FINALLY...

We have been having fun in our pool...

because FINALLY we have kids who are comfortable in the water.   We can always work on form later; we just wanted them to have fun in the pool.  :)
Thank you, Mrs. Margaret!

swim, baby, swim

Today was Caroline's last day of swim lessons.  Two weeks ago she was a wearer of floaties and had gone underwater once... I think.

Today, she swam. 

Waiting for class to start...

 



 

She's the one directly behind the pole with her face in the water.  I'm constantly amazed by my outstanding photography.

Practicing her arms...

 

 

About to jump in....

 



Splash! 

 



After she jumped in, she swam all the way to Mrs. Margaret...

 



And then to the steps...

 



This was her "jump in, swim at least 6 feet and climb out by herself on the other side of the pool" trick...

 



There she goes....

 



When we found out she was going to go off the diving board, Jason and I looked at each other and simultaneously said, "No way!"....

 



She wasn't sure about it.  But what's great about these swim lessons is the fact that if you don't want to jump, they drop you in.

 



 

I'm not a "drop her in anyway" kind of mom.  But I'm more than willing to pay someone else to show some tough love.  And Caroline did just fine!

 

Watching her friends freak out on the diving board....

 

Water slide time...



I was so busy watching her that I failed to get her face in the shot.  But there's her body... :)

 



"Now let's float as flat as a pancake..."

 



"Hands on your tummy.  And relax....."

 



"Relax, Caroline.  All the way flat..."

 



"But it's so bright, Ms. Sarah.  I can't relax..."

 



"There.  That's better.  Thanks!"

 



Swim back to the steps...

 



 

I have a little swimmer.  Hooray!

 



Now if she refuses to do this in our pool, I've got photographic evidence that she CAN do this!!