Lorelei's Swim Lessons

Lorelei was very excited for her first swim lessons! The aquatic center has lessons all year round with the high school girls from the swim team. They are all one-on-one, which is what I prefer. We tried signing up earlier in the year, but the spots fill up quickly so we had to wait for a later session. I was not exactly looking forward to taking her out in 0 degree weather with wet hair so this was a lot easier in that regard. :)

She was much more nervous than I expected for her first lesson. She is not a fan of the unknown! I think she feared they were going to make her jump off the diving board or something. :) As soon as she finished her first lesson she has been nothing but excited. It was a tough schedule as we went four nights a week for two weeks. She has been completely exhausted. The second week was less chaotic schedule-wise but with the gorgeous weather she has been going really hard. Naps are back full swing for the time being. :) She made improvements quickly so that was fun to see and hopefully made the crazy schedule was worth it.

In the bottom pic she is playing basketball.  They got to have 5 minutes of games at the end of each lesson.

Because of over-booking ourselves with Brad's activities and the kids, Makin went along to most of the lessons the first week. Yes, you can imagine one cranky three-year-old by the end of the week. I found out they had open swim, so Brad played with both kids in the pool Thursday before/during lesson time. Makin especially loved that he could touch and loved playing basketball.

The second week of swim lessons we saw even more improvement. By Wednesday her teacher said she had mastered the level 1 techniques so she went ahead and did a few level 2, so very proud to hear that. She is still very nervous for the teacher to let go of her while she does the back float, but she is capable of doing it. The amount of time she goes under water and swims is amazing! Especially compared to how she was before lessons. Love seeing it. When I said something about her swimming underwater so much she said, "Yeah, I love that." She also just casually said, "I did the front glide." as we were heading out from her lesson, like it was no big deal and lingo she uses all the time. :)

Apparently this is what they learn in swim 1 and Lorelei now knows how to do. :)