Subject: Day One: Success, Ice Cream, and Pro Tips! 🍦🏊♂️

Our first day of practice went swimmingly! Hardly any tears (except maybe from a couple of sentimental parents 😅), and we’re thrilled that most swimmers bravely made it into the water. We’re so proud of everyone and can’t wait to see all those smiling faces again tonight!

The post-practice ice cream treats were a huge hit — special thanks to Ms. Rachel for being our Sweet Treat Hero! Please be sure to give her a big THANK YOU when you see her poolside! 🍨💙

As we dive into Day Two, here’s your quick checklist:
✅ Goggles
✅ Towel
✅ Cheerful attitude (parents too!)

Pro Parent Tip:
Do yourself a favor and buy two pairs of goggles — but only hand out one. Keep the second pair stashed in your bag or car for that inevitable moment when the first pair disappears, breaks, or is "accidentally left at home." Trust us, you’ll feel like a genius when you're calmly pulling out the backup pair like a swim team ninja. 🥷💦

Your Parent Job for Today:

Go find your calendar, then head over to www.kfswimteam.com and declare your child(ren) for EVERY swim meet this season.
Yes, the whole season. Yes, right now.

You can change it later if plans shift — but declaring now saves your amazing volunteer organizers a mountain of stress.

Wondering why this matters so much? Here's what declaring helps with:

• Someone orders and prepares ALL those walking tacos 🌮
• Someone gets ribbons ready 🏅
• Someone figures out how many volunteers and meet officials are needed 🤝
• Someone schedules pool staff 👨👩👧👦
• Someone seeds the races and prints all the heat sheets 🖨️
• Someone notifies the other teams how many swimmers we’re bringing
• Someone sets goals for what swimmers need to learn and by when

And guess what? All of those “someones” are volunteers. 💪

Please make their jobs a little easier by checking off that box today.
And don’t worry about what stroke your child wants to swim — that’ll come with time (and a few more ice cream bribes). For now, we just need to know if they’re IN or OUT for each meet. 😊

Thanks for being part of our swim family — we’re looking forward to a fantastic season!

If you have questions -  Jeremy - Rachel and I will all be at the pool for all practice groups tonight - come find us and we will help you  - Tammie 704-507-4411