Summer Swimming

This year I decided to put Chloe and Beckham in swimming lessons. They both loved water just a little bit too much and were becoming increasingly too comfortable around bodies of water. To be honest, it was kind of nice when they were nervous around water because I felt like they wouldn't try to jump in without me looking or think that they could swim alone. The more they swam with arm floaties and life jackets, the more they loved the independence of swimming on their own.

It was time for lessons.

Chloe started the summer with her first session. She was a little fish! She held her breath just a little bit too long most of the time (mostly because she didn't really know how to come up for air mid-swim!). The 45 minute lessons were never long enough. By the end of the first session, she was swimming really well, but still had a hard time coming up for breaths. I decided that it was time for Beckham to take a session too, so last week they completed their lessons together! Chloe can now jump in from the side of the pool and swim to the other side! I am so happy and so is she! Mr. Poort has become a little fish himself. The pool at the lessons had a very wide first step and so he would spend his off time holding his breath and kicking and paddling with just one arm. It was hilarious! Beckham isn't quite ready to jump and swim to the side alone, but he learned so much.

Here are some pictures of them in action!