Sara = Swimmer!

Sara ended the summer last year only using a noodle, and swimming independenty just a little bit.  We started this summer on a shaky note honestly-the first few sessions of swim lessons were full of tears and control issues.  But thereafter, Sara started surprising me.  She became adept more quickly than I expected, and within a few weeks, she was jumping in on her own, swimming longer than I anticipated, and acquiescing to being thrown in the deep end.  I still tell her to have a noodle if I am not nearby, but honestly, I don't even think she needs it anymore.  

The clincher came at the dump bucket tonight.  Sara asked to go on the diving boards, and I agreed.  She ended up going about 13 times, if I counted correctly.  I was so, so, so proud of her, and am officially convinced that she is a swimmer!