SWIM LESSONS!

The boys had such a great summer of swim lessons and really improved their swimming!

This was Tyler’s 2nd year of private, one-on-one, swim lessons with Sam and it was the last year that he will need to be with Sam.  Maybe swim club next???  Tyler progressed incredibly fast with his swimming skills this summer.  He went to swimming just a little ways, to swimming from wall to the rope, to swimming 25 meters (wall to wall), to making it across the ropes, to going off the low diving board, down the steep red slide, and then finally off of the high diving board!  He is amazing!  He loved every bit of it and always had a smile on his face and was ready to try anything.  The only time that we saw any hesitation out of Tyler was the first day that Sam wanted him to try to pass the swim test.  It made Tyler very anxious and nervous and when he tried, he did not succeed.  He was a little down on himself, but we reassured him that he could do it and would do it next time.  He tried the test again 2 days later and passed it!  Now, when we go to the pool, Tyler spends the majority of his time going off the diving boards, or going down the slides, or across the ropes!  It’s so fun to watch!

This was Brady’s 1st year of private, one-on-one, swim lessons with Sam and we would love for him to get to be with Sam again next summer.  Brady, as well, progressed incredibly fast with his swimming skills this summer.  He began not really being able to swim at all.  He can now swim a ways in the deep water, but swims much better in the shallow, knowing that if he needed to, he could put his feet down.  We still put his ‘puddle jumper’ life jacket on him at the beginning of the summer and he still wanted it on then.  He grew confident in his swimming quickly and we didn’t need him to wear his puddle jumper any longer!  Now, when we go to the pool, Brady (and 1) spend the majority of our time playing “fetch” with one of the torpedoes.  He loves to swim down to get it without plugging his nose!

The Leap of Faith!  Jumping into the deep water for the 1st time!

My first time seeing Tyler go off of the diving board.  He was with Lee when he passed his swim test and did it for the first time.

Brady swimming in the deep water.

Brady listening very closely.

Tyler’s first time going down the red slide!  The same day he passed his swim test!

One day Tyler thought the line at the low board was too long, so he decided to go off the high one!  Way to go!  He didn’t even tell me before he did it.  I looked up from playing with Brady and noticed Tyler swimming in the water below the high diving board!

Brady loves dumping water on himself.

Our last day of swimming lessons for the summer was August 7th.  It was cloudy, rainy, and cool!  But we did have the entire pool to ourselves!

These boys absolutely love their swim instructor, Sam!  They would do anything Sam told them to do!

I can never get a normal smile from Brady anymore.

During our last swim lesson, Sam tried to teach Tyler how to dive off of the board.  He did get better the more he tried, but he still needs to practice it a bit.  I think he did a few belly flops that day!