Last night was assessment time at swimming. LGR breezed through his - and is starting to consistently swim 10m freestyle without stopping. He is now being moved from the Beginner Learn to Swim group to the Intermediate Learn to Swim group. I'm sure that means a lot to my dear readers out there :-)
Poor Hayzey had a bit of a setback in her assessment - a teacher she wasn't used to. The poor little duffer is initially very shy with anyone she doesn't know and it was no different last night. She was very reluctant to do anything and when one of the tasks went a little awry she just shut up shop. It wasn't all bad though - she loved playing games at the end of the lesson.
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We bought a new car the other day. Well, not brand new but new for us. It replaces the tried and true Corolla. LGR helped us choose the new car and was very excited about getting it - until he realised we would be ridding ourselves of the Corolla. This was when the tears began with the cries of "I love that car" and "It's my favourite car". Those of you who have seen LGR watch a tree get cut down will be familiar with the level of angst he feels.
I assured him it would be ok and ended up having to take both LGR and Hayzey for a last drive in the Corolla. They got out with no great issues and the following day both got their first taste of the new car. LGR described it as "Lovely" and Hayzey, after watching me open the boot, decided it was a Transformer. LGR has latched onto this and now everytime we open a door the car is transforming.
LGR hasn't mentioned the old car once since we got the new one :-)