Swimming & Walking

We are (im)patiently waiting for Katy to start walking. On Sunday, she pushed herself up from the floor and took a stumbling step before falling. Is one step walking? Probably not; I would say you need at least 2 steps to claim a walk.

Move on to today, when we all went swimming. It was the final lesson of the term, which means they all get to go down the waterslide at the end (which, somewhat predictably, Ella loved while Katy freaked). Before the slide, we did our normal lesson which includes splashing, kicking, falling in off the edge and crawling the length of a wobbly mat, which floats on the water to slide in at the other end. Except Toree (the teacher) tried to stand Katy up on the mat, as though she expected her to walk! "Oh", I said, "she can't walk yet". But, undeterred, Katy stood and then took 2 steps before she crashed onto the mat and crawled the rest of the way.

So, my point in writing this story is that if 2 steps qualifies as walking, then our clever daughter can walk on water before she can walk on land ...