A Swimming Summer

We swam this summer.  A LOT.  We got off to a slow start only swimming once at my Uncle & Aunt's for a birthday party and then when we got to July it seemed like we went swimming at least once a week through the beginning of September.  The girls had swimming lessons for two weeks at the beginning of July and Katelyn especially caught on to a lot of the basics and steadily improved at swimming to the bottom of the pool and trying to learn her strokes throughout the summer.  (Don't get me wrong, she still has a long ways to go before she is swimming on her own.)

 We went to the pool at my Uncle & Aunt's retirement community with their grandson.  (Madison was only about 4 weeks old here, so I wasn't swimming yet.)

Swimming Lessons - It was Katelyn's second year and Brooklyn's first.  They met every morning for 30 minutes for 2 weeks:

Katelyn on the board

Brooklyn on the board

Practicing kicking.

Riding on their teacher to the deep end of the pool.

Katelyn swimming with the board with her head under.

B with the teach, K is smiling.

 At my Uncle & Aunt's house:

Madison did a lot of chilling out in her car seat over the summer while her sisters were busy in the water.  Fortunately, she was a good car seat sleeper when she needed to be.

 We also have some friends from church that had a new pool put in this summer and we went there a few times as well.  And then of course we had our blow up pool and did a few splash pads, etc.  They were in their swimsuits a lot. I'm getting to be a pro at sunscreen application.

Both girls gained a lot of confidence and now enjoy jumping in on their own.  Katelyn loves swimming to the bottom (at about 4 feet deep) to pick up rings, etc.