Splish Splashing all over again

Just about 8 months ago, Claire had her first swim lesson.  Remember our tiny little chunker?? :)

7 months

Not sure how much she actually learned then but she's been REALLY loving the bathtub lately and getting pretty daring...putting her face under and dumping water over her head...so we figured it might be good to get her back in the pool.  I'm not sure if she remembered it at all but as soon as she saw it she just kept saying "Whoooaaaa" over and over again.

Daddy got to swim with the little lady this week.  Claire didn't want to let go of him at first once they got in the water.

But give Daddy two seconds and he'll have Claire laughing like crazy.  And sure enough he did.

Daddy showed Claire how to blow bubbles.

Which she tried to do herself....

And got a real kick out of.

As did Daddy :)

She laid on her back and practiced kicking.

Which she also thought was hysterical.

She practiced climbing out of the pool like the bigger kids in class.

And "jumped" back (more like so-nicely-eased-back) into the pool.

Then she spotted the toys.  

And got real good at climbing out ;-)

 It was a little harder to get her back INTO the pool then though.

Claire was such a big girl and went under the water at least 4-5 times.  Each time she would come up looking a little shocked but she never cried.

Was quite proud of herself actually....

As are Mommy and Daddy.  

Let's hope Claire continues having so much fun in swim class....otherwise, it could be a long 6 weeks.