Swim Lessons

We are having the most wonderful summer.  I feel really good about my decision to keep the girls out of all extracurricular activities and camps for the summer.  They are playing together so well and enjoying all of the free time to play outdoors and spend our days at the pool swimming with friends.

We are on day 6 of 9 for our swim lessons and the girls are doing fantastic.  Last week Harper wasn't too keen on doing her lessons and shed some tears.  This week she figured out that she was actually able to swim by herself and since then has taken off.  Both girls are like little fish and Handley is swimming all over the pool independently.  Harper loves jumping in and swimming to me.

Hudson doesn't mind the water and has fun hanging out on the steps with some toys, but he prefers being out and able to crawl around.  His poor little red knees and the tops of his feet are all chafed because of it, but it doesn't seem to bother him and he keeps on crawling.

Today was the first day I was actually able to take pictures and video because my parents are in town for Handley's birthday and were there to help me at the pool today.

For Harper's lessons she is now focusing on learning to take a breath so that she can swim further distances.  She does very exaggerated breaths, but she's getting the hang of it.

During Handley's lessons she is working on her stroke form and endurance.  Today she swam the entire length of the pool all by herself!


Here she is making her final strokes to the end of the pool and on the right you can see how far she swam!

Click HERE for a video of Harper swimming during her lessons.

Click HERE for a video of Handley swimming around and having fun before her lessons started.