Our Little Mermaid

In the weeks since Natalie and Misty have left we have been getting back into our usual routines of work and school. Daisy is now in term 2 of her second year at school. Daisy attends Discovery School which is so close to our house you can see it from our deck! She is in Mrs. Lough's class and she is doing extremely well. At the end of last term we had a parent teacher meeting and her teacher had absolutely no concerns whatsoever. Daisy also attends an after school club twice a week as I work in town and am not able to make it back in time for school finish. She loves going to "Kelly Club". I think that she loves having the responsibility of making her way to the school hall on her own and then just hanging out with the minders there and of course all of the other children.

Daisy's school is a primary and intermediate school which means there are children aged 5 to 12 years old. Daisy sometimes gets to spend time with the older children at Kelly Club so she is getting to make a huge group of friends right through the school.

The school has a website and her class have their own blog. Click on the link to see it here. http://www.discovery-blclass.blogspot.com/. There is a post for when Misty spent a few days at the school too!

Also at Daisy's school is her swimming club. She attends lessons at the Ally Toddy Swimming. http://allytoddswimming.co.nz/ The pool at the school was refurbished last year and Daisy attends lessons with Ally on a Saturday morning.

She have never been afraid of the water at all, quite the opposite in fact. Since starting with Ally her confidence has grown very much and since the start of this year her technique has improved massively. She is now more than capable of swimming a length of the pool in front crawl and backstroke and this last week she is now learning butterfly stroke.

Daisy has great strength and stamina in her little body and this is beginning to show in her swimming. We are so glad that she has these skills, I can safely say they come from her Dad! I took swimming lessons about a year ago and my confidence has improved lots too. I even had my first proper swim in the ocean earlier this year :0)

We hope that Daisy will continue to grow and excel in this essential life skill. Maybe one day we will be cheering her on from the pool side in her first competition!