The Counts Family: Firsts

Today was a big day of firsts for Curtis today. It was his first day of vacation bible school and his first swim meet. VBS was really exciting for all of us. He has never done a class or school or activity when we have dropped him off and come back to pick him up later in the day. As many sports as he has played and classes he has taken I have either volunteered to help or stayed to watch. I decided that being 37 weeks pregnant was a good enough excuse to sit this one out! Mommy was a bit nervous to leave him...and of course Curtis wasn't at all! He was super excited to see a few of his friends from swim team and baseball were there and barely turned to say bye to Mommy before rushing off with his friends. When I picked him up he talked my ear off about everything they did and recounted every second of their day :) When I asked his teacher how he did she said "he is super smart and jumped right in to answer all of the questions we asked"....that's definitely my boy...I'm sure he had more than enough to say :) I asked him if he remembered to raise his hand before he answered questions and he assures me that he did. I'm not too sure about that but was glad that he had such a fun day! He goes every morning the rest of the week and can't wait to see all of his friends and to tell his teacher all about his swim meet.

The swim meet was super fun! Curtis had a cheering crew there as always (Nana, Pop Pop, Papa, Jacob, Nicky, and I) all armed with cameras and loud cheers. My mom calculated that she went to swim meets for 19 years of her life...then had an 8 year break...and is now back at it again! These meets bring back SUCH memories for Mommy!! Curtis's freestyle relay won first place (they were the only ones swimming in their heat :) ) they were all super excited to get blue ribbons!!! so funny! He did really well in his individual freestyle, placed fifth, and was excited about his yellow ribbon. Jacob and I have been proud of how hard he is working in practices and how much he has improved from the beginning of the season. We can't wait to see how much more he will improve by the end of the season!