SWIM DAY!

 

It was a sunless day as the marine lawyer crept over Goleta, Isla Vista, and the Rec Cen pool. Yet appearing from the shadows were three and a half young brave souls who could not be stopped by mere weather. These brave souls, Lisset, Alexia, Jazmin, and her younger brother (the half), plunged into the UCSB pool where they found the UCSB triathlon team. The triathletes had forgotten that pools are not only used for swimming laps and were inspired by the girls begging to be allowed to swim with them....

Alright enough for the dramatic writing. If you didn't catch it already this last Saturday the Girls' Club went to the UCSB Recreation Center Pool and swam with the triathlon team. The girls who came got a lot of attention and had a lot of fun. We swam some relays, splashed around, jumped off the diving board, and played marco polo for a bit.

Alexia was excited to jumped off the diving board and was really brave. On the other hand, Lisset insisted that she wasn't going to jump, but the next thing I knew the tri team members encouraged her to give it a try. Once she gave it a try she was hooked.

At one point it seemed about time to relax in the jacuzzi. At first, the girls thought it was a good idea as well, but after 45 seconds they realized how much more fun it would be to jump back into the pool since it would feel even colder than before... my attempt to relax in the jacuzzi did not quite work.


After the swimming we dryed off and ate some McConnel's Ice Cream left over from the Kendra Chiota Payne Triathlon. The girls had a great time and have already asked me if we can go to the pool again!

We took some awesome pictures thanks to Sam's underwater camera!

 

 -Kristina

Week 3

Monday! Yoga!

On Monday we did yoga with instructor Adrienne Hengels and she was great with the girls! I have to admit I was a little excited to just relax and do some yoga.

First, Adrienne taught us what it meant to do yoga and how when practicing yoga one tries to have no thoughts at all. When she asked the girls what they think about during the day the first response was "Justin Bieber." Does that give you an idea of what the class was like? This was probably the giggliest yoga class I have ever done. But it was a lot of fun!
Some of the girls had done yoga before while others did not really know much about it. Adrienne did a good job of keeping the girls focused and I think there were about two ten second intervals when everyone was completely silent. Which by the way, is a first time for the Girls' Club.
I wish I would have had my camera, the girls were in some pretty funny looking poses. She had us do a two person downward dog, so the girls had to balance on each other. It was... interesting.

My highlight of the day was seeing Sage get involved and excited. She had some yoga experience and took pride in being able to answer Adrienne's questions.

Wednesday

On Wednesday we played with a giant parachute, one where everyone stands around the edges of a giant circular tarp (the parachute) and hold a part of it. Then if everyone works in unison the parachute can be swung up and down so that a tent is created underneath it.

The girls thought it was a lot fun, but it was kind of hard for us to play most of the parachute games with the small amount girls in the club.

Field trip!

We went swim with the triathlon team today! More details and pictures soon to come!