First Day Of Swim Lessons!!

Today the girls started swimming lessons at aerofit and wow did they show off their different personalities. Honestly it's sometime hard to tell the differences since they seem to switch off every few weeks. I'm always very slow to answer peoples repetitive question, "so do they have complete different personalities?" But more and more lately Pryscilla seems to be more adventurous & Eden is a bit more shy. They've never seen an olympic size swimming pool before so when we walked in they BOTH  freaked.  Crying, holding on to me, and scared. In the midst of all that their teachers introduced themselves and I made big deals about their pretty swimsuits. That seemed to do it for P. She turned the switch off and was ready to go. Unfortunately until the last 5 min of class we couldn't get Eden to go near the pool. I even resorted to bribery and she didn't care. At the end coach Mat got her to get in an area she could stand. She was still very timid but at least she made it in the water, right!! Pryscilla did great she did all of her kicks, blowing bubbles, and floating on her back and front with the teacher. I'm crossing my fingers for tomorrow!! If you have any "tricks" for me leave a comment please!! :) 

Eden wasn't going near the pool.

Until the last 5 min this is as close as we could get her

Here's P kicking away

Waiting her turn

Teacher talking with P

Very proud of herself

Eden joined in the last 5 min where she knew she could stand

Here she is kicking (on her own) 

Swimming Lessons

The girls have started their swimming lessons. They've had 3 lessons now. Here is a short video and a couple of pictures. Between the lessons, the bathtub, our backyard pool, Cozumel, and my parents' pool they are really progressing. Holding their breath underwater for a few seconds, kicking, jumping, and just overall getting more comfortable in the water. We're really working on the back float right now and trying to get them to calm down and just lay there "like a pancake". Even with me they don't love to do it! Megan (their teacher) said it's just all about giving up the control and for 2.5 thats tough to do. It's so amazing to see them growing up. I know all parents feel this way, I'm no different. It's probably boring to read BUT I'm going to say it anyway! This is their 1st teacher experience and they are doing so well. Just the fact that they are learning to listen to someone else is totally cool. They don't even mind me sitting and watching. They just look back at me every now and then & smile like they are so proud of themselves. I love that my girls are little fish!

1st Swimming Lesson

The girls had their 1st swimming lesson yesterday...