Makenna Claire finished up her second set of swimming lessons today and she has become quite the little fish! With our first class, she loved being in the pool but was very hesitant to put her face in the water and cried with great fright when she was dunked. When she knew she had to go under water, she would cry, "no, mommy no under wager (water)!! " and look at me with such great anticipation with those baby blue eyes of hers. I have to tell you, it broke my heart. However, the teacher recognized what a strong willed child MC is (who, MC.....Yep, she had her number!!) and told me to just stick with it and she will get better. And boy has she!
Now she is jumping into the water, splashing Mommy with great gusto.
She is paddling and kicking short distances to the wall..
She is putting her face under water to blow bubbles..
And showing her bravery by putting her head back in the water by herself.
Even successfully torpedoing under water (!!!!!) to the side of the pool. All done with smiles, a sense of accomplishment and proudness. MC, all you need in life is your confidence and you will go soo far!
Thanks Nana for the great pictures! MC was lucky to have Gaga, Auntie Kellie and Nana at her last swim class today to see her perform all her skills. She was so excited to show off at the end of class and demonstrate all her new talents. We are all proud of you Makenna Claire! Way to go!!! xoxo
Scott coming in from the water...
And quickly transitioning to the bike...
Here we are waiting for Scott to circle around in his bike with MC holding her sign she helped create.
And now Scott is coming in from the bike, to transition to his running shoes....
And with ease, and very very hot, coming to the finish line after running the very hilly terrain.
Here's his official results.. Congratulations Honey!! YOU are one amazing person and thank you for being a great example on being healthy and continually challenging yourself! You ROCK!!!!!
And that made for one happy little girl!
Makenna Claire finished up her second set of swimming lessons today and she has become quite the little fish! With our first class, she loved being in the pool but was very hesitant to put her face in the water and cried with great fright when she was dunked. When she knew she had to go under water, she would cry, "no, mommy no under wager (water)!! " and look at me with such great anticipation with those baby blue eyes of hers. I have to tell you, it broke my heart. However, the teacher recognized what a strong willed child MC is (who, MC.....Yep, she had her number!!) and told me to just stick with it and she will get better. And boy has she!
Now she is jumping into the water, splashing Mommy with great gusto.
She is paddling and kicking short distances to the wall..
She is putting her face under water to blow bubbles..
And showing her bravery by putting her head back in the water by herself.
Even successfully torpedoing under water (!!!!!) to the side of the pool. All done with smiles, a sense of accomplishment and proudness. MC, all you need in life is your confidence and you will go soo far!