Wordless Wednesday Friday - Day 30 #30daysofthanks

It can't be Wordless Wednesday because it's Friday.  So what? 

Here is what I am thankful for, in photo format. 

So much love, so much thanks!

Corn-y - Day 29 #30daysofthanks

Corn. The only vegetable Bear will eat at the moment.  I will be thankful for this until I can add more to the list...

Swimming - Day 28 #30daysofthanks

Swimming lessons were bittersweet for me as a child. I excelled to a certain colour level and hit a wall.  I couldn't pass it no matter how hard I tried. I had learned all the basics and could swim long enough to get to safety if I wasn't in life jacket territory. I could tread water for a good length of time. And I had my wits about me around water.  When my daughter started swimming lessons at around a year old she LOVED them.  Just like mama.  Something changed around age 2 to 2 1/2 though and she hated water. Baths were war, hair washing was pure torture for everyone involved. This continued until she was about 4!  Some people said it was a stage, other people couldn't believe the difficulty we were having.
Then came Spring 2012...and Paul Sadler Swimland!  The only way we could think of moving forward from this fear and hatred of water was to bring in the professionals!  At her FIRST lesson she splashed and floated...more than she ever did at home.  I remember sending Handydan a video and asking him if this was really our daughter.  She has since passed 3 levels and asks almost daily if it's swimming lesson day.  We love the approach at PSS, love the staff, love the ratio of students to instructors, but mostly LOVE that Bear wants to be a swimming teacher when she grows up!  What a difference, at home and in the pool.  Thank you PSS for teaching my daughter to love the water again, for teaching her water skills and water smarts!

 This is NOT a sponsored post!  These are my unsolicited thoughts and feelings.  :)