Swiming lessons today...

Actually, come to think of it, I have not mentioned anything about her new swimming lessons. Since our last lessons wrapped up in June, she is significantly different in these set of lessons (water explorers) than she was during the last session. She is a lot squirmier and ready to participate than she was in the last session. And when we are practicing "jumps" off the side, she likes to stomp in the water and try to run away. Now that she is talking as well, she can tell me what she is interested in doing....always "slide", or "boat".

The lessons are pretty much identical to the lower levels (same songs, etc.), but it is kind of nice to see how she has changed. We're grouped in with the older kids from Water Stars, so there are some things that are beyond her abilities, but at this age it really doesn't matter.

Today at the lesson, the one instructor was making a surprised look at Paige with his mouth open. Everytime he came around her she would imitate the surprised look. When it came time to go down the slide for the second time around, I put Paige on the ledge of the pool as the other female instructor was going to lead her to the steps of the slide. Paige turned around and grabbed my neck in a big hug as if she wanted me to go with her. Then as the instructor took her hand she turned around and said "Mama!" and then saw the male instructor and made the surprised look that he had been doing. At that point she was ok. I basically think she is starting to get a little mommy-clingy in certain situations, but when she saw that she had a bit of a connection with the instructor she was ok to leave me.

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I find it funny that Paige often points to a little boy in her swimming class and says "Baby!". She says this about the smallest boy in the class. I love how she doesn't know that she is pretty much a baby herself...

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Speaking of the swimming pool, we have been doing Diaperfit on Tuedays, but not sure for how much longer. Paige sometimes tries to escape from her little fish seat in the water, to the point where I wonder if she might actually get out eventually. I really love Diaperfit, so it might be sad to leave it behind, but in the winter there is a Baby and Mommy Ballet class that is at the same time. We'll see....