Swimming!

Hola! It's your swimmer that is finally back in the pool! Ahh, yes, swimming did start again. Well our old coach left and is coaching a different group. So we have two new coaches. Well not new but they are new coaches to the group. We had two coaches last year and one of them stayed... but is only coaching on Friday's. So yes it is sorta sad but I am also happy because we get my dad's  awesome friend, (who is also the high school coach for the high school I am going to) Derek! He is so loud and funny, but like the coolest coach ever. I am so glad we are back in the pool. I have been so happy I forgot to blog about it! Oh and there is a  Father-Daughter Dance at my school! My friends are going and so am I!! I get to go shopping for a dress too! Anyway back to the subject. I am so outta shape its embarrassing. But so is everyone else so it's not that bad. YAY! I am so happy to be swimming again. It was so boring without it. Tomorrow is back to school night at our school. It's where the parents come in and talk to our teachers and look at our classrooms at stuff. Just thought I'd fill ya in. Anyway I will talk to you guys soon! Toodles Noodles

-Splash

Vacation

It's the swimmer again. Hey guys. I just got back from vacation last night. We went to Indiana and Michigan! In Indiana we went to a beach that had a sand dune called Mt. Tom. My mom, brother, and I climbed it while my dad stayed behind. The beach was terrific there. I loved it. Then we headed to Michigan. We also went to a beach there, and a sand dune BIGGER than Mt. Bauldy. My brother and I successfully climbed it, while my mom only made it a little more than half way. My dad took pictures. The beach there wasn't as good as I hoped. (Both of these beaches were Lake Michigan beaches) That was just Saturday. Sunday we went to Deer Forest Park in Michigan. My cousins own it and I had never met them so I was excited. I really loved meeting them and exploring the park. It had a gift shop, petting zoo, and small amusement park. I really enjoyed it. We stayed there almost all day. Then it was time to head home. It was sad leaving my cousins but I knew we were coming back. My dad said that since it's not a long ride we would come back next summer more than once. I'm very excited. Thanks for reading guys and gurls! Have a good Labor Day!!!!!! Bye!

-Splash

Skeletons

OMG, I'm so sorry I didn't get back to you. It turned out to be a busy week. Anyway I'm here to tell you about the owl pellets. We put the skeletons back together. That did take a while. You had to identify the bone. Then go get a sheet of paper from our teacher, that showed you where to place the bones. Once you identified ALL the bones, you placed them on the paper, in the correct spot. After that, you got a black sheet of construction paper and moved the skeleton over to that. Then you glued the bones to the paper, and tried to identify what animal you had. Turns out we had a kangaroo rat in our pellet. Before we did the skeletons I thought we had a shrew. Guess I was wrong. Lol. 

Ok a new subject in the same blog. Subject: JO comments. I see that ONE SPECIFIC PERSON is posting comments of jealousy and anger. While everyone else is defending me. I just want to thank the people that are defending me. Most of you are probably thinking, "Why doesn't she just delete the comment?" Well I don't want to. I'd like people to see what the fight is about. Anyway thank you for reading and commenting. OVER AND OUT!

-Splash

School

It's school time now and writing this blog is your new 5th grade Splash! Hey guys! I started school about a week ago and now I am a 5th grader!! Anyway today we dissected owl pellets! It was totally awesome and a little gross. I found a skull though! I think it was a shrew's skull. On Thursday we are putting the skeletons back together so I will post a blog and tell you how that goes! Tonight is registration night for my swim team and my dad is president of the board so I'm going even though I'm already on the team for this year. I am so excited to go back to my pool and see my friend Noah who will also be there. I also want to see the new people on the team! Today has been an exciting day! Anyway on Thursday I will tell you how the skeleton thing goes. Thanks all of you who are reading. I really appreciate it. You guys are the best. Read in again soon! TTYL

-Splash 

 

Olympics!!

Hi its your bored-to-death swimmer! The reason I have not been blogging about swimming is because our team is taking a break. :( Anyway the olympics were awesome! I just loved it! Michael Phelps won the gold in the 100 fly... BY ONE ONE HUNDREDTH! He won gold in every event! He broke Mark Spitts record!!!! Yay Michael! Anyway the girls were really good too. This was the best olympics so far!!! I'm really pleased to see how well the US did in swimming. A lot of you have posted comments saying "I like your swimming blogs" or whatever, so when I read that I decided this would be a good topic. I really hope you liked the swimming in the olympics. If you did or didn't, post a comment telling us! I'm so happy I have so many readers and I owe it all to you guys. When I see I have 8 comments that makes me really happy. Thank you guys so much and be expecting a blog tomorrow about my first day being a 5th grade and my friends pool party! Thanks so much!

