Enjoying their "winner" medals and a treat.
Keaton is a little nervous about swimming to the edge and climbing out!
Ethan mid-breast stroke.
Blakers working on his backstroke.
We tried something new this year and I won't ever go back to any other form of swimming lessons again! We had our friend, Angela, come over to our pool and teach the boys along with some other friends and neighbors. She is awesome! It took about 3-4 days for Keaton to warm up to her but by the end of the 2 1/2 weeks he was jumping off the step towards her/me and swimming with his head down for about 8-10 feet. He needs help turning over onto his back to catch his breath, though. He will also float on his back for a bit and then turn onto his stomach and swim. He is still not safe without us but it is a step closer to being a great swimmer- and a happy one! Ethan and Blake worked on fine tuning the freestyle, back, breast, and butterfly strokes. I have to say that Ethan has a great breaststroke and Blake loves to do the dolphin kick for the butterfly. It was fun to have our pool busy for the morning- my kids were seriously in there from 8 in the morning to 5 at night on some days. Thanks Angela- we hope she'll come back next summer.
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We are doing the same thing - having my brother teach the kids privately. They are loving it and are improving SO MUCH! Although - we don't have the "pool-in-our-backyard" thing going for us, so we are only once a week for a few hours! Looks like you guys are heading into some wonderful weather! So jealous.
Hey You...So we are going to Disneyland for Halloween. We are wondering how crowded it's going to be. Have ya'll been for Halloween, any info?
Your boys really are such good swimmers. Are you really seriously going to Disneyland for Halloween?! Wow...
Can't wait to hang out in St. George. I'm sure I'll be a single parent for all of Saturday, so expect us to be where ever you are!
We aren't going to DL for Halloween. Maybe Darren is all by himself. Tina- I've never gone for Halloween but I've heard it's fun. We've gone in Sept., Nov., Dec, Jan...it seems hit and miss when it comes to crowds. It seems like the trips where we are there Tues-Thurs are great because those days are less crowded.
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