Lilly Swim Lessons at Jan Graves

Lilly and Gordon have been going to swim lessons the last 2 weeks at Jan Graves. Jan is a long time Bigler Family friend that has taught swimming lessons for MANY years. Jan heats her pool to almost 90 degrees and has a diving board so the kids think it is the coolest thing to get to swim at Jan's.

Lilly started 2 weeks ago with not wanting to put her head in the water. We had not pushed the issue because with Gabby - she just always wanted to do it.  Lilly is a different cat. After the 1st day - she was great. She thinks she is a big kid now and loves to swim and keeps her goggles on! She is still swallowing a fair amount of water but that just takes time. She loves to jump in and is even going down the slide in our pool into the deep end! She really is a brave and adventurous kid. I must remind myself that she is only 2 1/2. I find myself treating her like she is 4 and that is not always fair to her. Lilly has a spark to her that we need to foster and guide. She needs her own identity and we are working hard to make sure she gets enough "alone" time with either mom or dad so that she doesn't feel that she is always competing for attention - it's just hard - I guess that's called parenting.