Braden took the pre-swim class where he learned some basic techniques. He was put in a special group within his class for kids that were more comfortable in the water which allowed him to spend a lot of time down in the deep end practicing all his moves: holding his breath under water, chicken-airplane-soldier, floating on his back and front, etc. On the last day of formal lessons he even got to jump off the diving board (he was wearing a life jacket for that jump.)
Brady sitting on the bottom of the pool.
Carter wasn't old enough to go in the pre-swim class so we went together in the babies with parents class. It was actually really nice to be able to swim with Carter. Not only did it cool me off (it was soooooooo HOT in there) but gave me a chance to have some one on one time with Carter. Daddy even came to swim with Carter a couple of times too. Carter's class always started the same with the kids/babies learning to get into the pool by rolling over and going in feet first and then singing and moving in the water to "If You're Happy and You Know It," "The Wheels on the Bus," and "Ring Around the Rosie."
After the singing Carter would practice jumping in, floating on his side, back and front, and a few other things.
Carter's favorite part was the jumping in. He started with having to hold my hand to jump to jumping completely on his own. I was so excited to see his progress.
For the last part of the lesson the kids got to play with balls and noodles. Cater, who typically fell asleep right before his lessons and had to be woken up, didn't want to stay in the water for the play part of the lesson. He would always just want to get out and go home.
He threw this little fit after asking him if he would like to get back in the water.
and this is Braden's reaction after letting him know
that it was the last day of lessons.
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