My Little Fishies!

Today was our last day of swim lessons. The way our pool does it is two weeks at a time. Last week was hard because Presley cried everyday.  But this week was much better.  He did so good!  So did the girls!  Although we got cancelled twice this week because of storms, we got to make up one day today.   

 

Here are my big swimmers all ready to go.

 

This is Miss Cheeseball.  She is going to be my swimmer out of all of them.  But Grace comes in a close second.

 

Like I have said before, this was Evie and Presley's first class without me.  They are bigger now and can go by themselves which is actually pretty nice.  They always start in the little pool.

 

Then they get to water different parts of their bodies.

 

Then they have animal races.

 

They always stick together though.

 

See what I mean?

 

Gracie was busy playing in the play area because of course I couldn't get their classes at the same time.  They are back to back.

 

They did the Hokey Pokey and played Ring Around the Rosy.

 

Then they get to go to the big pool.

 

They get to hang on to the wall and do bobs.

 

They practice floats too and Evie does very good but this kid is in the way.  Whoops!

 

We need to practice the floats more with Presley.  But at least he's actually in the water and not crying!  That is a victory all in it's own.

 

Here is my little swimmer though.  She does floats, glides, and even her arm circles as part of her front crawl!

 

She's going to help me teach Daddy how to swim.

 

This one had to bring his new transformers from the garage sale today to swim lessons and he was more interested in having them swim in the water.  

 

See.  Told you Evie is good at her floats!

 

And I'm the awesome parent that let their kid bring toys to swim class.  The teachers were like "Can you blow bubbles?"  Presley shook his head.  They asked "Do you want to play motorboat?"  Presley just shook his head.

 

But today was their last day and they get little report cards and freeze pops.

 

Here are thier teachers and I can't thank them enough for working with them.  Especially for putting up with Presley and his whateverness last week!  Thank you ladies!

 

Once the little ones were done, Gracie's turn was up.  She had a little class with this boy Declyn and another little girl named Maggie who was not there today.  She was cute though because she was always hugging Gracie and told me how they became best friends the first day of swim class.  Sweet.

 

Gracie really worked hard in swim class these past 2 weeks.  It's not all fun and games anymore.  She actually has to work on her strength and ability now.  She swam and practiced kicks with the noodle.

 

She did go underwater and she said that was her favorite part which surprised me.

 

She also got to kick with the kickboard.  You would think because she is so tiny and thin that she would just float right up but nope.  She actually sinks.  She has to work those long skinny legs to get them to kick.

 

But she tried so hard and did a good job!

 

She really loves swim lessons and I may have to sign the kids up for more yet this summer.

 

But she said she is willing to practice lots because she still wants to be a lifeguard just like her mama was! Aww.....

 

This time the little ones got to play in the kiddie area and they had fun.

 

They had fun pouring buckets of water all over Grandpa who came to watch today.  He got pretty soaked but I don't think he minded. It was warm.

 

Gracie got her report card and a freeze pop too!

 

And the only way to get the kids in  picture with all of them was for us to be in it too.

So proud of all my swimmers.  Thanks OSP!