Just a little Jillise brag. She can SWIM!! Both girls have made great strides this summer in swimming lessons, but the technique REALLY clicked with her. A few weeks ago she passed Level 2 in swimming lessons. In that class she learned the basics of the crawl stroke and side breathing. She decided that she wanted to master the crawl stroke on her own, then she taught herself the backstroke. She can now swim the crawl stroke the entire width of the pool, then swim back on her back (I taught her how to spot herself using the beams of the ceiling). She did this three times and it didn't seem to tire her at all. In order to swim in the "deep pool" without an adult with her, she has to be able to do this just one time, and she did it three! I can't believe it. When she was little she was just like me. She cried before every swimming lesson and she clung to us in the pool. Now she is teaching herself strokes (with pretty good form, I might add). She was pretty excited about the prospect of passing Level 5 someday and being a lifeguard when she is sixteen.
Joelle is now swimming underwater and getting things off the bottom of the pool. She loves to jump in and is getting closer to passing Level 2. At the beginning of the summer she still hated putting her face underwater and insisted on using the waterwings.
Jaren is a madman in the pool. You put a pair of water wings on that kid and he is unstoppable. Unfortunately, you take the waterwings OFF of him and he STILL thinks he is unstoppable. As soon as we can get him out of diapers we will have to put him in lessons. He may be one of those kids who is five years old in Level 3!
3 comments:
Good for all three of them. I STILL hate getting my face wet and I still can't make a good float. I'm a disaster in making in the water so I love seeing the kids swim like fish!!!
Learning to swim is just as important as learning to read. We have the best teachers all around. i am so happy they are able to swim...Gina told me the best practice is the free swim so as you just stated.. "just keep swimming"
Ha! It will be harder to get him our of diapers than to teach him to swim. Keep lots of M&Ms handy. Maybe you and Carrie need to have a potty training competition like your weight loss program. Everyone ready to potty train, send in $50 bucks, and the winner takes all!
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