Gretchen's Swim Lessons

Gretchen has been taking swim lessons for the last two weeks at our Y. We took the class last year, and I wanted to try it again with her since she is older AND because we will be headed to the lake and spending a lot of time at the pool next month. At the start of the class, the kids get to pick a toy. They have to throw it (well, I throw it for her) and then she "swims" after it.

She gets to practice jumping off the wall, by pretending she's Humpty Dumpty.

Then, she gets to climb out and jump again!

Sometimes, she does really good at paddling her arms and kicking her feet.

She gets to blow bubbles in the water.

We still need to work on floating!

Her friend Lily is taking the class with us. We spend our "free time" and some additional time letting the girls chit chat!

We've also started to dunk her under water! Thankfully, she doesn't freak about this too much!

Her daddy and I both LOVE the water, so this child doesn't have much of a choice! I think the swim lessons are helping to ease any fears that she might have. And, after every class, she says, "I want to try again!"