Swimming Lessons

At the beginning of swimming lessons Shelby had a death grip on her teacher. One day she didn't even want to go into the water. I finally had to just put her in and then she was fine. Everything her teacher asked her if she would try Shelby would just shake her head no that first week or two of swimming. Her teacher had a hard time doing much of anything since she wouldn't let go of her neck.

Tyler on the other hand got right into the water and would shake his head yes for everything his teacher asked him to do. He moved quickly from level 1 to level 2 after the first session since he was swimming pretty much all by himself with little or no help. He also wanted goggles so he could be underwater more without it hurting his eyes.

After four weeks of swimming Shelby went from the death grip to swimming on her own. She moved from level 1A to level 1B. She was fun to watch because as she was trying to swim with her face in the water her little butt would stick up. I tried to get a picture, but never could time it quite right.

Tyler got to practice diving during the second session. He really liked this part of the lesson. He really wanted to dive off a diving board or the starting blocks they had at this pool. He has become quite the swimmer in just a short amount of time.