Bethany is Seven!

When I was pregant with Bethany, I took water aerobics at the South Charleston Recreation Center the entire time. I was swimming three days before Bethany joined us in this world. I joked then that Bethany would become a mermaid when she grew up.


It turns out that my joke was very prophetic. Bethany loves, loves, loves swimming. She has been taking swimming lessons since August at our YMCA. She can do sommersaults in the water and a handstand. She swims like a seal.



She also has a fascination with mermaids. She takes her mermaid Barbie with her to swimming lessons. She takes the Barbie diving with her in the pool during free swim at the end of class. Its pretty cute to watch.



This year she had an Ariel theme birthday party. Gigi and Poppa braved a terrible snow storm to celebrate with us this year. Gigi and Poppa gave Bethany an Ariel bedspread set for her room. She was incredibly excited to sleep with a mermaid princess.




I am interested in seeing if Bethany's love of swimming continues throughout her life. Do I have a future swim team member as a daughter? Will she move to the ocean and join her mermaid sisters? At the very least I hope she will take water aerobics with me someday.