Josie's First Swim Lesson

Josie had her first swimming lesson on Monday. As she does with most new things, she was a bit timid at first and really just wanted to check things out from afar. We go swimming with her quite a bit but this was the first time she was in the water without one of us. There were 10 kids ranging in age from 3 1/2 -5 and only two instructors. At first Josie was put at the end with all the "big" kids. I'm not sure if it was more traumatic for her or me :) Here she is looking a bit anxious.
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After it was clear that she was put on the wrong end of the line-up she was moved down to the end with kids closer to her own age. She was one of the shortest ones which typically means she is also one of the youngest.

After getting used to the situation she really did shine. She did her big kicks and big arms and blew bubbles and had a lot of fun.

After every turn out with the instructor she would look over at me and give me a thumbs up. Thankfully, they are getting one more instructor for the rest of the lessons. 1 on 3 seems much more reasonable than 1 on 5 beginner swimmers.