Swimming Lessons

Bryce, Caleb and Abby all started swimming lessons this year at Larson Lifestyle Center again. They all learned so much last year that we decided to stick with the same place this year. I love that they get to do swimming lessons but the 2 days a week of lessons is really hard to keep up with. They have them Tues and Thurs at 5:30. We all went the first week but after attempting to keep Emerson happy in the observation room we decided that we probably should just take turns taking the kids. This year it was so refreshing to have all 3 kids go to their class without crying.
They all did great in swimming lessons! Abby seems much more comfortable in the water this year. She started learning to do sit dives and went off the board without any help. She also got much better at doing "arm pulls" or the arm movement part of swimming. Bryce and Caleb remembered most of the skills that they learned last year. They did great on their arm pulls and by the time the 6 weeks were over they were able to swim across the Olympic sized pool with only one rest in the middle. Both boys passed their class and if we would have decided to do the next set of classes they would have been in the class that does lap swimming the entire time. Neither Bryce nor Caleb were thrilled with the prospect of that but we had already decided that we weren't up for doing another 5 weeks anyway. Life got a little crazy and I never did get a picture of the kids swimming.