water weenies

We had our first day of swimming lessons today. I decided to go ahead and start Mamie with Lilly this summer even though she's still pretty little. Lilly has been so excited that she has talked about swimming lessons, Miss Erin (her teacher), and being a guppy (from "Little Bill") for weeks now. She asks me every day, "When it goin be swimming lessons?" So, with all the excitement, combined with their love of the water and swimming pools, I was extremely optimistic that this would be a huge success. Not exactly. Lilly wailed pretty much the entire time about not wanting to go underwater, and screamed in sheer panic when the teacher would put Mamie under the water. I'm sure it will get better--it has to. Lilly had a few moments of calm where she seemed to enjoy herself, but mostly just obsessed over not wanting to go under the water. Mamie did pretty well, especially when Miss Erin put her underwater. I'll post again at the end of this little 2 week experiment and let you know if we're swimming or not! Just arrived--excited to get in the pool and learn to swim!

Mamie was not so fond of being put on her back.

Lilly did pretty well at this part--notice the choke-hold she has on her teacher

Mamie coming up from under the water--big girl!

One hilarious thing that I forgot to mention... The swimming teacher was asking Lilly, "What do you do if you are walking or playing by the pool and you fall in?" (looking for an answer here like, "kick to the side" or "float on your back") Lilly looked at her very seriously and said, "You Die."