Swimming Lessons for Jade

Jade was able to take swimming lessons this summer with her friend Ellie.  We did them at the Lindon pool, which was awesome! By the time we signed up the only openings were for the 8:30am, we were a little worried it would be so cold, but the weather surprised us and it was perfect!  I was so proud of how Jade reacted to and worked with her teachers.  They were 2 teenage boys, which at first I thought would not be a good thing since her whole class was little girls--but they surprised me and did so great with those little girls.  Jade loved them and trusted them so much.

Jumping off the side...this was one of her favorite things to do as they did a little game in which the teacher said "chop, chop, timber" while pretending to chop their legs and then on timber they had to jump in the water.  Jade was finally able to overcome her fear of letting her head go all the way under the water!

Swimming like a pro...well ok, not quite, but she is getting there!

Their favorite thing to do after each lesson was snuggle up in their towels and lay out on the beach chairs in the sun to get warm!

Kiera was such a good sport as she was too young to do the lessons, she played alot with her friend Gavin or climbed around the pool deck.

Look at that long hair!

When she was out of the water, she was a little cold!

She caught me!

Practicing her leg kicks and front float...

Doing her "ice cream scoops" with her arms...

On the last day of swim lessons, they just let the kids play on all the slides and lazy river.  I was grateful the teachers stayed right with all of them.  They had an absolute blast!  

Here Jade is waiting to go down the big yellow slide...

Can't wait to go on the big slide again, she had a blast!

Then it was time for a ride in the lazy river.  They just tied pool noodles around the girls so they would float, such a great idea!

Jadee did so great and her confidence just soared!

Jade with her teachers--Cameron and Jed.

Jade's preschool 1 swimming class--Summer 2013.