swimming

Today was our last day of swimming lessons for awhile. Rena has done really great. This last session has been really difficult for her and a real challenge. It started off on the wrong foot with the new teacher. Rena takes a little while to warm up to new people and this teacher didn't even let me tell her Rena's name before she had grabbed her and basically dropped her in the pool. Aside from the obvious, the main problem was that Rena didn't know that she was changing teachers and the old teacher, Ms. Joanne, was in the lane next to the new teacher. I didn't know we were changing teachers either and therefore didn't have a chance to prepare Rena for the change. Oh well. After a few classes, Rena really liked Ms. Daniella and even more amazingly she learned to swim. She went to swim lessons with a positive attitude every time and she left every lesson crying and telling me she didn't like swim lessons. So I decided we needed a little break to master the skills and increase our confidence. She left today's lesson happy. Go figure