Swimming Machine...

Super Swimmer
Blowing Bubbles in the Water
Jumping in!

Shivering in our towel after lessons...
Daddy and Abbie...cool goggles...

What fun we have had a swim lessons. Abbie's instructor, Mr. Joe, is great with the kids. Abbie, in her regular fashion, has been quite the character at the pool. The last two times we have had lessons Mr. Joe has asked the kids to "grab" the water with both hands when they are swimming and to kick with their feet. When it was Abbie's turn to swim she jumped right to Mr. Joe and the "Turtle" (a mini life preserver) and then hung on to Mr. Joe (who holds onto the kids) with one arm and kicks like crazy with her feet. We were encouraging her to grab at the water with two hands but she said she was just too tired to use more than one arm. Too much work. I thought Mr. Joe was going to choke on the water he laughed so hard. We are making progress at the pool, I'm happy to say and hopefully we will be prepared for our upcoming trip to the beach. The funniest thing about all of this is that she loves to wear her goggles during the lesson but she doesn't really go under water yet. None of the other kids have goggles on but she is sure it makes her the best swimmer so she's sporting them at the pool. Notice that she refused to take them off for the ride home...awesome!