Swimming Lessons

This summer the girls had a great time in swimming lessons. This year Rebecca really took off. She was really excited to learn to swim, and she was willing to do anything the teacher asked her to do. I think her teacher, Susan, was the best we have had. Rebecca can now swim a few strokes on her own. She can also go down the water slide, which is definitely her favorite thing to do at any pool. Miriam also had fun in swimming lessons. She was still very cautious about the water. She did put her face in the water a few times over the course of the summer. When she was supposed to jump off the side of the pool to her teacher, Miriam would sit on the edge of the pool and scoot herself all the way to the edge until she could touch her teacher's hands before jumping in. But the lessons gave her time to be in the water and get more accustomed to the experience.

Joseph had the boring assignment to sit at the edge of the pool with mom while big sisters got to play in the water. He wasn't overly thrilled with this situation, so he worked at keeping me running around the pool to keep him from jumping in. The only casualty of the summer was a book Joseph threw in the water. Maybe next year, buddy!