Every summer Ellie takes swim lessons.
Every Fall, Winter and Spring she forgets what she learns and we start over.
This summer she started over with a little extra fear of the water. Thankfully that was nothing a little peer pressure from her friends couldn't cure. After swimming at the clubhouse pool with a few of her besties she had her entire head under water and declared herself a swimmer.
But Ellie's version of swimming was to kind of tread water until her head bobbed under, pop up and yell, "Did you see me?! Was I swimming?!"
Um, not quite. You would have thought we were pulling off her toenails when we asked if she wanted to float on her back, and kick? Yeah right. It was time to sign up for lessons again.
You'll never guess what happened at the first lesson. Well, if you have a preschooler you can probably guess, but at the first lesson Ellie jumped right in and went for it. After one lesson she can push off from the side and swim under water. Ellie was even floating on her back like a pro.
New plan - whenever I need Ellie to cooperate, I will find a super tan college age girl with a trendy name certified in CPR and pay her $15 per hour. No?
Snort! It's amazing why kids will do for people who *aren't* their parents, isn't it?
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