little swimmers

The kids have been taking swim lessons since the start of summer.  And man has it paid off!  

Kaitlyn in her level 1 class (the very first day of class she let go of the wall twice and sunk to the bottom of the pool -- bout near gave me a heart attack!  But she learned quickly, and has hung on ever since!)  Her class is all about getting used to the water, putting their faces in, kicking, walking along the wall, doing bobs.  She loves it!

swimming with coach Tanner

 And Ryan started his lessons in level 2 this summer, but quickly moved on to level 3.  Now he can swim across the pool without touching the bottom, has learned to side breath, is learning freestyle, backstroke, and the beginnings of breast stroke.  It's amazing how quickly they get this stuff!

Ry learning the kneeling dive at the edge of the pool from coach Alyssa

the last day of class -- they got to go off the diving board!  Ry was SO excited!!

And both of these little fishies graduated to the next level!  Kaitlyn is on to level 2, Ry moves up to level 4.  So proud of these guys!