Swimming Lessons

June 2014

This summer we enjoyed two sessions of swimming lessons back to back in June.  Nathan worked on his endurance and technique in level 4, Bracken started in level 2 but graduated to level 3 for the second session, and Marco and Mommy played in the parent tot class.  

Marco and I had a love hate relationship with our little class.  We both love to swim and sitting on the sidelines watching Nate and Brack have all the fun would have been torture for us.  But our darn Prescott Valley wind made our experience quite chilly most days.  I kept chanting "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!" to remind Marco that if he moved he would be warmer than if he didn't move.  When the end of our 30 minute lesson finally arrived each day, Marco required not one but two towels to snuggle in.  And he preferred to be completely covered, even his face.

Bracken is our little fishy.  He LOVES to swim.  Diving, gliding, bobbing, floating, jumping he does it all.  The only thing he's not super confident with is treading water.  In level 3 they introduce the concept of treading water, and they only require the kids to tread for 30 seconds. One day after arriving home from swimming lessons Papi asked Bracken how his swimming lesson had gone to which Bracken replied "I drowned-ed."  He was referring to his lack of success at treading water for a full 30 seconds.  But despite drowning, he kept trying! 

Nathan really progressed with his skill this year.  He's got a handle on all the basic strokes, now we just need to work on his endurance.  He can't quite last all the way across the pool yet.  He loved being able to play the big kid games this year, like sharks and minnows.  And he was way impressed with his coach because he had a shark tooth necklace.

For the last day of each session, they allow the kids to just play and enjoy the pool.  They even open up the big slide!  We were all huge fans of the big slide.  Even Marco was able to go down it with Mommy or Papi and he had a blast.  We went down as many times as we could. 

Bracken's Level 3 Coaches and Classmates

Nathan's Level 4 Coaches and Classmates