We got home just in time for bed on Sunday night and Monday morning we were off and running again! I would have liked a few days to catch my breath but it was the last week of swim lessons at the pool I like so we signed up.
This pool is in the next town over, about 15 minutes away, but it’s only 3 feet deep in the shallow end as opposed to our town’s pool which is 3’6. Those extra 6 inches make a big difference when you’re only 4 feet tall so this pool is much more kid friendly.
We put Peanut’s extra car seat in the Pilot so our friends could come with us each day. Here’s Boo and her little friend S.
And Peanut, who wasn’t technically in the class, but the swim teacher let me hold her in the pool and do the exercises with her.
The swim teacher here is so great and does a wonderful job with the kids! She is one of the teachers at the school where the pool is located.
Buggy had a big class and most of the kids could already swim, but a few of them were at her same level.
We were pleasantly surprised to find our missionary friends in the girls’ classes! They have three kids so the two little ones were in Boo’s class and the oldest was in Buggy’s. They had just arrived back from Paraguay (just days before) and we hadn’t even seen them yet, so we had fun catching up at the pool!
It’s hard to see but I loved Bug’s expression in this picture. The water definitely wasn’t warm, but it wasn’t too bad once you got used to it.
The swim lessons were an hour each. Thank heaven for the tablet and snacks! It kept the kids busy during the hour they were waiting for the other sister, and all three of them ended up doing great!
Neither of the girls would get their faces wet the first two days; Bug’s hair was almost totally dry. They did most of the things asked of them…they just managed to keep their faces out of the water.
We had a picnic one day after we got home.
It was so hot (it’s been in the upper 90’s and even over 100 for the past two weeks!) that Peanut’s cheese stick melted!
We had to miss swim lessons on Wednesday because it was my birthday as well as Cousin S’s. Cousin S chose to go to a waterpark and we joined them (pictures tomorrow) and the girls had a MAJOR breakthrough! Something just ‘clicked’ for them and they both started swimming! Boo (with her lifejacket on) motored around the pool all by herself which was something she wouldn’t attempt before. She was so brave and she was even dunking her head under the water!
Buggy started really swimming…like underwater and everything! It was amazing! I told her that was the best birthday present she could have given me!
Here she is on Thursday doing a float with her face fully in the water!
And here she is SWIMMING! We are so proud of her!!!
Here’s Boo looking cute on the last day. :)
Kickboard!
The first few days she wouldn’t attempt this on her own. Both girls got really brave and tried hard by the end of the week!
And…I was so proud of them…they both went off the diving board in the deep end (20ft!) of the pool! Boo needed a little help but she was brave and went for it!
Buggy did it once with help and then she went for it too!
My happy little fish!
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