New England Championships

This morning, to further celebrate Daylight Savings Time, three of the four Rowes got up at 6:30am (which felt like 5:30am) in order to go to the New England Swim Championships at MIT.  Madeleine got to sleep in, as she was staying home with Auntie Shannon.  We had prepped her several times last night so she'd know that we would be gone when she awoke, and that Auntie Shannon was in charge.  Furthermore, both Ethan and I went into her bedroom to say good-bye to her before we left.

ME: (sneaking quietly into Madeleine's room and giving her a kiss)
MADELEINE: (eyes fluttering open)
ME: We're gonna go to the swim meet now, honey.  Go back to sleep. I love you.
MADELEINE: Okay.  I'll miss you.  I even miss you right now!

Just in case Madeleine might not remember us saying good-bye, I even slipped this note under her door:

So, I'd say we pretty clearly covered our bases to make sure Madeleine knew where we all were.

At 9:12 am, Madeleine was not in the least concerned about where her parents were, but began wondering about Julia.  I got a text from Shannon informing me of Madeleine's sleuthing spy-like deductive reasoning: "Julia must be reading.  She would NEEEEEVER stay in bed this long!"

Yeah, because Ethan and I went to the swim meet by ourselves, just to watch some random other children swimming.

At any rate, Julia had a blast at New Englands, swam a best time in one event (100 butterfly) and a second best time in another event, (50 butterfly) and even got a 14th place ribbon in the 100 fly! (Top 20 get ribbons.)  Best of all, she got a brand new, comfy oversized sweatshirt to add to her burgeoning collection of Swim Team Sweatshirts.  Here she is, showered, cozy, and happy after her last swim:

And here is Madeleine, as she appeared upon our return home:

Fake glasses, pigtail braid buns, a dress with pants underneath, why not live it up on a fun morning home with your Auntie??  Glad that both my girls enjoyed their morning in very different ways!