Swimmers!

Ok, they're not swimming yet but they did survive their first swim lesson today. We've been talking it up, saying we have to learn to swim if we want to keep going on the boat, to go swimming at Aunt Cheryl's AND if we want to be like mermaids, we have to do it! Daddy ordered cool new goggles that we've practiced in the bathtub with, Dora beach towels and we were ready. Met our swim teacher, Katie out on the pool deck and I could tell Sissy wasn't going to go easily.
She asked, "Will you stay with me Mommy?" I said No, but Ms. Katie is going to stay with you and help you the whole time. Then she said, "But I'm so afraid Mommy"
I wanted to pick her up and tell her she didn't have to learn to swim but I knew she just had to do it. The tears started and I just handed her over to Katie and left. By the time I got upstairs to the observation window, they were in the water with Katie. Not like swimming or anything yet, but in the water, no tears!
To celebrate, we got Happy Meals & Daddy had balls & bracelets to celebrate their swim!