Swimming Lessons

Aliza has become much more comfortable in the water this year. With a little help from her Momma!She has changed from clingy and scarred to adventurous and brave! She started out with the help of a life vest to gain some confidance and practiced getting the feel of the water and learning to kick and paddle with her hands. We practiced this for quite a long time. We both got "raisin toes"!

While we were in NY, although I don't have pics because I was in the pool and alone with the kids, she ditched the life vest and started actually swimming back and forth from the side of the pool to me! I'm so proud of her progress! We were actually in the same pool I learned to swim in as a kid - The Municipal Pool in Rome, NY - funny!

Also of note is that Kaleb took the swimming test to swim in the deep end and go down the water slide and passed with flying colors! He was so proud of himslef and must have rocked that slide 40 times! Congratulations to both of you on how great you are learning and growing!