Sunday, July 11, 2010

Swimming Lessons!

It was time to start swim classes again for the season. Amelia LOVES it!

Walking into the pool on the first day:


Getting used to the water:


Playing with Daddy:


Time for class to start -- they started each class with stretches:


Practicing back floats:


And the much-more-liked front floats:


And of course, she loves to practice jumping in!


They were supposed to practice "alligator crawls" around the lower-depth part of the pool, which Amelia otherwise likes, but this time she thought it would be more fun to hitch a ride on Daddy:


Going down the slide:


After class, she got a reward for all of her hard work -- we walked down for some ice cream!


She's really into the orange soft serve this year:



And here we are... the beginning of week 2 of classes (2 weeks x 4 days each):


All ready to go to the pool:


Alligator crawling with Daddy:


Having fun!


Practicing kicks and scoops (paddling) with the buoyancy of a pool noodle:


Practicing with the instructor:


And how about some videos?! I'm going to start embedding them directly into the blog, unless folks start telling me that they don't like it that way.

Practicing floating, kicking and scooping:



Practicing back floats and kicks:



Playing "simon says" with the instructor -- getting various body parts wet:



Practicing jumps:



"Ring around the rosie" - dipping under water:



Practicing kicking across the pool:

1 comment:

Christine said...

soo happy she still loves the water so much. those are great!