There's just something so exciting to me about swim lessons. I think it might be that it brings back so many fun childhood memories of my swim lessons and how much I loved it! Every summer since Lukas was born we have done at least one session of swim lessons. I truly think it has paid off for Lukas; he is an incredible swimmer for just being 3! And I'm a huge fan or learning to swim at a very young age. Addilyn started our summer off with swim lessons and just loved it! We got to do our lessons with some good friends which made it even more fun.
Addilyn learned to jump in, blow bubbles, kick her feet and of course a bunch of fun and adorable water songs.
Daddy came to swim with Addilyn several times too! Fun!
And of course, the girls graduated (with bubble-blowing honors) and got to celebrate with their Daddys and a fun day in the kids pool. Hooray!
Lukas was next up for swim lessons and this was his first time doing "big-kid" lessons. Which means mommy watches from the side-lines instead of being in the water with him. Sigh. I'll be honest I was a little like "say what?! 4 kids and a teacher?!" But they said he was ready and after lots of prayers and telling myself he would be fine, I let him go to the first day of class and he just loved it. He listened well to his teacher and never even fell off the step despite being his crazy little self in the pool. If you know him, you know what I mean, and he survived. ;)
Lukas learned to swim on his back, hold his breath for long enough that mommy would get really nervous watching, and he even learned how to jump in from the side with a life jacket on and bobbing back up to the top! Pretty amazing for a 3-year old!
Just like his baby sis, he also graduated and he gets to move up to the next class when we decide to do lessons again. One of the benefits of living in a mountain town is that despite getting snow 6 months out of the year, our pool does year round swim lessons! Nothing like coming to swim when its 15 degrees out and there's several feet of snow on the ground! Sweet. Anyways, check out this cute swimmer!
Lukas also got to do a Sports Camp which was so much fun! We got to see Lukas' competitive side and he got to make some new friends, burn off some extra energy running around and even learned to rock climb! He was surprisingly good at rock climbing and had no fear about falling off the wall or getting too high. Doesn't get that from me! My few rock climbing experiences were nothing I would want to repeat. If you've heard the stories, then you know just what I'm talking about. Oops. Glad my brother is still alive. hehe.
Its is such a blessing to watch these little people that God gave me grow up and do these "big-kid" things. It's actually very bitter-sweet... watching them grow up and do new things is so exciting and fun, yet then I realize all too soon I will be sending them off to kindergarten... and beyond. Sigh. Smile. Now I'm going to go find those sweet faces and kiss them 100 times and play with them till I tuck them in tonight and kiss their little noses good-night. Ah, if you have them gracing your lives too, then make sure you give them an extra kiss today and make sure they know that they are loved and appreciated and so incredibly special.
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