Swimming

 

 

 

We bought a pass to the neighborhood pool this summer. We have been going a few times a week ever since. It's fun since it's an activity all the kids enjoy. It's a little stressful for me since none of them have any fear..... Jackson is a pretty good swimmer now and goes all over the pool on his own. He's learned to do some shallow racing dives, a flip turn, and side breathing. Maggie is getting to be a stronger swimmer but I still don't allow her in the deep end without me. She used to wear her lifejacket most of the time in the deep end but recently is confident enough to go off the diving board and swim to the ladder without it. She has been working on treading water and actually has a pretty good front crawl. Hailey wants to swim without her lifejacket ALL the time but she can barely keep her head out in the 3 ft so we battle over it often :) She just jumps in and tries to do bobs to the side. I really have to watch her. We have worked with her on swimming and now she can jump off the diving board and swim to the side or sometimes the ladder without her lifejacket or any help but gets tired after awhile. Caleb has also made a lot of progress and keeps me on my toes. He loves to jump off the diving board too. Now he wants to do it without his lifejacket and tries his hardest to swim to the side. He wants us to hold onto him as little as possible as he swims and climbs out on his own. He knows that I don't let he and Hailey go without lifejackets at the same time in the deep end so he tries to get her to wear hers by taking it over to her constantly. He loves to jump in and does so without hesitation. It gets a little frustrating for the bigger kids that I can't watch their tricks and accomplishments very much because I have to keep a close eye on the other two. They love it when Matt can come and see what they can do :)