Monday, September 10, 2012

Day 10 - Grace's Swim Carnival

Erin and Scott went into Sydney on their own to explore today because Grace had her annual Swim Carnival at school!  It's something they do every year and compete to move up to the "zone", and then "state", etc. This was Grace's first time ever competing and she did amazing!!  She got first place in her heat in the freestyle and the backstroke, which qualified her to move up to the zone level!!  Can you tell we were super proud of her?! ;)  They are divided into "houses" for athletic events and those houses cheer for each other.  Grace is in the "Carey" house, which is green.  She has to wear a green cap, clothes, etc. to represent her house in the event.  It's a way to be a part of a team.
 Grace and her friend, Tayla
 Here she goes - diving in to swim the freestyle!
 1st place!  Yay, Grace!
 Getting ready to swim the backstroke
 1st again - good job!!
 Having a meat pie for a little lunch....typical Aussie snack
 Some of Grace's friends
 Notice the different colors of caps - representing their "houses"
 waiting her turn..

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