We’re excited to share that Cameron has made huge progress with swim lessons these past couple of weeks!
Last week, we arrived late, so while Tom parked the car, I brought the kids in. I plopped Cameron onto the pool steps just as her class was starting…and she was fine! In fact, she did great. This week, she did even better.
It takes her a while to warm up to a new environment and new grown-ups, but she clearly got to the point of minimal comfort with teacher Jonathon these past weeks.
Now, she’s going out there and doing her windshield wipers and making small attempts at blowing bubbles (still not there with this “skill” yet).
Here she is getting help with her splashy kicks.
I think they must be “testing” to see at what level each student will continue for the next session. Jonathon brought out monkey island and had the kids try to combine splashy kicks and blowing bubbles starting out from monkey island. One of Cameron’s classmates still cries a lot when he is encouraged to try new things. In the past, Cameron has simply resisted with flat out “no’s”, but this past week, she was just as enthusiastic as could be!
I’m sure it helped that Dylan was on a nearby monkey island–they started shouting hello’s back and forth to one another!
Here they both are on their respective monkey islands.
Dylan has just been doing stellar since the start of this session and now he is at the point where they balance on the surfboard. If they fall off, they have to swim to safety (the island or the teacher).
Dylan was so super excited about getting to be up on the surfboard (thanks again to teacher Juan for infecting our kid with his enthusiasm for the sport)!
While Cameron got very comfy with the idea of floating around in a floatie, you can see Dylan climbing back up on the surfboard in the back.
We’ll see which classes the kids will be in. I’m not sure either of them will advance to the next level, but I’m very happy they’re gaining more confidence in the water and having more fun learning to swim!
