Just last night we discovered Tyler can actually swim without floaties! I had no idea! I look over and his teacher excitedly pointed to this blur going across the pool and it was my son! I was pretty excited. He still has much to learn, but He catches on so quickly!
Nathan went from screaming and not wanting anything to do with the water, to jumping in willingly and not panicing when we flip him to his back. He also does this cute thing where they have this floating runway that the toddlers walk fast and then jump off into the water towards the wall, then they reach/swim to the wall and climb out. 6 lessons ago Nathan would not even stand on the "runway" and now he does it all and is so happy and proud of himself when he does it! It is soooo cute! Right now they are taking lessons once a week, but starting in June it will be twice a week and if monetary means allows it, we will continue with lessons year round (it's an indoor swim school). I think it is so important for them to learn to swim and I'm so excited to see their progress each week!
The following pictures were taken over the weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's house. I'm still perinoid and put floaties on and everything :) Tyler surprised us all by accepting his uncle Tom's challange to jump in the pool from the high up ledge. After he did it a couple times he and his cousins all did it together so I could get some cool pictures :) They had a blast!
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Tyler showing off his floaties :) and Nathan not liking how cold the water is :)
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Tyler swimming after accepting Uncle Tom's challenge to jump in from the ledge all on his own.
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Yes, that is Nathan under the water actually swimming! (and without floaties!) He was more than cooperative once he got in the warm water of the hot tub instead of the 72 degree pool :)
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4 comments:
I LOVE those pictures of the kids jumping off the ledge, that is so cool! That is great that you have them in swim lessons!
Your kids are so cute!! I wish we had a pool. In a few years! When I don't have to fish another kid out of a pool and do CPR again!! lol
Their Uncle Tom must be a cool cat to convince Tyler to jump off that scary ledge. I also noticed the safety precautions he obviously took by placing the soft raft over the love seat in case Tyler didnt jump far enough...Great Thinking!
Yes, that Uncle Tom...amazingly smart! Thinks of everything :)
Thanks Ruth! Your kids are so cute too! It's partly because of your experience (and my nephew's) why we don't own a pool of our own and why I am a nervous wreck when we are at Grandma's house around a pool. Scary stuff!
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