Bottom line, more catch up to do. Reina had a swim meet two weeks ago. One of Reina's favorite things to do when there's a meet is to meet the pool staff at our pool (Manoa pool) and ride the park bus to the meet pool. A lot of the kids and the pool staff ride the bus, so it's a fun time (as always, click the image to see a larger version):
It was a division meet in which 9 or 10 pools participated. In such large meets, there's a lot of hanging around. Here's Reina waiting for her first race:
It was actually a pretty cold day, and the race was in Palolo valley near the mountains so it was cloudy with intermittent showers. And the water was a bit cold, too.
In her age group (ages 7-8), Reina took first in the freestyle 25m, third in the backstroke 25m, and sixth (I think) in breast stroke 25m. Somehow, I missed her freestyle race, but here's her backstroke race (click to watch the video):
And here is her breast stroke race:
Reina's most favorite part of swim meets? All the goodies the parents bring to share at the end. She has a musubi (rice and spam wrapped in seaweed) in one hand and a doughnut in the other.
