Nitro 1 - She Did It!

It's been a long haul to get there... but after a break of almost a year to help her get over the fear she developed, she came back in June ready to swim.

Havi started her swim class last week at Station 9. In that 30 minute lesson she passed both Station 9 AND Station 10 and graduated Nitro 1. One of the things she had to accomplish was swimming 20 yards freestyle, rolling onto her back to breathe as she went.

It's tough to see her on this video but you can just make out her swimming awesomeness!

A HUGE thank you to Tiffany and Sarah at Nitro for everything they did to help her get back into swimming and then successfully graduate Nitro 1. Tiffany cheering her on from the sidelines as she took each test was all kinds of awesome :-)

Way to go Havi, we're VERY proud of you and can't wait to see what you accomplish in Nitro 2!

To celebrate we took Havi out for dinner to show off that hard earned t-shirt :-)

Footballer...

In an England kit that's on the verge of being too small, new football socks, cleats and shin guards Havi was ready for her first football practice today.

She seemed to really enjoy it and is excited about their first game next weekend.

A few photos from today...

The Shield Parade!

The kids at Havi's school have a Knight for the mascot... making them all little knights! Each year every child in the school, from Pre-K to 5th Grade makes a shield. Half represents the child and half represents the child's class.

Over the Labour Day weekend we worked on Havi's shield, leaving just a tiny space for the bumble bee they were going to decorate in class to represent the Bee Classroom.

We started with a blank slate and after lots if cutting, drawing and gluing we finished up with this masterpiece.

Charlie was a big part of the shield, per Havi's request. Others that Havi chose to have center stage were her cousins Rosie, Oliver, Bobby and Daniel, three friends from Pre-K Morgan, Carlo and Taylor, her family in Disney and Moo of course. Hello Kitty, Wild Kratts, a couple of princesses, Spiderman and some cupcakes and butterfly's made the grade too. :-)

I drew the letters for "Lady Havana" and she cut them out and stuck them over a Union Jack, a Cuban flag, a Spanish flag and the American flag.

The parade itself was very cute. The whole school (approx 856 kids) made a full, single line, circuit around the school showing off their works of art to all that had come to watch.

Havi with her teacher, Mrs. West.

After the parade all the shields will be displayed on the hallway walls for the rest of the year. It will be interesting to see how Havi's shield changes each year.