Swim Team

We decided to put Kaitlyn on the swim team this year. Actually, we didn't decide. Last year when K was taking swim lessons we asked her if she wanted to be on the swim team and she said when she was four. Then she turned four and I asked her if she wanted to be on the swim team and she said when I'm... then she realized she was four. She is doing okay. She loves it, don't get me wrong... she started in lane one and then they moved her to lane two. Its been interesting. She liked the coach in lane one. I think because he looked a little like a younger Zac Effron. (She's my daughter what can I say.) But she has ended up being the best in lane one and the worst in lane two. I find it really hard to decide the balance between pushing your child to do what you know they can do and pushing them to do something that they really don't want to do. No... thats not really what the problem was... I knew that she could swim but she doesn't have the confidence to make it across by herself. When the girl coach leaves her she flips out and has been left stranded in the middle of the pool with no one to help her but I don't think she should have someone to hold on to all the time either. Anyway, last weekend I was finally able to get in the pool with her and work on her confidence a little. She totally has the ability to swim across the pool by herself- and she doesn't look like she might drown either- but she still needs to work on her confidence. I think Coach Chad is going to give her a little bit of time on Monday and hopefully he will get her to believe in herself. He may not be great at running an organization but I think he is great at teaching kids to swim. The first meet is this Thursday so hopefully she can make it across the pool! I'm going to be a nervous wreck for her though!

Tell me that's not the cutest body-ody ever!