Clare gets new freedoms at the Pool!!!

Clare has been asking for a couple of days if she could pass the swim test at the YMCA.

She has to swim 25 yards and then tread water for 1 minute.

I knew she could do the length of the pool no problem, but the treading was a gamble.

But I let her try it.

And she passed it.

And she could barely wait for the wrist band before heading straight for the diving board.

And then she jumped once, about launching herself off it cause she wasn't used to the bounce it had.

Then headed straight to the high dive. To which I quickly intervened and asked her if she could get used to the low dive first.

She said that would be fine!

And then she jumped and jumped and jumped all evening long.

When I was putting her to bed, she told me that she was very proud of herself. The life guard told her she was one of the youngest to pass the test.