Swimming Lessons

The kids had their first round of swimming lessons in the end of July. Since they've always had a little fear of the water we were behind a bit. They went into level 1 and passed with flying colors. Turns out the fear of water was more a fear of lakes. By the end of class Eli was going completely under, Katelynn was happy to just put her face in. Good enough for me, we were very proud of both of them!!

Meeting Steven, oh how they loved this guy!!

Eli and Steven doing front floats.

Katelynn and Steven doing back floats.

And two happy and tired kids!!

Since the first round of swimming went so well we put them in level 2 in the middle of August. Bad Mom forgot to bring the camera!! They did wonderful again. They were the only 2 kids in the class so they got great one on one time with the teacher. Both kids mastered going under water, swimming with noodles, "twin swimming" (the teacher had her hand under both their bellies for a little support and they'd swim around the pool), they also were wonderful at a lightly supported dog paddle. We will be repeating level 2 next Summer but they're making great progress.