Swimming is going so well. Both of the kids are doing great!! Ethan actually asks if it's a swimming day because he's so excited to go.
Madison can do the Back Skull for the whole length of the pool by herself (no kickboard). It's so much fun watching her do the Back Skull because you can tell it's her favorite thing. She's practically beaming, plus she can swim completely straight from one end to the other. At the swim school they have what's called "The Peanut". It helps teach kids how to dive in to the water. Madison is scared of this thing and hasn't wanted to go off of it. The first time she dove off she came out of the water and was almost in tears. So the next few times they didn't make her do it. We then had a few pep talks about having to keep trying things until it's not scary anymore. I told her when it's time to go off the peanut and she's scared to look at me. The next class they ended up using the peanut. Her instructor Tina must have told her she needed to try it again. Anyway, she looked at me and I could tell she was scared. I gave her a thumbs up and a big smile and she went off. She still doesn't love the thing, but at least she'll go off of it!
Ethan's task that we had to pump him up for was jumping off the side into the water. The same day I was giving Madi pep talks about the diving I was working on Ethan with jumping into the water. He looked up at me when it was his turn, grab ONE of Robin's hands and jumped in! Ethan has come so far from that first couple weeks of lessons. He puts his face in the water proabably 5 times each lesson. Now he'll put his face in the water and kick his feet while Robin pulls him so it's like he's swimming. Plus, he LOVES to go down the slide. We couldn't be prouder of them!!!
Friday, February 8, 2008
Swimming Update
Saturday, January 5, 2008
1/3/08
Swimming started back up. Madi stood up and jumped right in the water and swam back to the edge. We haven't been swimming for over a month and she didn't forget a thing. The swim school really wanted everyone to work on swimming over the break. Well it's hard to find a pool in the winter. I was going to check a few places, but time flew right by. It was so good to see that even though Madi didn't have any practice over the break she's still doing great!!! She did the Back Skull with the kick board mostly by herself for the length of the pool.
This is Ethan's first time with swimming lessons. He didn't want anything to do with it. He tried covering his buckles on the car seat so that I would leave him in the car. We got inside and he wouldn't let me take his clothes off. So, we got Madi showered and went and sat on the stairs to wait for the instructors. I spoke with Ethan's instructor Robin about how much he DIDN'T want to swim. They've been dealing with this kind of situation for many many years so it's nothing new for them. I told her what a loud cryer he is, but she wasn't worried. He cried off and on while we waited. After a huge struggle I got his clothes off and got him settled down (as much as I could). Then Robin came up and took him from me and went in the water. He didn't cry one bit after he left my arms! Little turkey!
Anyway, he ended up being fine and had fun. She didn't make him go under water this time, but I'm guessing next week he will. I think since he's so scared she's giving him a little time. Normally, like with Madi they go under a few times in the first class. I think he'll end up loving to go there after next week.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
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The One
And after, what I swear was 1,000 shots later...we finally got "The One". I still think the practice one turned out the best, but what are ya gonna do right?
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
And, no, I didn't tell Ethan to put his hand on Madi's...aahhhh!
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