Another day in paradise

I don’t know how we became a “rowing family” the only time I can remember showing any interest in rowing was down The Grove with oil cans and planks of wood trying not to drown ourselves as kids on a makeshift raft.

But last weekend, we headed off to watch our Mollie participate in her Head of The River race for yet another exciting day of rowing amongst all the girls schools in Sydney.

So there we were, up again with the sparrows heading off with all the kids, dog, picnic and team colours to cheer on Pymble Ladies College, but more importantly, Mollies crew.

Last weekend they won the Gold Cup which was a great warm up for the final.

At the finish line, 2km away, the gun went and we stood and waited to see which of the boats was in the lead as they came down the course towards us.

A few minutes later, there we saw our crew pulling like banshees and they came piling over the finish line first in their group, puce and puffing like a steam train, but strangely showing a healthy touch of spray tan!

Spray tan?

Yup, that evening was the girls end of rowing season ball so they thought they’d great ready 24 hours early!

How cool!

Biggest race of the year and our girls were more worried about their dresses.

Just too cool for nerves.

So that evening,  in our finery, we cheered and celebrated Mollies crew winning their Head of The River and just stood there, her parents, bursting with pride about the effort, work and commitment Oor Molls has shown this year just to come out the other end of her race like a golden phoenix.

And not just her rowing race.

What a girl!

Goodonyagorgeous!