Photo 150 - Swimming Lessons and a Mixed Up Egg Hunt

About a month and a half ago, I realized that Short Person was going to turn six and disqualify herself from the swimming class (I believed) she really needed before moving on to regular swim lessons. The class is designed to get children accustomed to being in the water and following the instructions of a coach/teacher. It is also necessary, in order to move on, for Short Person to be comfortable getting her face wet and going under water. It is limited to four, so assuring her a spot was somewhat fought with peril, but that's a different story and not a very interesting one since they were nice and let me take the last spot (WHEW!)

Since one of her friends, who is a couple years younger, was going to be taking the class, I seized the opportunity to get Shortie in there with her for a little strength-in-numbers. The last opportunity we would have since the class is only for three- to five-year-olds. And, since we have a boat, knowing how to swim is mandatory in our house. It was pretty much now or a big fight later when she joined the big kids-- minus the coddling.

They practice putting their face under water, arm strokes, walking the pool, and learning to float. This is Short Person floating with some help from her instructor.



Today, it also happened to be the day before Easter. More commonly known as Easter Egg Hunt day. Typically, we go to the park a few blocks from our house, but since we had swim lessons, there was no way we were going to be able to zoom back and make it in time. At least not without serious risk of a speeding ticket-- or worse.

I had heard about an Easter Egg Hunt that was going to take place at Sleighbells. I thought they'd probably hide the eggs amongst the Christmas Trees, but the weather today was too unpredictable. So, they hid them in the store. There's nothing weirder that hunting Easter Eggs in a Halloween room while listening to Christmas music!


After finding her allotment of eggs, Short Person took them into the big room they had set up for pictures with the Easter Bunny, prize entries, and face painting! She makes a cute little bunny doesn't she?