(Picture comparison from the last day of their first ever "mommy and me" swim lessons and today)
This afternoon I took the kids swimming for an hour (at the indoor pool, since it's been storming since Tuesday) because they were anxious to show me everything they've learned so far this year. James completed 6 days of group swim lessons and Cora completed 6 days of private swim lessons. While Cora is still more daring and confident in the water, I was shocked at how much more comfortable and skilled James has become in the past few weeks since swim lessons ended (by swimming at Manu's pool 2 weekends in a row, swimming in the ocean, and swimming with daddy's instruction for the past 2 days - Jay had been working with them to get them ready for the outdoor pool, which opened last weekend). They really can swim, both of them. It may be messy, but it gets the job done - they can both paddle and freestyle and float and tread water and hold their breath and swim the length of the pool! It feels good to be going into this swim season with some skills. Of course, we'll still need to stay right by their sides and watch their every move, but man do they ever love swimming, and it's fun seeing them so happy (and so very tired in the evenings from all that exercise!)
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