Swimming.

Of course we have been swimming quite a bit. Jason could be swimming all day and all night if I let him. This was the second time they had been in the pool, and Jason has started dunking himself. He loves to be under water!!

More Time in the Pool

It's Tuesday and so far we haven't been swimming this week. I think that is a major accomplishment. Actually we love swimming and are so grateful that we are able to take advantage of the pool this year. Previous years I worked from home so going swimming was a major chore. No Work, means more time to go swimming.

Swimming

More swimming!! We decided to go swimming during the day yesterday. Boy am I fried!! Of course my Mother-in-law advised me I was going to get burned, and of course I knew I was going to get burned......but......well, I'm not that intelligent.

The girls found the snorkeling stuff and had a ball!!

Swimming

We went swimming in the in-laws pool for the first time in over a year. The older three have not left me alone about it all day! Samantha actually got dressed in her swimming suit this morning and put her clothes on over it. I think we will be up at the in-laws everyday this summer.

We weren't sure what to expect with Jason. Last time he only got in the pool for about 20 minutes and then wanted to go back up to the house. This year however he couldn't wait for Grandpa to get the cover open. He jumped right in and screamed and smiled the whole time. It was fairly cold. The older kids didn't mind it and neither did Jason, but he soon started shaking quite uncontrollably. I finally had to play the "Good Mother" and get him out of the pool. I didn't bring my camera so the in-laws let me load the movies from their camera on my Youtube account. Ignore the lady in the swim suit. Although I've lost a lot of weight I'm still not to proud of the way I look in a swimming suit. =P

Swimming Lessons

Tori and Samantha finished up another round of swimming lessons on Saturday. Tori was really close to passing level 5, and Samantha did pass level 3.

They will start again after the new year.

Swimming Lessons

Today was the last day of swimming lessons for the girls. Neither passed their level but they were both closer then I would have every thought possible.

Samantha's Teacher said: Great job at your elementary backstroke. Remember to take big breaths on your front crawl. Super Job!

The thing that she didn't pass was Jump into deep water from the side, swim front crawl for 15 yards, maintain position by treading or floating for 30 seconds and swim elementary backstroke for 15 yards.

Tori's Teacher said: Victoria that was some great swimming. Your breaststroke was great! Make sure you keep working on having a really good kick on that front crawl it will help a ton. Have fun in the next swim lessons.

The things that she didn't pass were 1.Shallow-angle dive, glide 2 body lengths and begin any front stroke (in water at least 9-feet deep) 2. Pike surface dive, submerging completely 3.Backstroke flip turn while swimming 4. Perform a shallow-angle dive into deep water, swim front crawl for 50 yards, change direction and position of travel as necessary and swim elementary backstroke for 50 yards. 5. Swim breaststroke for 25 yards, change direction and position of travel as necessary and swim back crawl for 25 yards.

As you can see Tori's is much more complex. I don't think I could do any of what the expect her to do to pass this level.

They both are doing well. Samantha can swim for the most part. I think her biggest issue is her ability to stay focused and listen to the teacher. When Sam's in the water she wants to play. Tori swims better then I do. Her biggest issue is that she forgets to kick. I do the same thing. I would rather use my arms then kick. Weird I know.

They are signed up for another session starting next week. Hopefully Sam will pass since she only had one thing she had to work on. I hope to see Tori build her stamina.

Swimming

Last night I was feeling generous, and thought it would be fun to take the kids swimming. Tori had asked me on Saturday if on Tuesday she could practice her strokes so that she could work her way up to being on the swim team. We all went together and had a wonderful time!!!



After all of this fun, Brett took the girls over to the lap pool and worked on their swimming with them. He sure knows a lot more then I do about swimming! All I can say is it's a good thing that I float.....=)

Just as a side note, Jason slept through the night. We are going to have to invest in a rec pass if he is going to do that after swimming.

Swimming Lessons

The girls are taking swimming lessons. The goal is to get them onto the rec center swim team, and Tori's coach said she is a strong girl and could do pretty well. She just needs to work hard because swim team is HARD.

Samantha likes to play too much. I'm not sure how long it will take her to get out of level 3 but she is enjoying herself......so.......


They took Sam's class over to learn dives.

Playing in the Pool

We went swimming with the kids yesterday, they don't make life pleasant when we go up to grandma's without getting in the pool. Here are some fun shots that I took with my new waterproof bag. My flip camera fits right inside and we got to play around.