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March 31, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Today we finished up the final meet of the season. It was a three day meet called Eastern Zones Championships, and it’s a tiring meet both physically and emotionally. We weren’t planning on going to it until about a month ago. Since it was kind of a bonus meet, Number 4 especially was just out […]

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: Easter Zones Championships, Number 4, swimming

Six Years

March 28, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Back in 2012, a few months after I started this blog, Number 3 and 4 swam in their first swim meet. It was a little, rinky dink summer league meet. Today,  six years later, they are swimming together at a meet with some of the best swimmers on the East Coast. I really just wanted […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: eastern zones championships, NY, swimming, WEbster, zones

The Thrill Of Victory… The Agony Of Defeat… The Human Drama Of Athletic Competition

March 25, 2018 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I can’t imagine what direction my life would have taken had I never discovered swimming. By swimmer standards, I started later than many kids. I didn’t join the swim team until I was ten years old. By this time most of the kids I swam with had been swimming for at least two years already. […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: age group championships, age group swimming, age groups, competitive swimming, kids and failure, kids and sports, swim team, swimming

Eight Things I Do To Manage Five Kids In Three Different Sports

September 11, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

The madness has officially begun. School is back in session, the falls sports have started, and swim team is in full swing. I know I’m not the only one officially entering madness. Last week I shared this picture (via sportsmomshop.com)on the Facebook page, and it got a pretty big response. And a reader left this comment: […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: after school, baseball, chaos, coach, cross country, madness, school nights, soccer, sports, swim team, swimming, time management

They Done Good

August 17, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

One of the challenges of being a swimmer is that swimming is not a seasonal sport. It’s a year-round, full-time commitment once you really decide to commit. The  year is broken into two main seasons (in the Northeast, anyway). September through March is known as short course season. That’s because all meets are held in […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: hotel, richmond, seasonal, sport, swimming, taper, Virginia, zones

Next Stop, Richmond, Virginia

August 7, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Number 3 and 4 first joined the swim team six years ago. They swam on the town team which only swims in the summer and practices in the lake at the town beach. It’s a rinky dink little team, but it was the perfect introduction to swim team for them. They both loved it. Of […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: balance, burnout, friends, life lessons, merch by amazon, season, swim meets last forever, swim team, swimming, zones

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