Swim lessons

The kids just finished their swim lessons for the summer. Timmy and Lexa finished up last week, and Will kept going for a 2nd week since he was a complete beginner. Timmy and Lexa loved it. Timmy and Lexa worked on their breathing and taking breaths and improved his underwater swimming and floating. Timmy enjoyed diving for rings, but Lexa was still scared to. She was excited to be swimming around in the deep end. Their teacher said Lexa did amazing and Timmy did great too, although he came into it thinking he could do more than he really could do well. I feel better about them being better swimmers now. They all can't wait to go to Grandmom and Granddad's and show off what they learned in their pool.

Will was so scared of the water. It was like trying to wash his hair. (screaming and tears.) He didn't want to go back again because he didn't want to put his head under water. The teacher was really good with him though and would let him start out just sitting with his feet in the water, helping to throw the diving rings out, then she'd hold him a little while, and by the end of the lesson he'd be doing everything right along with everyone else. During his second week of lessons he'd start talking himself up before the lesson telling me he didn't think he'd have to go underwater this time. But he did it! By the end of the lessons I was so impressed. He came so far from where he started, swimming underwater and floating. (which he also hated with a passion.)

Lexa loved watching Will at his lessons, and cheering him on. She would run and tell me every time he tried swimming underwater, so excited and proud of him.

Here's the video clips I took of him on his last day.