Swimming Lessons

Beth is finishing two weeks of swimming lessons today.   We go through the daily ritual of her saying she doesn't want to go and then once we get there she has a great time and is really progressing.  Yesterday though she told me--I don't like swimming lessons, I just pretend to be happy so the teacher doesn't get upset at me.  Oh really, so that bouncing around on the pool steps and chatting with your new friends is all part of a guise to stay out of trouble.

Champion Swimmer

Beth took swimming lessons for one week this summer. I wondered how much she was learning because there was six students and the lesson was only 1/2 hour. She surprised me when we went to Grandma Taylor's pool by swimming very well. She is not afraid of the water which makes it much easier for me to send her to lessons. She took private lessons when she was 18 months old and 2 and 1/2 years old but because we don't practice during the winter she lost some of her skills. At the private lessons they always called the students "champion swimmers" and I want for Beth to feel that she is a champion swimmer.