Monday, June 16, 2008

Swimming Lessons

Last week, Connor and Jaxson had swimming lessons. Both of the boys love the water so I really didn't think there would be any problems. I was mostly worried about Jax because in most things, he has no fear.
The first two days went by wonderfully!!! He did such a great job. On the 2nd day, he stepped off of the step in the deep in and went under the water for a few seconds. I pulled him out and he seemed fine, he didn't even cry! On day 3, he started crying half way through it and didn't want to do anything! I thought that it might be because his friend Maddie was crying and he was just following suit. On day 4, they both cried again through pretty much the whole thing. On day 5, Maddie was fine and didn't cry at all, but Jax didn't want to do anything. So I don't think that it was because Maddie was crying. Maybe him going under the water affected him more than I thought??? He ended up cooperating for the last 10 minutes of his last lesson and had a great time.Connor did great! Before going to lessons, he wasn't scared of the water and didn't mind putting his face in the water at all. So the first day or two he learned to swim, but for some reason...he didn't mind swimming and he didn't mind putting his face in the water, but he didn't want to do it at the same time!!! But he did!!! He was so brave and tried things that he was scared to do. By the end of the week, Connor was jumping off the diving board in the deep end and swimming to the side without any help!

I am so proud of both of them!! Laura is a great teacher and I hope to use her every year!!

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