Swimming Lessons

We signed the kids up for swimming lessons at the natatorium for the first two weeks in June. Lila's class was Monday through Thursday morning, and Wyatt's was Tuesday/Thursday evenings.

Wyatt LOVED being in the water. In fact, he often says "get down?" when you are holding him in the water (uh, sorry buddy, but you aren't THAT good of a swimmer yet!).

The instructor had some watering cans to pour water on the kid's heads to get them used to getting water in their face. Of course, Wyatt had his face wet one minute after getting in! He just thought it was a great toy!

Swim... drink... it's all the same to him! (He's the same way in the bathtub; we are constantly saying "don't drink the water!")

Lila's class was for 3-5 year olds (no parents). She is a little more timid than Wyatt when it comes to getting her face wet. During her class, they primarily stayed in the shallow end where they could stand. They worked on kicking, "scooping" with their arms, blowing bubbles and floating on their backs. But the 2nd or 3rd day, they took them to the deeper end to get them used to going under.

The instructor held onto them the whole time, but still, it was a big accomplishment.

After she went under, she waited for the next child to have a turn.

Here she is supposed to be floating on her back. He kept trying to get her to put her arms out to her sides, but that one little arm kept wanting to hang on!

Floating on her tummy using the foam barbell and kicking her legs.

This was taken the last day. Wyatt did a pretty good job of being content while we watched Lila during her lesson, although he did say "water!" at least once every day. (Lila stayed home with me when Ben took Wyatt to his class.) I could tell that at the end of two weeks, Lila had definitely gotten more comfortable in the water. And, now whenever we pass the natatorium, she says, "Look, Mommy! My swimming class!"