DelightStruck

This post is brought to you by Delightstruck Jen partner Goldfish Swim School. We've been spoiled, and you should be too. Really, peeps. This past week The Lou embarked on a new chapter in her swimmer girl journey. We had our first practice with a local competitive swim team. I know she's ready, the folks at Goldfish Swim School Carmel advised they think she's ready, but we were SO NOT READY for the culture shock of a bigger swim team environment. We've been spoiled by the totally Delightstruck experience of Goldfish Swim School. It's been the perfect place to nurture baby girl's passion for swimming over the years. The continuous year-round swim lessons and a year of of their Swim Force team have built such an amazing foundation for her. As I sat in her first competitive swim team practice this past week, I noted how many things are different from Goldfish Swim School : I'm not in the comfort of the air-conditioned viewing gallery for par...

This post is brought to you by Goldfish Swim School, and has a sweet chance for a holiday giveaway at the bottom, so keep reading (and swimming) friends. Have a little fish that you'd love to help become a more confident and independent swimmer before next summer? Did you know it can take up to a year of weekly lessons for that to happen for most little ones? Goldfish Swim School has a great way to help, and it's the perfect non-toy, "experience" gift for the holidays! The gift of swim lessons and water safety! This year’s Goldfish Swim School holiday packages are oh so fun to open too! We all know littles don't really love an envelope with a gift certificate under the tree. And THIS gift package is filled to the brim with goodies like 2 months of group swim lessons, 4 family swim passes, Goldfish goggles, Bubbles bath toy, a Goldfish tote and the new FIRST-EVER Goldfish story book, "The Fish Who Wouldn't Swim." The packages start at $1...

Goldfish Swim School has provided us with the experience of lessons for our candid reviews. October was a wild month for The Lou, aka swimmer girl. She got a diagnosis that looking back makes oh so much sense due to the noted symptoms and the medical history in our family, but in the moment it took us by surprise and kind of rock her world, really our whole family's world. The Lou has a metabolic disorder that is causing some insulin resistance and her diet and our family eating lifestyle has had to change asap. Too many sweets in the house and too much eating out. October is a hard month for that kind of news. Halloween! Bring on the candy, oh wait, we can't do that anymore. Sigh. Her doctor is amazing and has helped her (and us) see that balance is key and she's a kid, so having a zero tolerance policy on sweet treats isn't really realistic. Understanding her specific diet needs and being ultra good the majority of the time is what is going to take us to ...

Goldfish Swim School  is a valued partner of DelightStruck Jen (and The Lou, aka Baby Girl), and we kind of love being able to share our swim story with you. Happy reading. A couple of swim practices ago The Lou noted that the in her opinion the pool had shrunk! No we aren't hanging out with Rick Moranis for another silly sequel, The Lou has gotten stronger and increased her speed over the months. When the whole length of the pool once seemed daunting to her, she now glides up and down it with ease, working on her strokes. Yes, in her view, a once huge body of water has shrunk down to size. I love sitting on the other side of the glass and watching her swim. It makes me smile. I love her confidence and her desire to constantly improve, even on the nights when she's a little worn out from her school day. She's got goals and a dream to swim for the Carmel Swim Team when she's older, and that keeps her pushing herself. Not me, not her coach, but her. She drives it ...

Goldfish Swim School  is a valued partner of DelightStruck Jen (and the Lou, aka Baby Girl), and we kind of love being able to share our swim story with you. Happy reading. It's Tuesday. Baby girl's favorite day of the week. I love how BIG her grin gets on Tuesday evenings as she bops down the stairs in her swim suit, with towel and goggles in hand and asks if it's time to leave yet for her weekly Goldfish Swim School Swim Force session. Positive Waves at Goldfish Swim School Carmel Yes, we have the foundation of Goldfish Swim School lessons under our belt, but I am still constantly amazed at the progress she continues to make as a swimmer through their Swim Force swim team - really amazing positive waves in so many ways. A lot of that I think is because of her amazing teachers. They push her, in the kindest most encouraging way I've ever seen. Because of them, she wants to do her own personal best each and every week. It's not really work in her head either...

This post is brought to you by Goldfish Swim School and the Lou. I had been asking my mom about joining a swim team. I even explored some bigger local year round swim teams and tried out, but they seemed a little too big to me. I had loved my Goldfish Swim School lessons at the Fishers location and my mom remembered they had a swim team too! Swim Force. We're lucky because there is a Goldfish Swim School near our new house in Carmel. My mom called and I'm now on practice number 3 with Swim Force at the Carmel Goldfish Swim School! I'm loving it. The way the pool is set-up is different from when I did lessons. They move the lane ropes and now we swim the whole length of the pool as we work on all the strokes. It's so fun and I love all the coaches. Sometimes it's hard work, but I don't want to quit. I want to get better and better, plus they make learning the strokes so fun with games. My favorite is the Catch Up freestyle drill. However, I thought they were...