Swimmer Boy

We're doing the milestone count down with Joe. The last Candy Cane meet. The last Groundhog meet. Joe's last high school swim meet. Notice the milestones are all related to swimming.

Joe had an excellent final high school season. He was a captain with Jared and Kyle. He's been swimming with Jared since he was 7 years old.

He also got to swim against Steven in the breaststroke. We've been waiting years for them to be able to swim against each other in high school. It was a hoot to cheer them both on!

Joe finished up his high school swim career setting two Framingham records: 100Free and 200Free. He was also voted MVP.

He was the Bay State Conference Champion in the 200IM and the 100Free. He was also on the winning 200Medley and 200Free relays at Conference.

At the Sectional Championship meet, Joe took 2nd in the 200Free and 4th in the 100Free. He was part of the Framingham 400Free Relay that came in 4th and the 200Free Relay that came in 9th.

At the Division 1 State Championships, he took 4th in the 200Free and 9th in the 100Free. He was also on the 11th place 200Free Relay and the 8th place 400Free Relay.

Both of the 400Free relays at the Sectional and State meets placed in the top 10 from the second heat. That's pretty impressive! As is Joe.

High Honors

Wahoo! Steven did it. He made High Honors during Term 2 of his Freshmen year.

Of course, this meant much more to me than anyone else. I'll admit that I am fixated on good grades. OK - good isn't good enough. I want excellent grades. Luckily, Steven knows to take me with a grain of salt.

Steven is so unlike me in many ways. He sees the good in everyone whereas I'm more likely to view people suspiciously. He won't speak badly about anyone no matter how much I prod him. Darn! I'll never understand how Phil's good guy doo-bee genes somehow dominated my judgemental gossiping genes.

Steven is a sweet boy.

She Won!

Kate's Art teacher, Mrs. Maxwell, submitted Kate's drawing to the Framingham Town Wide PTO t-shirt contest. And Kate won!

Here is her winning design.

We watched Kate agonize over the hands in the center of the design. And getting the lettering just right. The PTO modified the lettering in the final rendering but it's close.

The original is on display at the Framingham Public Library in the Children's Room. We went to the Youth Art Month reception a couple of weeks ago to see the other drawings in the contest. Kate has another piece of art on display at Barnes & Noble in Framingham.

Mrs. Maxwell said she would give Kate flowers if she won. And she stopped by yesterday with a beautiful bouquet.