'In the Water'

Katie finished her first set of swimming lessons a few days a go. In the beginning there was a lot of crying. But she mostly followed the instructions. By the end of the lessons, there was no more crying and she was starting to enjoy the lessons.
The teacher told us that she was ready to be advanced to the next class, but she didn't have the age requirement ( 3yrs).

The Tunnells came over to visit and she loved watching their kids in our pool. They were swimming and diving under water. She started trying to mimic them, by putting her face in the water. So now she is putting her face in the water and doesn't mind a quick dunk. She also jumps off the edge to us. All fun.

Since the lessons we have been going to our health club, which has a sloped entry, couple of times of week. She loves playing with the dive sticks. We throw them around and she does the alligator crawl to them, gets them and throws them again. Last time we were there, we could tell she was getting tired and it was getting close to her nap time, she really didn't want to stop but it was time to go. We were walking back to locker room and she was falling a sleep walking back.

So we are very glad that Katie loves to swim. But it also very scary, since she is getting so bold around the pool. We have a fence around our pool at home, and we are very glad we have it.

She has added two new phrases to her vocabulary, 'In the water' and 'Under the water'. She says them a lot now :)



Kevin