Swim Banquet

At the end of the long, exhausting swim season, the kids and their families get to celebrate with a banquet. This means huge trays of Chinese food, cake and lots of sitting still and listening to other people talk.  Any guesses which one of those three appeal to Mikey?

If you guessed cake, you win the big prize! But, here’s the problem. Mikey eats his cake in about 30 seconds and that leaves a lot of banquet time to fill as we celebrate our favorite swimmer.

Luckily, this was not our first rodeo.  We packed Mikey his own dinner and some distractions to keep him quiet and happy. We brought two cars to the event, so if Mikey couldn’t handle it, one of us could leave early with him.  On this particular night, he did just fine.  I think sometimes the fact that we had a plan B helped Dave and I to be calm enough to be in a better frame of mind to help Mikey get through the night.  

So, having a plan B actually helped us NOT to need the plan B. Awesome!

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