McCann Happenings: Swim Lessons

Well, we finished a second round of swim lessons with Megan this week and Hailey's first session. I must say, Hailey is a water bug! She absolutely loved being in the water and even practices some of her skills at home in the bathtub. Megan made good progress this time around, but still needs to conquer her fear of putting her face in the water and jumping in from the side. We are moving into soccer now, so swimming will come again probably in the spring. Here are a few pictures to show you the fun we had.

This was a common scene at every lesson....the instructor trying to convince Megan she would be just fine if she jumped in.

Eventually, we all gave up and decided a "drop" was the best approach. Megan agreed to go along with it.

The beginning of the drop....

And a smile at the end!

On this particular day, the class was working on water safety, so that explains the life vests. The funniest part of this class was that at one point, it was made up of 3 Megans. My Megan, one other student named Megan, and the instructor.

This is how Hailey entertained herself during Megan's lessons....climbing!

It was a lot of fun to be in the water with Hailey and she did a great job. My arms definitely got a workout though, trying to keep her above the water and sitting on the side when it was time.

The smile you see here is pretty much how she looked the whole time.

She always carefully picked a toy for playing. It had to be just the right one.

One of the exercises was to throw the toy and have your child practice swimming towards it.

We always practiced blowing bubbles. Hailey hasn't quite got the blowing part, but is having a great time putting her face in the water, especially in the tub and our little kiddie pool at home.

More practice swimming to the toy.

The instructor seemed to really enjoy Hailey. I think it was the smile. So on the last day she got to spend some time with her doing one of the circle songs.