Swimming update

Jax has been taking swimming lessons since the beginning of the summer and he is doing great! When the lessons first started he was a little apprehensive about putting his face in the water...actually that might be an understatement...he REFUSED to do it! He was afraid, and as his Grandma Bonnie puts it, he is like a little old man, he over-thinks everything! He started practicing in the bathtub and pretty soon he would put a very small part of his face in the water at swim lessons. I decided to make him a deal, there was a "bumblebee" shooting arm (Transformers for those of you who aren't as in to that movie as we are around this house) that he wanted really bad. I told him that if he would start putting his whole head under the water without plugging his nose, then I would take him to the store and buy it for him. Last week Jax decided he couldn't wait for this toy any longer so, he put his whole head under the water, without plugging his nose, and figured out that it's a lot of fun to swim under water! He was so proud of himself! As soon as swim lessons got over I took him straight to the store for his well-deserved toy! Today in the pool he was like a little fish! His daddy and I are so proud of him for being such a big boy!

Nick and I decided to have the swim teacher start working with Ella for a few minutes in the pool. I wasn't sure how she would feel about getting in the pool with the swim teacher, but she jumped right in and started kicking her feet as fast as she could! She even put her face in and blew bubbles! Apparently she has been paying more attention to the kids lessons than I thought. She got a little scared when he had her float on her back, but he is such a great teacher and buy the end she was doing it. She didn't want to get out of the pool!