Swim School

Ella Catherine and Carter have been loving our neighborhood pool this summer.  Ella Catherine is finally getting more comfortable in the water.  As long as she can touch she will swim and jump in etc.  Carter has never had a fear of the water.  So, to get Ella Catherine more comfortable and independent in the water and Carter more skilled so he doesn't drwon we decided to enroll them in swim school.  Classes lasted 2 weeks and both children LOVED them.  We weren't allowed to watch the lessons until the final day when they could show off their skills.  As expected, Ella Catherine was SUPER excited to show Matt and I what she had learned.  As for Carter, also not a surprise that he was very shy and reserved in front of all the other children's parents.  However, since then he has demonstrated both in the pool and in the tub what he learned.  I think both kids will be heading back again next year for more lessons.

Carter playing with his rubber ducky.  They used these as tools to get the kids to do different skills

Ella Catherine and her certificate that says she has completed Level 1 and 2 and is ready for Level 3.  In order to move to level 3 she had to be able to jump in the deep water and float on her stomach for 5 seconds, flip over and float on her back for 5 seconds and then swim off to the shallow end of the pool.