Swimming Lessons

E took swimming lessons this year.  While she didn't preform any great feats poolside, she did learn that she can, in fact, get her face wet and life will not end.  This may not seem like a major feat but it was well worth the $40 spent and 4 weeks of lunches interrupted to figure that out.  Showering is so much easier now...

By the end, she was swimming (aka 'doggie paddling) by herself a little bit.  They still recommended her to complete Novice 1 again next year but she really did get much more comfortable in the water.  I was much more confident taking her swimming at Rock Lake with her new-found confidence.

The funniest thing (in retrospect) of swimming lessons was when the head lady threw her in the water because she wouldn't jump in the pool at the end of class.  E carried on and on and on so badly that the head lady she'd never do that to her again.  She claimed she'd never heard a kid carry on so much.  I kind of think that it served her right because I didn't really agree with throwing her in.  I'm glad I wasn't there...Jut was and he rolled with it much better than I would have.  But thankfully, there were no lasting effects on E's behalf.  Her good friend was in class with her, so she didn't blink an eye about going back the next day.

The most fun thing for me was that I got to take the boys swimming with me while she did her lessons.  It took me three weeks to figure out how best to do it, but the fourth week I finally got brave enough to take both boys.  It was fun.  C was really good about laying back in his life jacket while I caught X.  X could swim around with his floaty while I caught C when he jumped off the edge.  So, it was a good time.  X got so much braver by the end.  He wouldn't even go in the water the first time Jut and I took him swimming.  By the end of the four weeks, he was jumping right in the water.  C just loved the water from the get-go.  He's a fish.

But, it was fun.  I'm excited for lessons next year!