Swim Lessons

 The boys spent the first couple of weeks of summer in swim lessons at their school.  They loved it!  H kept asking me when it would be "summer bacation" and I think he was thinking summer vacation would be a specific event (just the lack of school was not quite enough for him...) so we sort of emphasized swim lessons as being the start of summer "bacation."  

They had an awesome teacher, Miss Shada, who teaches first grade in my parish and I taught her daughter piano lessons after school.  She said she's taught swim lessons for about six years, and it is obvious, she is a great teacher, with a lot of fun tricks up her sleeve!

We were not allowed to watch swim lessons until the last day.  I did manage to sneak a couple of pictures here and there, but all of these are from the last day of swim lessons.

 

 Lined up and ready for lessons!  This is four of the eight that were in the boys class. 

H is winking at me in the picture!

 H floating in the water, definitely floating was not the swimmers favorite part.  She not only taught them swimming skills, but also "self help" skills if they became uncomfortable in a pool, some tips for how to safely get themselves out of the pool.

 C making bubbles in the water and doing "superman arms" from the lifeguard Caleb to Miss Shada.  C was definitely the youngest swimmer in the class.  He made the cutoff age for swimming by two days. 

 Some videos of my little swimmers:

(If you are not a grandparent, please don't feel obligated to watch!!)

 H jumping in

 C's turn!

The little swimmers!  They learned all sorts of lessons!  Blowing bubbles, kicking feet, floating, bouncing in the pool, how to climb out of the pool by themselves, treading water (with butterfly arms and bicycle feet) and more!  They received a certificate with a picture of themselves in the pool and a Ring Pop too!  Definitely not swimming totally by themselves yet, but they learned so much!