Swim Lessons

Today was our last day of our first session of swim lessons and I am thrilled. I was in a mommy and me class with Kent while Rachel was in a swim class at the and time. It was Monday through Thusday for two weeks. The kids loved it. 

Kent has asked to go swimming everyday and he's been loving swimming in a warm swimming pool (the one we normally swim in is significantly cooler). The first week he listened really well to what he was supposed to do. The second week he was tired of listening and just wanted to do what he wanted to do in the water. He wasn't particularly afraid of water or anything, but his confidence in the water has grown a lot and he will now jump into the pool from the side and can climb out of the pool on his own on to the side and he gets the arms and leg movements all correct for a front crawl. 

Rachel did extremely well in her class. She has always loved water and swimming but has never loved putting her face in the water and has always absolutely refused to jump into the water unless we were holding her hands. She did so well in her swim class that her te her said she souls skip the next level and go into a higher one. Rachel can now swim underwater and jump into the water on her own. I actually don't know all what Rachel can do now though because I was in the water helping Kent and didn't observe her swim lessons. We will have to go to the pool so she can show me all of the things she learned. I have Rachel signed up for another session of swim lessons, but not Kent. I feel like she is really learning from them and for Kent it is mostly just for fun. I think he's going to be sad when he doesn't get to go swimming and Rachel does. I feel especially bad because Rachel has swim lessons on Kent's birthday. I've been asking him what he wants to do for his birthday and he keeps telling me, "Go swimming, my birfday!" In fact everyday we go swimming, he has been telling me that. Funny kid! I'm not sure he gets what a birthday is. I think we may have to go swimming on the days Rachel doesn't have swim lessons and maybe again for Kent's birthday. 

Anyway, I'm glad that our new round of swim lessons is only twice a week for 4 weeks instead of 4 times a week for two.  It has thrown our normal schedule out the window and has made it hard to do things with friends.