Two weeks ago today, Everlee started swimming lessons at Prairie Trail aquatic center, and wow was this an interesting and busy experience! Monday through Thursday from 1010 until 1045 we braved chilly and hot temperatures, wind, splashing, happiness, excitement, sadness, stubbornness, and fear. I really got a good insight to even more if our little girls personality. She is extremely independent, very cautious in water, likes things on her terms, and really needs time to adapt to a large group of children. Must be the only Child syndrome, and a result of having in home child care. We had our good classes, that consisted of warm weather, Ring around the Rosie, motorboat, free play, front floats, and going down the froggy slide. We also had our not so great classes that consisted of too much splashing, back floats, fully submerging underwater, 60° temperatures, and structure, that lead to tears and meltdowns. There would be days of mommy I'm excited, and days of mommy don't want to. On the very last day of swimming lessons, I asked Everlee if she was happy or sad that they would be all done. Her repsonse was, momma I'm happy. Glad we got to experience this together, and thankful we both learned a few water skills, and tricks.
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