Her instructor Miss Jeanette was very good with little kids and really loved working with Anna and at her last lesson told Anna how much fun she had with her. She was always impressed with how much she improved day by day.
Our first day at the pool, Anna was pretty reserved with walking into the water, dipping her head under the water, swimming on her belly and floating on her back. With Miss Jeanette's help she made HUGE strides!!!! By the end of the session she was voluntarily dunking her face under water to retrieve underwater toys (even opening her eyes under water), is almost 100% comfortable in the back float (tonight in the bath time for the first time she laid on her back to get her hair wet), is walking with such ease in the zero entry pool all the way to tippy toes and is even blowing bubbles if she happens to walk under water (she is adorable when she wipes the water out of her face and squeezes her nose to get the water out of it), is jumping into our arms really well from the side of the pool, and most importantly she is loving the time she gets in the pool. The little monkey even went down the huge slide with the instructor during the last swim lesson- I remember this slide from growing up- it's pretty scary to a 10 year old! I watched from the bottom as a serious faced and wide-eyed Anna slides down on Miss Jeanette's lap and falls off the bottom of the slide under the water. They both come up from under the water, Anna wipes her eyes and nose, looks at Miss Jeanette and says "more." WHAT.A.CHAMP!
I found a picture of the slide... it's the far slide on the left side. Let me say that the picture does it no justice. I wish I had brought along my camera- can't believe I forgot it!
Anna earned herself a certificate of completion and was so excited when Miss Jeanette gave her it. Anna said "dank" and then hugged Miss Jeanette. Another photo op that I completely missed.....
We hope she continues to feel this comfortable in the pool but not too comfortable to where she would try to get in without us. She does have no fear when it comes to the water so we feel that the continuation of swimming classes is a must (or a membership to a pool in the off season) so that she can learn the rules of the pool and eventually learn to swim.
We can't wait to watch our little fishy continue on her swimming journey! So far it has been so much fun!
Much Love,
Jenny
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