Swim lessons - round one - DING!

So, when we were on our Disney cruise in January, Beca loved the slide and the kids pool. But she did not like that she couldn't swim like the other kids. So she said she wanted to learn to swim. And I asked her if that's what she wanted for her birthday. She said yes.

March - I got up early and trudged to the YMCA to get a number on a cold Saturday morning only to return that evening to complete sign up. It worked out well for me. I got all my first choices - most everyone else was there signing up for daycare, summer camps and the like. Swim lessons for a beginner were not top priority for anyone else.

May 26 - Beca's first swim lesson. She loves her teacher, Denise. She had a lot of fun and was the only one to actually look really excited about being in the water, even though it was a little damp out that day.

May 28 - A bright, sunny day and this time Beca got to watch Elijah before lesson while he did swim team practice jumping in. Then he came down to say hi to her! They both thought that was pretty cool. Lessons themselves went pretty well - Beca is comfortable with the bubble and the noodle.

June 2 - yellow light, green light, blue light! And most importantly red light. Green light means kick your legs, blue light is scoop your arms and yellow light is blow bubbles. All 6 kids in class so it was a little full. But there was help for the class and they all made it down to the end. Beca likes to be first and chat with someone while she's swimming.

June 4 - a cloudy/rainy day - and Beca was the only swimmer! She swam the whole time too! All the way up to the end of the pool, scooping and kicking and blowing bubbles. She worked on jumping into the pool and climbing out. She learned how to be more still on her back. She learned soldier, airplane and mokey arm positions - I can see how all this will work into actually learning how to really swim later.

June 9 - Beca's birthday. The only lesson to cancel for weather - thunder right before the start of class kept anyone from getting in the pool :( Beca was sad but her Mexican dinner, presents, and cupcakes made it better.

June 11 - Class started with only 3 girls so things went pretty well. I have been able to keep Beca from seeking out goggles any more even though one of the girls insists on wearing them. Oma came to watch and I think all the parents got too involved this session (me included but Beca was not listening and she had done that all day so I needed to remind her of the safety reason for hanging onto the side of the pool while Mrs. Denise was working with someone else).

And today was final lesson. Steve had to cover this one but she did pretty well with the scooping and kicking. Not so much entirely with the listening.

Monday starts another round - this time more intense as it is every evening (M-Th) for 2 weeks. Hopefully, she'll be ready to swim at the beach then!