Water, Water Everywhere

This weeks swim class went better for the most part. Only 5 people showed up so people are getting frustated with it which I can't blame them, especially with the really rude and not very patron friendly staff (Our instructor is OK but thats about it). Alex was still a little clingy and not totally loving it, but she did splash around a bit. This class we were suppose to work on coordinated arm and leg movements, only the one older boy got anywhere close to doing it, Alex wasn't up for even trying. The other thing we worked on was hanging on to a ledge along the side of the pool, Alex loved it for some reason, was perfectly content to just hang there. The instructor said you could take it one step further and just kinda throw them towards the ledge and see if they grabbed on before they went under the water, but we weren't going to try that (and its a wonder some of the kids are traumatized). We also practiced pushing off from the side again which she's a pro at and also jumping in from a few feet above the water. Only 2 more classes to go.
So to be sure that she still enjoys the water, we got her a Animal Playground Pool. Oh what fun! It has so many things to play with-an elephant slide, a tiger ball toss, giraffe ring toss, rattly snake, sprinkling palm tree. She had a blast! The community pool is just across the street, but this is even more convenient and with a little water from the hot tub no more chilly water. We're going to get so much use out of it this summer. And Dad likes it too-he didnt have to replace the deck this weekend cause we set the pool up under it on the patio. Oops. Theres always next weekend. We'll get the supplies and I can work on prestaining everything throughout the week. I'm sure Alex will want to help with that-Yikes.