In December the construction on a new YMCA-YWCA facility was completed near our home. To say we were excited doesn't quite cover it. All the girls want to take swimming lessons, gymnastics classes and really do anything at the new Y. They've already packed their gym bags in anticipation of going.
This week our prior gym membership was done and we joined the new Y.
We took a tour and the first place they showed us was the swimming area. It contains a lap pool, a swimming area for the kids with a gradual entry area for the young ones and a lazy river. As soon as Zoe saw all the fun, she wanted her swimming suit on NOW. She was ready. Much to her disappointment, we didn't have our swimming suits and we weren't going swimming.
I tried negotiating with a 3 year old and gave her a list of things that had to happen before we could go swimming: take a rest (sleep), go to Grandma's house, Mommy gets home from work and THEN swimming. I repeated that list Monday night no less than 20 times.
Yesterday was the day. Things were getting checked off her list. We got our swimming suit on after Mommy got home and off we went.
She played, splashed, kicked, jumped and got splashed. We did songs and games from her prior swimming classes. She had a blast.
I think she was even dreaming of swimming because when I put her blanket on her last night she started kicking.
She's a fish just like her mom.
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