Fish School

About 5 weeks ago (boy am I behind!!) K and Little Mama finally got to start swimming lessons.  The girls and I are members at a local gym and they offer swimming lessons as well.

The girls were thrilled and suprising not the least bit timid about getting into the water with a complete stranger and no mommy.   Just another reminder to me of how quickly they are growing up. 

Little Mama managed to be the only person in her class for a couple of weeks and we loved all the attention she got because of that!  After only 5 lessons, she's extremely comfortable in the water.  She's willing to jump in from the edge and entirely submerge herself and pop right back to the top (still wearing a floatie).  She's working on floating with assistance and keeping her entire face in the water long enough to blow bubbles.  At the end of the summer session last week her instructor said that she's skilled enough to move to the next level for the fall session starting in October. 

K had just one other kid in her class, which left plenty of time for quite a bit of attention as well.  In her very first lesson she learned to float on her back unassisted.  Something I spent many months trying to teach her!  ugh!  What a stinker!  By her 3rd lesson she was working on gliding through the water and switching from her front to her back and vice versa.  She's doing very well and even swam about 8 yards across the deep end (5 ft) unassisted.  At her last lesson her instructor said she was doing very well and is about 1/2 way through her current level, but was impressed with how quickly she progressed. 

It looks like we should have signed these 2 up for fish school a long time ago!!!