Monkey declared on Tuesday night that she wanted to be a “sparkly ballerina prinpress”.  I was pretty surprised because she isn’t really a super girlie-girl.  She doesn’t know the Disney princesses by name, and her feather boas get more attention from our cats than the little girl in our house.  But she not only told me, but also demonstrated that she wants to leap around and twirl on one leg just like a sparkly ballerina prinpress.

Daddy and I talked a little about it when Monkey went to bed, and since swim hasn’t been going well, we decided it might be a good time to look into it.  I looked a little online, and found the prices more reasonable than what we were looking at for her next set of swim lessons, so I decided to keep it in mind as an option. (more…)