Report on the First Week of Swim Lessons

We finished our first week! I say we because I have to be in the water with Anna.
Jonathan has made great progress already. He can jump off the edge to his teacher, and she makes him let go and he has to get to the wall himself with his head underwater and climb out. He is very cooperative and I am very proud of the way he listens to his teacher. She is very cute and I think that helps (I really, really do). I think he wants her to like him. He wants to please her and make her happy with him, and this means that we are getting our money's worth out of the class. Thank goodness they did not give him some ugly old teacher.
Anna, however, is not phased by her cute teacher. Perhaps if her teacher were the young male lifeguard who is insanely ripped (in a way that seems almost wrong for a teenager to be) she would feel more cooperative (I really, really don't think so). She is doing really well even if she complains the entire time and glares at her teacher and sulks. I want to tell the teacher, she really is cute, really! I know she just seems like a little brat to you, but I assure you that she is actually adorable! I push her towards the wall, and she has to kick and reach with her arms and climb out all by herself. It takes all of my will to keep from helping, from giving a gentle nudge to her rear to assist her. But I know it is good for her, and my hope is with both of the kids that should they ever fall in, they will be able to stay calm and get out.