Oh, London Olympians, you have NOTHING on us.
Great form.
Dedication.
Oh, and of course, lots of personality!
We’ve added a third munchkin swimmer into our pool, as Josie figured out how to swim on her own this weekend! Inspired both by her sisters and all the races we’ve been watching on TV, she decided to discard her floaties for good and go for it. She got so excited, and wanted to practice over and over — going in the pool twice a day all weekend long. Needless to say, great naps have been had lately!
Since she’s her own little person with her own big ideas, we’ve been trying to gradually coax her into trying new things to make her swimming easier - but she’s a tough nut! First, she was swimming with her eyes screwed tightly shut and her arms stretched out in front of her (swimming by the braille method). After finally convincing her that opening her eyes would be more fun, we then worked on getting her arms moving too. Goggles are a harder sell - but we’re working on it (but she says such a polite “no thank you” each time we ask her to). Next step - learning how to come up for breath!
But maybe by this time next week she’ll be swimming laps. Around all of us, to be sure.