Swimming lessons

I can't believe how long it's been again since I wrote in here. Ugh. Where does the time go?

Swim lessons finished on the 28th of June.

Let me first tell you about our lovely son at swim lessons. . . . . . The first day he loved it and did just fine. His teacher was Hannah who is also our babysitter. He cried the second day for the entire 1/2 hr. I didn't pay much attention because I knew he was fine and I was having fun talking with the other moms. :0) I told Lincoln that he couldn't go in the baby pool or have a treat because he cried during lessons. Mercedes and I went to the baby pool (because Sierra's lessons are 15 minutes longer) and I told Lincoln he had to sit on the bench and wait for us. He didn't care at all. Sierra came over and we decided it was time to go and Lincoln said he didn't want to go as he was watching the kids in the pool. Yeah, seriously, it didn't bother him a bit. Same thing happened on Friday and I made him skip a treat, too! I finally asked him why he cries and looked at me as though I was totally stupid and said, "Mom, I wanted YOU!" I had to look away because I was cracking up. What a kid! I kept thinking and thinking about what does he love so much that he wouldn't want to give up? Apparently the no treat and sitting on the edge didn't work. I thought over the weekend and I figured it out! I told him that if he cried tomorrow (the next Monday), that I would take away his blanket. When I told him that, he looked absolutely APPALLED! LOL. Seriously, he gave me a look like "how dare you tell me that you'll take my 'vwinky' away!" Ah ha! He told Kris all day he wouldn't cry and for Heaven's sakes, the little turd didn't cry at all! He was with Hannah having a good ol' time and kept hollaring to me, "Mommy, I get my vwinky tonight, right? Me not crying, mommy!" He was waving and laughing with Hannah. Wow. I really have to keep on my toes with him. I just have to remember to be smarter than a 3 yr old. lol. For the next 2 wks of lessons, he never cried one more tear! He got his vwinky every night after that. What a little munchkin!!! At the beginning of lessons, he needed armies and the inner tube and couldn't be left alone to float. By the end of lessons, he was down to just the armies and was jumping in and floating all by himself! He even jumped off of the low board!!!! I had told Eileen (manager) that I just wanted him to get used to the water and he certainly did that. I was so impressed with him!

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Mercedes hadn't passed lessons last year and when I scheduled lessons this year, I asked Eileen to have a bit more "pushy" teacher as I felt she would do better with one who actually worked with her instead of talked with her friends the entire time. :0) She had a teacher by the name of Soonja (rhymes with moon-ja) and she was FABULOUS!!! She and Mercedes did wonderful together and Mercedes thought she was great! I even talked with Eileen later about what a great teacher Soonja was. Mercedes jumped off of the low board, too, with no assistance!!! By the end of lessons, she was bumped up 2 CLASSES!!!! I was sooooooo proud of her!! Kaylee Divine was also in lessons at the same time, so that was great that the 2 of them were together. Mercedes did so well and by the end of lessons, she was able to swim a bit without her armies!! Wooo hooooo!!

Sierra had the teacher that Mercedes had last year, but she does much better with the older kids. She can just tell them what to do and they do it. Sierra really liked her (I can't remember what he name was!). Wait! It was Abby. Sierra swims like a little fish and jumps off of both boards just fine. She passed (like usual) and I forget what class she's in now. She asked Eileen if she could work at the pool when she gets older. lol. Eileen told her to give her a call in a few yrs. lol. Sierra would be an AWESOME teacher. She's so good with the kids.

MY KIDS ARE SO AWESOME!!! THANK YOU, GOD, FOR BLESSING ME AND JON!!

Peace.