The End of Swim Lessons

We have finally reached the end of Hailey's swim lessons. At the beginning of the summer (June 1st for us) I told Hailey that she had to be in swim lessons until she could swim across the pool by herself without any help. Hailey is a stubborn child and when she doesn't want to do something you can't bribe or threaten her to do it. So I tried to be patient every time she started crying in the car on our way to swim lessons or when she would cry when we got to her teacher's house. I knew she could physically do it but mentally she just wasn't going to do it. Luckily she had a super patient teacher who knew how to handle her much better than I do. After a month and a half of swim lessons she finally decided to let her worries of drowning go and just swam. She is now a total fish in the water and is loving every minute. So today was her last day and her teacher let Hailey do whatever she wanted to do.

She really enjoyed going down the water slides just like she does on a roller coaster, hands up in the air.

She also loved jumping off the diving board.

She wanted me to take a picture of her doing everything including a back float.

Here is her wonderful teacher Brenda. I don't think any other person could have done a better job especially with Hailey's personality.

Brenda invited Peyton to join in the fun and Peyton was so excited.

Alexis and I stayed inside the house and worked on a skill that I would really like her to perfect.... WALKING!

Too bad Brenda can't help me with this one. What a wonderful day! We are so proud of you Hailey. We love you.