-Splash

Zones

Hey its Splash the zones swimmer. I got back from zones in the afternoon on Saturday. It was really fun. I left Tuesday evening for zones. Wednesday was team picture and opening ceremony. Our team had the most swimmers so the picture was HUGE! After team picture we went out to eat with some friends who were also at zones. Opening ceremony was that evening. It was really fun. My friend got to carry a flag for opening ceremony. Then next day was my first event. The 100 free. I dropped some time so it was good. Friday was our free day. I didn't have any events so we went shopping, the to the pool so I could watch my friend race. The next day was my big event. The 200 free. I gained 2 seconds in that but it was exactly a week after I swam it, and you can't always get best times at EVERY meet. Over all it was a great meet. I mean sure I didn't drop in everything but it's a huge accomplishment to even make it there. My parents and coaches and friends were really proud. So was I. That was the most fun meet I've ever been to and I'm hoping to go again. Wish me luck for the future. Thanks for reading and have a good rest of your summer. The swimmer is out!

-Splash

JO's!!!!!!

Hey you guys! Duh, its your favorite blogger, Splash! Well I just got back from JO’s. And I did great!!!! I’m really proud of my performance. Yesterday I swam 4 things including the relay. First event of all was the medley relay. We did good. The first individual event was 100 free. I dropped a second and... GOT A ZONE!!!! Then I swam the 200 IM. I dropped a second also but didn’t get the zone in that. My last event, the 100 back, I gained a second, but I was tired. So far I was having a good meet, and I was having a lot of fun. The next day I had 4 events again. To start the day off we did the free relay. We did great again. Then it was the 50 free and I had a 35.02 I ended up with a 34.94. I was happy. Then I had the 100 fly. Fly is not my stroke and I really don’t care for the 100 fly, but I like the 50. Anyway, I gained 2 seconds. My coach said he wasn’t worried about that race, he was worried about my next event the 200 free. It was my event. Everyone has an “event” of their own. Mine is the 200 free. The first thing I got a zone in. I was nervous but I knew swim your heart out and you’ll do fine. Well when I looked at the clock I dropped 3 seconds and got 4th over all. I was extremely happy because I’d be getting on the podium. All my friends were really happy. Oh and btw, I was 4th over all and that means I’m 4th fastest in my state!! I got a medal and that was the best way to finish my weekend. I would be swimming tomorrow but 10 and unders don’t swim on Sunday at JO’s. Well thats all for now, I think I’m gonna get some sleep, because I’ve got MegaZones on Wednesday but I think I leave Tuesday. Thanks for reading!

-Splash

JO's!!!!!!

Hey yo it's Splash! I'm super excited for this weekend. This weekend is, you guessed it, JO's!! I leave Thursday evening, and swim on Friday at about 1:00 pm. I am making a check list of what I need because I don't want to forget ANYTHING for a championship meet! Tonight is my last practice before JO's so I'm gonna give it everything I have so I go really fast at JO's. This season/year JO's is a great one for me. All my really fast friends (like me) from other teams or my team even, have aged up besides 3 people. I'm faster than those 3 people at the time, and I'm hoping to keep it that way for a long time. Anyway, this year I can place and get on the podium! I've always wanted to do that at this meet and now I have a big chance! I'm really excited and pumped up, and I know I'll do great! Well I better get back to making that list of mine. Good luck in your sports! Thanks for reading. Over and Out

-Splash

WOW!

Hey it's Splash again! Last night at my swim practice, we had a set of 4, 200 frees. My coach said if I went 2 minutes 20 seconds I could get out half n hour early. Well on my last 200 (which I all out sprinted) I didn't get that time. I went 2 minutes 22 seconds. (which is 4 seconds UNDER my best time in a meet) Then I got the news. We were doing the set again. This time I was pumped up and ready to go for that time. I swam my 200 frees. Then it was time for the last one. I gave it everything I could. I kicked so hard I thought my legs were gonna fall off. I pulled so long and fast I thought my arms were gonna break. My heart was beating really fast and I started to get tired but then went even faster. I finally touched the wall. I looked at my time and..... had a HUGE smile on my face. I told my coach and he said that I could get out and go home. My friends got out too because one went very fast, one went under her best meet time, and my other guy friends, well, they whined because they thought it was unfair we got out. The only reason my coach let them get out is because they had some fast times too. Oops I gotta go eat dinner. I'll talk to you guys later. Thanks for reading!

-Splash

Quincy!

Hey it's Splash again! Well I had a meet last weekend in Quincy. I did unbelivebly well! I swam quite a few things and most I got a best time in. In my 200 IM I dropped 6 seconds and was 3 seconds away from a zone which is better than a JO and hard to get. In my 50 free, I dropped time, my 100 free dropped time, 50 fly dropped time, 100 fly gained 2 seconds, 50 back dropped time, 100 back gained 3 seconds, and my most favorite event the 200 free, I GOT A ZONE IN!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so so happy! The zone is a 2.41.99 and I got 2.37. something. I had a 2.43. something so I dropped a lot of time and went way under the zone. My coach, my friends parents, my friends, my parents and brother, they were all so so happy and proud. This meet was outdoors so when I went to our tent all I could hear was screaming, clapping, and happiness. It was the best day of my life. In August I'll be going to zones, and swimming for Team Illinois! Wish me luck! I'm really joyful and proud I finally got the zone. I have been working at it since last years winter JO's. Oops gotta run, wish me luck and thanks for reading!

