My kids are the reason why swim lessons were invented. They refuse to get their hair wet and they tell their teachers "I don't like the water" or "My mom is making me do this." I thought that they would enjoy the experience as much as I did when I was their age! The first day it took me 45 minutes to convince Sean to go and then when we got there he wouldn't get into the pool until he had assessed the situation and tested the water, finally joining in the last 10 minutes. He has been a successful "guppy" (class name) ever since and it is nice to watch him play well with others and have fun. Emma was very willing to go but when we got to the pool her nerves kicked in and she just clings to the wall and when she is suppose to bob she puts just her lips under the water. I do need to confirm that after four days of swimming lessons we had major breakthroughs- they both put their full heads under the water intentionally and Emma moved away from the wall which is what I caught on my cell phone she will soon be a wonderful "minnow." We still have six more classes and the kids are coming along faster than I thought. By the way, the whole time Ryan is crawling around the picnic benches looking for dropped food if he doesn't find any he tries to eat the tables. It is a wonderful half an hour!
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Emma and Sean, you are awesome. Have fun swimming.
Ryan, way to keep your mom on the run.
Davis starts swim lessons in July - I'm a little nervous - any pointers??
Yay for the minnows and guppies! Swimming lessons sound like such an adventure. Did Sean yell mom on the video? :)
Pretty cool--glad to see they're enjoying it!
Spent half the day yesterday convincing Ryland to go to lessons...he is typcially not that way. It is KILLING me to have rocks as swimmers too- I LIVED in the pools every summer!
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