We signed the kids up for the swim classes at HSU. It goes Monday through Friday for two weeks. This is the second set of swim lessons we've attempted this year. I say attempted because Jonah is a Swim Lesson Drop Out. The first set of lessons was a no-go. This time around though we made Jonah stick with it. He mostly sat on the step at first...
Cairo was great, though. Her confidence in the water has gotten so much better. She is even able to swim a little on her own. I know that if she fell in, she could probably keep her head above water enough to reach the side of the pool. She's not a swimmer yet, but she's close.
As time went on, Jonah went a little deeper in the water...
...and Cairo got better at floating on her own. (She was lucky enough to be the only kid in her class several times... so she got a half hour of one-on-one lessons.)
By the end of the first week, Jonah was happy playing on his own on the steps. On.His.Own. You see, Jonah's problem wasn't the water or the idea of learning to swim. His problem was that he was surrounded by strangers and Mommy and Daddy weren't there to hold his hand. Every time his very nice teacher came over to him, Jonah gave him the look like "you better not even think about touching me" and scrambled away as best as he could. Once and a while his teacher was able to snatch him away from the step before he knew what was happening. Jonah would give in and cooperate, but gladly return to his step at the end.
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