goodbye parents, hello rainbow ribbon!

as of dottie's 3rd birthday, dottie has moved on to a swim class that doesn't include parents being in the water with their kids! chuck is a little sad i think but looks forward to esther starting up. she is now with 3 other kids and "teacher meagan". she made the transition without any issues at all and got her next ribbon, the rainbow ribbon, right away! next up, the blue ribbon... sadly, now that she received 2 ribbons pretty close together, she assumes she is going to get a ribbon at every class. when i went over to pick her up at the side of the pool this past week, the first thing she said was, "but i didn't get my blue ribbon". i am thinking it might be awhile. to see what one must do to receive a ribbon, click HERE. she received her first 2 ribbons in reverse order because she wasn't able to receive the rainbow ribbon until she was in a class on her own.