-Splash

Swim Camp

Hey everyone its Splash again. I am really sorry that I haven't been blogging but I have been SUPER busy lately. Anyway, I just got home from swim camp. It was a sleepover camp for 4 nights and 5 days. I left Sunday afternoon and got back at 6:30 today. On Sunday we didn't swim or do anything, we just hung out with friends and stuff. That night we watched School of Rock. On Monday we woke up at 7:15 am and got ready for the day and breakfast was at 7:45 am. We swam for a while, lifted some weights, had breaks, and played volleyball. That night we played flashlight tag in the Christmas trees for a while. I won a round with my friends Katie, Molly, and Katie. Our award was to be first in the lunch line the next day. After we finished playing flashlight tag we went back to our places where we stayed the night. The next day we did the same thing that morning and afternoon. That night we played flashlight tag again but we didn't do as good. After the game we finished the movie. Wednesday we did the same thing again. That night we did sports-a-rama, a bonfire, and FIREWORKS!!!!!! Sports-a-rama  is all water events except volleyball. At the bonfire we cooked hotdogs and marshmallows. The fireworks were awesome!! The next day we did the same thing but we got out early so we could pack and get our awards. I got 2nd in sports-a-rama!! Then I got a towel for being the hardest worker. If you ever get to go to a overnight camp, trust me, it ROCKS!!! Well have a nice fourth!! Thanks for reading. 

-Splash

Olympic Trials

Hey it's Splash again. Sorry I haven't been blogging lately, my mom went to Arizona for 5 days and I was really busy around the house. Anyways, this weekend is Olympic Trials and I know someone who is in it. His name is Matt Elliot. He swims on my swim-team and I talk to his family a lot. I think it's so cool that I might know someone in the Olympics!! I really hope that he makes it to the Olympics. Many famous olympians are in this meet. Michael Phelps, Ian Crocker, Katie Hoff, Natalie Coughlin, and Aaron Peirsol. Now if you don't recognize any of these people, but you say you keep up with most of the swimming going on, well YOU DON'T!! Anyways, I do keep up with the swimming because it's my favorite sport in the WORLD. No I don't care for basketball or baseball but I do like football. I LOVE SWIMMING!!! So there. OK lets move on. If any of you have heard of the camp Swimming with the Stars, well thats a camp where you stay there and some olympians come! I have a movie called "Unfiltered" It's about Michael Phelps and Ian Crocker and what they do in their everyday normal lives. When they swim, they're complete enemies but when they get out they are friends. They swim on 2 different teams except when they are in the Olympics they swim for America. But Ian Crocker is in Texas and Michael Phelps is in Michigan. It's a great movie! Well thats all for  now. Thanks for reading and I will talk to you later!

-Splash

Springfield

Hey it's Splash again! I just got done with a meet in Springfield. I would have posted more blogs earlier but I was busy and tired. Well anyways, the meet was in a  50 meter pool and outdoor. It is the first long-course meet of the season. Now I will tell you how I did. On Friday I swam 200 freestyle, 200 IM, and 800 freestyle. In my 200 freestyle I gained a second but won the event. In my 200 IM, I dropped and got a new JO! In my 800 free, I dropped thirty seconds and got a team record! My time was 12 minutes and six seconds.  On Saturday I swam, 50 free, 100 backstroke, 50 butterfly, and 100 breaststroke. On my 50 free I gained a second. My time was 36 seconds. On my 100 backstroke I gained 2 seconds but got 4th. My time was 1 minute 32 seconds. On my 50 fly I dropped 2 seconds. My time was 41 seconds. On my 100 breaststroke I dropped 6 seconds. My time was 1 minute 51 seconds. On Sunday I swam, 100 free, 50 back, 100 fly, and 50 breast. On my 100 free I got my same time, 1 minute and 16 seconds. On my 50 back, I got my same time, 44 seconds. On my 100 fly, I dropped 9 seconds and got 1 minute and 31 seconds. On my 50 breast I dropped 2 seconds and got 51 seconds. Well that's how my meet went! Talk to you later and thanks for reading! Wish me luck for my next meet!

-Splash

Wii Fit

Hey it's Splash again! It's finally summer vacation! HORRAY!! Well, a few weeks ago, we got the Wii Fit! It really helps you with your exercise. It tells you your balance, your weight, your Wii Fit age, and helps you get more muscular. Over the time I did it, I gained a little, which is good for my age. It is very fun. It keeps track of how long you have been on, and if you have been on for so many minutes, then you will unlock new games. On Wii Fit, it makes your Mii look like what you should look like because of your exercise. My favorite games our Hula Hooping and Ski Jump. On Hula Hooping, you pretend you have a hula hoop, but really move like you would with a hula hoop. After you do it for a while, you have to catch other hula hoops. It gives you a work-out all right! On Ski Jump, you squat down and keep you balance, then when you get to the designated area to jump, you stand up quickly and powerfully. You don't jump at all though. Once your in the air, you keep your balance and see how far you go. I do it a lot to try to beat my family member's scores. It really is addicting. I hope you get one. If you have one or your going to get one, leave a comment telling me what you like about it! Thanks for reading and have a good summer!

-Splash