Swimming Lessons!

Tomorrow the boys have their last day of swimming lessons. I signed them up at the Y rather than the public pool, and I've been really impressed with their teachers. Last summer Owen took swimming at a public pool and I don't think he got much out of it. They were in water that came up to his waist and played "What time is it Mr. Shark?" pretty much every day.


This year at the Y, both kids have to be in four feet of water, so it's over their heads. They HAVE to pay attention and do what the teacher says so they don't sink to the bottom of the pool. They've been working on things like kicking, blowing bubbles, back floats, front floats, and being comfortable with jumping in and going all the way under before bouncing back up to the surface.


I think I'm going to sign them up for lessons this winter so they will hopefully remember everything they've learned this week.