We took a couple of sessions of swim lessons this summer at the YMCA. The first session went really great, mostly because both girls had a cousin in their class. Second session was a differest story. Emily's class was fine. She loves to swim and has no problem getting in and taking off. Lauren mostly loves water but like most things if she decides she doesn't like it that day...well, there's just not a lot you can do about it. We got to the first day of the second session and it turned out that Lauren was the only one in her class. I was super excited, she basically had private lessons, which she kindof needed. She had the same cute teacher as the session before, so I figured, no problem. The first two days were great. The third day she decided she wasn't getting in....at all. So frustrating. I think all young moms know the feeling, I am frantically offering her everything short of Disneyland to get her in the water...to no avail. Of course, all this made a little more awkward by the fact that she is the ONLY KID IN HER CLASS. Her sweet teacher talked to her for the whole half hour from the pool, yet she never stepped foot in. The next lesson Jason came. It took him 15 minutes to get her in and then had to sit at the edge (of a waveless pool) for the next 15 minutes. Bless his heart, he was soaked. Each lesson after that, we whittled the time to enter the pool down a little and finally the last lesson she cheerfully jumped in at the beginning and swam the entire time. Definately a lesson in patience for me!!
Emily's a fish...loves the water and is quite a good swimmer!!
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