Higgins World: Swimming!

Yesterday was the beginning of swim lessons for Naylor. He'll be going for 45 minutes Monday - Thursday this week and next week. So off we went yesterday morning for the pool... I was going to leave Naylor with the instructor and the girls and I would play in the kiddie area until he was done. He started out strong and did great, but was getting over it towards the last 10 minutes. I think he was over it because he could hear and see Lalon pitching one of the biggest fits of her life. For almost 45 minutes, I sat in the kiddie area with her as she screamed and cried because she needed to "go to swim class too". So we sat, she cried and Naylor eventually heard her, but we powered through the last few minutes.

I contacted the swim class folks after we got home to see if Lalon could join the class and they said sure! So last night before bed we practiced our "big arms" and talked about going back to the pool. This morning everyone was in a little better spirits to return to the pool, but when we got there it was kind of cold.

They did their lesson though, albeit with blue lips and constantly asking to go home, but they did great. Lalon gave it 110% - she jumped in, kicked, did arms, put her head under water - the girl loved it. She even jumped in one time when it wasn't her turn... good thing the teacher was watching and pulled her up. I was playing with the camera and caught part of it - that's good parenting right there folks!

We had packed a picnic for the pool, but they were all freezing, so we came home just in time for the sun to come out and had our picnic by our pool instead.

Here's to 6 more successful swim classes with blazing sunshine!!

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