yard backstroke.

He finished in third place with a time of 36.69.  He took more than 3 seconds off this time and missed first place by less than 1 second.  I thought he might win that race but he glided for a bit at the end of the race instead of finishing strong.  I think Carter thought he was going to win too and was super disappointed after the race.  He told Brian that his coach told him before that once he sees the flags overhead that he should take 12 more strokes which is exactly what he did.  Unfortunately he needed more strokes and that meant he lost a bit of time.  Carter remembers everything a teacher/coach tells him and tries to follow those instructions exactly.  He is our rule follower!  Brian was able to come for Carter's two individual races and gave Carter a great pep talk that lifted his spirits.

Tonight I put together Carter's scrapbook page with his ribbons ...

Carter has one more regular season meet and then the county-wide championship meet.

Front Teeth

One front tooth has finally finished breaking through ...

Let's hope the other one hurries up and does the same soon!!!

Swim Team Photos

Carter's swim team had a team party tonight at the pool.  They took their team photo and individual shots at the start of the party.  The very nice photographer didn't mind us moms taking our own photos (especially since his speciality is underwater individual pictures of the kids).  I'm over spending money on sports photos - we have purchased too many already - so here are the ones I took myself!

Carter is on the front near, third from the right ...

Carter is still loving swim team and improving a lot each week!