Swim Lesson Time!

It's that time of year again, time for the joys and sorrow's of swim lessons. It seems to be a love hate relationship with my kids. They love swimming, but they have this phobia of getting their face, and ears, and nose wet. Kate has really made HUGE progress this year. I think a lot of it is that she's a little be older, and more confident in the water. She's able to go under to fetch pool rings, and swim with her face down into the water for a few strokes. We are working on her beathing as she swims her strokes. She's learning so much this year, but I think the reason behind it is due to having an AMAZING teacher. Haley is Dan's brother's fiance. I think she's the best instructor I've ever seen, and we've been doing swim lessons for a few years. Kirk is making progress too, but on his own terms. He usually ends up playing half of the time, but I don't mind because it's still a big improvement from sitting on the steps of the pool. I really want our kids to be strong swimmers. Thanks Haley for making swim lesson's fun, and a positive experience for the kids!

Even Benjamin enjoyed the swim. It was nice to have Haley working with one of the older kids so that I wasn't out numbered in the pool three to one. Since I only have two arms it makes me nervous to be with all three kids in the pool by myself. Benjamin loved the water. His new word that he says all of the time is uh oh, as he's dropping something into the pool.