Swimming Lessons!!

This is Addison's first year in swimming lessons and I have to admit I was a little nervous about her actually enjoying it. She loves playing in the water but HATES getting her head wet and getting water in her eyes. I was just praying that she wouldn't be screaming through the entire lesson. My parenting skills are such that I would just leave her there to tough it out (probably encouraging her "teacher" to dunk her as much as possible) and hope that it doesn't scar her for life. Luckily when I arrived on the first day she was eager to get into the pool and swim. I was very relieved when I saw her swim teacher who happened to be a friend from Grangeville that I grew up with. He just graduated from NNU and I used to babysit him and his sister all the time. And it just so happened that his sister was teaching the "other" class. It was good to see them again and it was nice to know Addie's "teachers" right off the bat. Throughout the course of the week Addison did great in her swim lessons. She participated and didn't complain at all. She even jumped off and got dunked without tears or crys of fear. I just sat there thinking that this wasn't my child. It helped that she had her friend Eli in class with her I think. This week she will have her last 4 lessons. I'm glad that she has decided that the swimming thing is not so bad.