Littles 2 or Littles 3 - that is the ???

Today was Esme's last day of swimming lessons for this session.  It looks like we are going to do Littles 2 again next session.  At the beginning of this session, she started off doing so well that we thought she was a shoe in for Littles 3 next time.  We even registered her for it with the instructor's approval.  But then we had a few iffy weeks.  After we got back from Hawaii, Esme didn't want to do as much in the water without help.  She wanted Miss Christy to hold on to her the whole time, or to jump into Miss Christy's arms rather than into the water beside her.  So we decided that it would be better not to push her and re-registered her for Littles 2.  We thought/think it would be better to make sure that lessons are always an enjoyable experience for her.

Wouldn't you know it, tonight on her last night of class, she kicked butt!  She did so great!  Miss Christy said it was her best week ever and that based just on tonight she would say she could move to Littles 3.  What to do, what to do?

We decided on this.  We're keeping her in Littles 2 for now, with the same rationalization as before.  I would rather have her do really well in Littles 2 than to flounder in Littles 3.  That being said, the first week of class the new teacher will test her and if it looks like she could move on, we will reevaluate then.  So the verdict is still sort of out.

The last thing done in class each week is some sort of fun reward for the kids.  Today it was getting thrown in the air like a cannonball.  Esme loved it!  Thanks Miss Christy for a great session!