Jessica's Swimming Carnival.

All across Australia, schools declare on their outside notice boards, when their Swimming Carnival is; the whole school then invades a local pool, usually for the whole day; Jessica's school had to go all the way to Swansea as all the local ones were being used.
Anyway, before Jessica's carnival we thought she might like a practise so we went to nearby Lampton pool; we enjoyed an afternoon of timed 50m lengths( the first time we had been in a 50m pool, I think) and we loved the 2 man tyre ride. Alex insisted on joining a queue to go off the diving board; he kept on asking if he should do a backward somersalt, like some of the others; I was relieved when he opted for a star jump, as it meant I could get away with a little bounce and jump!



Carnival Day! Flying in to action for the front crawl.I was impressed how Jessica kept on entering races...no matter where she came! I tried not to be competitive mum, shouting frantically from the side!



A beautiful backstroke was eventually rewarded with 3rd place( out of 7).