Swimming lessons

Both of the kids had swimming lessons this year. But let me give some back story first. C had lessons 2 years ago (private with a friend from church: AWESOME. I begged her to do them this year; but no luck). K has never had lessons but is not at all scared of the water. She was actually in the water adjustment class. She didn't need "adjusting" except she had horrible trouble listening to the teacher.

When I registered, I was told to register them below the level that I thought they might be. I registered C for level I and the first day they re-evaluated C and moved him up to level II. There ended up being a bazillion kids in his class.

Here is the "report card" that C got at the end of lessons. He still has a few things to work on. I think I would probably have him repeat level II again next summer. For 2 reasons. #1: After jumping off the diving board, he never was able to make it to the side by himself. #2: I was able to watch level III. They focused a lot on actual strokes and he is definitely not ready for that.

K was so excited when she found out that they would be going off the diving board the next day. She did the diving blocks just fine. But the day she had to go off that diving board, she was not at all interested. There was much prodding by the teacher. But as soon as she got to the side, she said she wanted to go again. So this video is the second time. Notice how much she is balking; more so than the first time. Do you hear her wonderful mother saying "just throw her off." She wanted to go; she was going.