Swimming Lessons
Tonight we started swimming lessons. Hadley in swim 1. Easton and I in parented duck. We decided to do parented duck with Easton because swimming lessons are necessary and we felt Easton was growing tired of just watching Hadley do things.
Easton was very comfortable in the water. He easily floated on his back with his head on my shoulder, blew bubbles, and attempted to "swim" on his front with my hands holding him up. I got him to do these things by asking him to find things on the ceiling and bribing him with jumps from the side of the pool. He loves to jump in without holding your hand and dunking under the water. (I just have to reach in right away to bring him up). The whole class was without life jackets. We also sang two songs (wheels on the bus and alice the camel). The end of the class was 5 minutes of free time where they turned on the mushroom, and sprinklers. It was nice to have some one on one time with Easton where I could really focus on him.
Hadley expressed after her class that she wished she could have been with us and the sprinklers. However she did say she had fun anyway in her class. Easton just kept saying not done yet. Not done yet.
I love that my kids are so comfortable in the water.