So swim...

Well, we've just completed our first week of swim lessons. Not quite sure how it's going, I believe the windy mornings hinder Maeleigh and Abby's joy of splashing around in the water :( Needless to say, swim lessons are a must (although next time we'll go for later in the day or early evening) so we try to get as excited as we can and put a merry smile on our face as we walk out the door.

Abby's been a trooper, she cries some, but again, I believe most of it is because she feels like a popsicle as she patiently waits for her turn with her teacher, Miss Kelly. She's been telling me all week that she "not go under water" and believe me, she is VERY adamant about that! Well, sorry to say sister, but Miss Kelly took her under 2 times today...even though she cried afterwards (both times), I was SOOOO proud of her! By the time we got home, she was smiling and she seemed so very proud of herself for going under water. She even called daddy and told him she went under 5 times (fibber!).

How do you teach your kid that we do hard things? Is there a right age? I'm not sure about this, but even at the ripe, old age of 2 1/2, my girl did it- she did something (maybe not willfully or purposefully) that she thought she couldn't do. She never ceases to amaze me and she is surely deserving of the 'swim school cake' I'm going to make for her and her cousins at the end of their lessons. *For those of you who don't know about the cake deal going on, Abby is obsessed with wanting a birthday cake, right now! Since I'm pretty sure she doesn't understand the logistics of a calendar, a 'swim school cake' should (hopefully) appease her for the time being ;)

This is Abby's paper chain of how many days she has left of swim school

(yes, that is a picture of the cake she wants!)