Swim

For the last two weeks the kids have been taking swim lessons.  Jackson already swam pretty well, but just needed to gain a little more confidence.  Emerson has taken lessons before but refused to put her head under water, and Logan had never taken lessons but had absolutely no fear in the water.  We decided to put them in survival swimming.  It has been a pretty stressful two weeks.  The lessons are pretty intense at first and they push the kids and make them very uncomfortable and scared.  At first it was a total nightmare.  Emerson had the hardest time.  Her teacher was very strict and Emerson and her definitely had a battle of wills.  It was very tough to watch, but finally Emerson gave in and started doing so well.  She can now dive in and swim freestyle and backstroke across the pool. Logan was my main reason for putting my kids in these lessons.  He is not scared of anything and was constantly jumping in pools and scaring me to death.  He is getting better every day.  He can dive in and float on his back across the pool.  He is learning to swim on his stomach and hopefully will not give me a panic attack the next time we are at the pool.  Jackson did great.  I love watching him do so well.  I am so glad that we did these lessons, but I am even happier they are over.