Swim class

We are coming to a close of another cycle of swim.  Dude has been promoted to eel, which is the next level after pike.  He was in a pike/eel class and did very well!  It was his first time with a male instruction and he loved it.  Lucy who was in his class did not.  She in fact cried for two weeks straight, which is something she never did before.  We switched her to Miss Missy's class and she was fine after that... but I don't think that we are going to sign her up for the summer.  She agreed that she would be happy with open swim and would start back up in the fall.  And, I honestly think that Norah will be starting too!

Part of Dude's swim class is learning about safety and this was them showing what to do if water got into your canoe!

We have tried to make it to open swim once a week because the kids love it so much... and, it is a great way to wear them out for the end of the day!  Norah wasn't loving it at first, but she has since become quite the water baby.  I always forget how exhausting it is to be in the water, but it's such great exercise and you don't even really realize you are burning so many calories because you're just playing.  Doing open swim has also made me realize that I'm not such a fabulous swimmer... so maybe I could use a little work too.  :)

JVG