Millie’s First Day of Swim Class

She’s always been a bit of a water bug since her earliest days in the bath tub. Millie was in heaven last summer as we visited our country club’s pool at least three times a week. However, this year, we decided that the floaties were not accessories we wanted to flaunt. It was time. Time to get lessons for Miss Independent so that she could really “do it herself” and Bobby and I could feel a little safer with her around pools.

When Hilarious Mandy mentioned that Sam was going to be taking lessons this spring, I jumped right on that bus. I tend to do that in most situations with Mandy, since she has a kindergartener and is a bit more experienced at the whole parenting game (read: she knows what the hell she’s doing). We signed Millie right up, and started yesterday.

Now, some of you may remember Millie’s rogue ballerina days. She sometimes would rather teach whatever class she is in instead of being taught, or maybe just pick clovers or chase butterflies or do whatever those little ADD kids do during extracurricular activities. Hoping to nip that behavior in the bud, I promised her that if she listened to her swim teacher and did everything she asks in her first class (we needed to set a good tone!) that she could get the Polly Pocket swimming pool complete with slide and dolphins. The outcome? She rocked it. Homegirl was no where near rogue. My Millie was the little mermaid I always knew she was. So, what’s she doing right now? Playing Polly Pocket. As soon as I finish this post I am going to join her!

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