Last night at swimming lessons Annika went off the diving board - twice! We did the usual things like practice floating on her back, tummy, kicking, arm scoops and blowing bubbles. Then we went to the deep end, the instructor floating underneath the diving board on a water noodle and then each parent either dropped or lowered their child into the water off the diving board. I wasn't sure what Annika would think of this. We were third in line so she got to see two other kids before her. I set her on the diving board and held her hands while she walked in front of me. She walked right to the edge like it was no big deal. Then I lowered her into the water. I walked back down and retrieved her from the side of the pool. She didn't seem phased one bit. It was as if she'd done this lots of times before and was bored with it already. We got back in line to do it again. Same as the first, she walked all the way down to the end of the board and I lowered her again into the pool. She had a big grin on her face this time when I went to retrieve her.

Kris came home early from work last night. He's sick, poor guy. I hope he's feeling better today!