swimming lessons

we did round 1 of swimming lessons for the summer in may. this was caroline's first time to take lessons. the summary of those 8 days is that their teacher is amazing! she's hard on them and won't let them get out of trying anything, which i love. for the first 2 days, caroline didn't want to put her face in the water. by the last day, she was jumping off the diving board and swimming almost by herself! quinn did great too and was swimming on his own by the last day. these two are brave - a little too brave - in the water so i'm really thankful they are getting more independent.

sitting on the step and learning the rules on day 1

caroline practicing her kicks

quinn floating on his back

caroline was a master back floater - just like her great grandmother!

she loved her new purple goggles and didn't want to take them off after her lesson

and 5 minutes later she was passed out. swimming is tiring!

on the third day, she got ready for swimming lessons (goggles and all) first thing in the morning. too bad they didn't start until mid afternoon! she didn't seem to mind :)

elliott came with us a few times to watch his cousins swim.