Swimming

We decided to start Samantha in swim lessons in March -  1) because I am not the best swimmer, and 2) we wanted an activity we could all do together with Sam.  This turned out to be fun for all of us. We quickly noticed during our fist class that most of these kids had been swimming since they were very young (about 4 months on average).  Sam was joining the class at 13 months so we knew her experiences in the water would be very different.  She was hesitant the first class but by the end she was kicking and splashing and enjoying every minute of it.  We even had to restrain her from just running into the pool!

 

We have now progressed to going underwater without crying!  This is a huge step for both Samantha and Mom.  It was surprisingly very difficult to submerge Sam knowing that she didn't like it and now we have all become comfortable with that aspect of swim class. Next week, we are graduating to the next class, we are very excited!!