Swim School

The kids took their 2 week swim lessons at UNCW at the beginning of July. It has taken forever for me to blog about it. I was hoping to show some pictures BUT the lighting in that place sucked and I was far away in the bleachers and didn't get a good shot. I do have some recent videos to share of them swimming but I will have to learn how to upload using my new computer.

Danner did amazing. She really surprised me. The first day was great. Neither of them knew what to expect. They went with the teacher super excited to go swimming. HOWEVER....all that changed when the teacher pushed them in and made the go under water.  Needless to say the second and third days were nightmares. She cried when I told her she was going. She did good though after she got in the water. Being the little princess she is...she hates getting her hair and face wet. I am happy to say that after 2 weeks she will go under all on her own with no screaming or crying. She actually likes it now. She is doing well at swimming with kicking her legs and using her arms. I am so proud of how much she learned.

Sawyer did great too. He hated when I left him everyday but he is such the social butterfly that he had a blast flirting with the teachers and chatting with his new friends. So I don't think he really tried too hard at the swimming thing.....but he did accomplish a few new tricks. He can swim with his head under and is really good at kicking his feet and getting to where he needs to go. We are still working on using his arms to help.I definitely feel safer with them in the water now. They don't even like to use their water wings anymore.

I really wish we would have had another 2 week session with the swimming lessons. Unfortunately that was the last of the summer. Next year we will take them again...and I think Porter will too.

I hope to get the video up soon.