Fishy Learns to Swim

Step aside Michael Phelps. The Halster knows how to "swim"......

We were blessed with the opportunity to take a couple of evening lessons with the Meinders girls this past week. Little did we know that our friends the Mungers would be joining us for these evenings at the pool. Abigail and Hallie couldn't have looked any cuter when we plopped them in the water.

Hanging out in the water on the steps was what Hallie considered swimming lessons. So when asked to move away from them it took some convincing. By the end of the first session she had learned to kick, hold her breath and stick her face under and float on her back with quite a bit of help....

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Grace and Allison were so gentle and sweet with her which I believe is why she was much more willing to do what they asked of her than I had imagined she would be. The promise of sliding down the big slide at the end didn't hurt either. ;) One last leap off the side and she'd earned herself a trip down the slide.....

I was downright shocked that she was awake, alert and polite for these lessons considering she had dove head first into dance camp last week as well (which left her both sassy and exhausted). I was proud of her willingness to trust the girls (for the most part) and happy to have lessened her fear of putting her head under water. Like I said, step aside Michael....this girl's got some power in those thighs!!!