...i had remembered my camera!!
two weeks ago princess signed up for swim lessons at our local high school. this program is put on by the youth swim team and i had heard great things about it. she was so excited as she loves to be in the water and is getting rather frustrated with this momma making her wear floaties!
so for two weeks we swam each night. i was so proud to watch her go from nothing to diving into the deep end and swimming to the side (i missed that night but this was what she told me!) i was out of town when they were having a mock meet for the parents. bummer....but when i called hubby to see how it went he let me know that they had moved it to monday! apparently one of the young un's from the earlier session had what we fondly called at camp, a baby ruth incident, leading to the closing of the pool and therefore one less lesson. in an effort to not short the kids (and parents) they added a day at the end.
well, monday, princess woke up super pumped and very "nervous." she marched right up to her lane. now, friends, let me just say that up until this point she had swam maybe half the length of the pool and almost always had someone right by her. while they had people positioned in the lanes to help the kids - she was going to swim the entire length of that high school pool! we could see her looking down the lane, but when the buzzer went off she jumped right in and did the breast stroke the entire length, without stopping, and without ANY help!! she climbed out the other end, stood up, looked back down the lane, and gave out one big sigh and a huge smile! you could tell she was pumped.
they had 2 more races. the next one was the back stroke. she actually won that one, although i think she had some help keeping her bottom up which might have helped her go faster, but it appeared that almost everyone had some help on that one. next up was freestyle. this time she raced against the group above her. let's just say, freestyle may not be her best stroke!
i was so proud of this little girl and you could tell she was too! i kind of can't figure her out. she refuses to talk to people so many places, but boy does she love showing off for a crowd! but like i said at the beginning - i sure wish i had remembered my camera. i guess i'll have to keep the picture alive in my mind. the picture of one tiny princess conquering the world!!
two weeks ago princess signed up for swim lessons at our local high school. this program is put on by the youth swim team and i had heard great things about it. she was so excited as she loves to be in the water and is getting rather frustrated with this momma making her wear floaties!
so for two weeks we swam each night. i was so proud to watch her go from nothing to diving into the deep end and swimming to the side (i missed that night but this was what she told me!) i was out of town when they were having a mock meet for the parents. bummer....but when i called hubby to see how it went he let me know that they had moved it to monday! apparently one of the young un's from the earlier session had what we fondly called at camp, a baby ruth incident, leading to the closing of the pool and therefore one less lesson. in an effort to not short the kids (and parents) they added a day at the end.
well, monday, princess woke up super pumped and very "nervous." she marched right up to her lane. now, friends, let me just say that up until this point she had swam maybe half the length of the pool and almost always had someone right by her. while they had people positioned in the lanes to help the kids - she was going to swim the entire length of that high school pool! we could see her looking down the lane, but when the buzzer went off she jumped right in and did the breast stroke the entire length, without stopping, and without ANY help!! she climbed out the other end, stood up, looked back down the lane, and gave out one big sigh and a huge smile! you could tell she was pumped.
they had 2 more races. the next one was the back stroke. she actually won that one, although i think she had some help keeping her bottom up which might have helped her go faster, but it appeared that almost everyone had some help on that one. next up was freestyle. this time she raced against the group above her. let's just say, freestyle may not be her best stroke!
i was so proud of this little girl and you could tell she was too! i kind of can't figure her out. she refuses to talk to people so many places, but boy does she love showing off for a crowd! but like i said at the beginning - i sure wish i had remembered my camera. i guess i'll have to keep the picture alive in my mind. the picture of one tiny princess conquering the world!!
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