They go twice a week, and it's just the 2 of them in class, which is nice. It's supposed to just be 1 teacher but sometimes she has someone training with her so it's nice to have another person. Class lasts 25 minutes but they are worn out by the end. They work hard! They think it's pretty cool that they get to go use a hotel pool, and keep asking when we are going to sleep there. :)
On the first day we got there a little early so I took a few pictures. They are wearing their new birthday bathing suits from Aunt Julie and Uncle Brian.
It just so happened that their first class was when Scott had to be in Japan for work. Dianne agreed to go with me, just because I wasn't sure what to expect, or if I'd need an extra set of hands. I really thought one, if not both, of them would be freaking out! But I was completely wrong about that! I'm also very glad that I don't have to get in the pool with them. They got right in and got to work! Here they are in their floatation things they have to wear for class.
Most lessons have them doing some kicks to warm up, then some grocery shopping where the teacher, Miss Mia, throws out plastic pieces of food into the water and they have to use their noodles to swim out and get them. Then they get to use their "super hero sticks" and also practice puppy swims. They do each thing several times. They are also working on putting their whole faces under water, and blowing bubbles.
As expected, Addison is much more comfortable in the water. She has no fear when it comes to water, which is one of the main reasons we knew they needed lessons. Fischer can do the exercises, but he gets very nervous and keeps yelling " I can't do it!" even though he can. During the first lesson he kept saying "I can't do this much longer!" Addison has started waiting on Fischer in the pool, or turning around and swimming back to him and swimming with him. Poor girl ends up doing twice the amount of work! :)
After their first lesson, we went to Chick-Fil-A to celebrate, and the kids even got ice cream. Of course they then expected to go there after each lesson. :) This week are their last 2 lessons of this session, but I've already signed up for another session so they will continue on with a different teacher and at a different location next week. Hopefully they like her just as much as Miss Mia and continue to learn!
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