Hanna is Swimming

Hanna just finished up swimming lessons last Thursday and is doing such a good job! There is a lady in our area that teaches swim and preschool and after the 8 days of lessons the kids are pretty much swimming. They still need to be watched closely and need a lot of practice! I had Max take it when he was 3 and since then he's been swimming! We took the class this time with 6 other cousins and then on Friday we had a little swim party to celebrate! Well, at the party there was about 20 kids there and not too many adults wanted to be outside in the heat watching their kids swim. At one point I was the only one out watching all these kids who are still not perfect swimmers and even little ones were outside walking around the pool, I was quite stressed and was watching like a hawk. There were a few older kids who were there and so I guess some of the other moms felt safe about that. Anyway, later that day when all the adults were outside (I was still watching like a hawk) I looked in the pool and Ruby (4) was under the water and trying to get up. Two big kids were standing right next to her and about 4 other little swimmers and I yelled to my niece Raquel (15) to get Ruby and she grabbed her. Ruby was fine just very scared and coughed up some water. I believe this is when a lot of bad things happen in the pool, it's when there are adults around and everyone feels that someone else is watching. Lets make sure we are safe this summer and no one close to us drowns!