Sunny swimming carnival

Patrick and Lauren had their Grade 5 & 6 school swimming carnival today - one benefit of them only being a year apart is that all their carnivals, and a lot of other school activities are on the same day. It was a perfect, warm, sunny Autumn day about 24 degrees and much better than yesterday (rain) and last year's carnival (a lot cooler). Lauren swam in the 33metre freestyle and the freestyle relay, and competed in a novelty event. Patrick swam the 33m freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke and a novelty event. They both did really well, and their house Sea came second - only missing out on equal 1st by one point overall.

Mum and I spent a lovely 3 hours sitting on the grass in the shade watching a great carnival, and at the end all the kids got to have a slide before heading home (hopefully to sleep VERY well!)