In the fall, Aurora and I took a swimming class together. It was so much fun, and only 2 kids had signed up, so we got a lot of personal attention. Aurora learned how to hold on to the wall, put her face in the water, and jump into the pool while holding my hands.
One day we started doing dunking. I was instructed to have Aurora close her eyes, then dunk her and bring her up quickly. I heard the dad of the other student say to his child, "You did it! You went under water!" What did I gleefully exclaim to Aurora after her first dunk?
"You're ALIVE, see?!"
Explanation--Aurora is really into Disney princesses, a couple of whom have spells cast on them whereby they close their eyes and look like they're dead. Poor Aurora thought that when she closed her eyes in the pool, she'd be dead. Brave girl took a chance and got dunked anyway. The reward? She was alive!
We're taking a break from swimming for the winter. In the spring, she'll be swimming again. But hopefully not with the fishes.
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