At some point in time we’ll be posting pictures from Taylor’s swimming fun at GA Grandparents’ anniversary weekend (Aug 14). It was there, though, that we learned she’s a natural and even got her to swim a few feet from person to person. Last weekend, Brian & I took her to a local YMCA pool where she swam a great deal back and forth between us. Every now and then she’d catch me backing away and say, “Stop it, mama!” 🙂 Well, I had minor “surgery” on my toe so was out of commission this weekend. Brian decided to take Taylor back to the pool without me. From what I heard, it was a good thing I wasn’t there because I would’ve freaked! She climbed the ladder on the side of the pool (by herself!) walked over to the edge, grabbed hold of Brian’s fingers and jumped in. As she jumped, Brian would let go. She’d go under water, pop back up, shake water out of her face then swim the 3-4 feet over to the ladder and do it all over again… for about an hour. We will DEFINITELY be joining a neighborhood pool next year.
The second big thing! I sent her to daycare today in *drum roll* big girl panties!!! I also packed her backpack full of the other 5 pair she has, 4 pair of shorts, 3 shirts, 2-3 pairs of socks, and her sandals. I’ll let y’all know how it goes. She’s been doing very well at telling us when she needs to go and has been mostly obliging when we insist that she “tries.” We shall see! (By the way, the book thing continues to work!)