Swimming Again

After taking a month over around the holidays, the girls started up swimming lessons again in mid-February.  We are starting to see some real improvements with both of them.  Emily is becoming more and more self-confident, while Elizabeth is starting to make so real strides with her crawl stroke and back stroke.  We will likely start another round of lessons as soon as these are complete so that they get the chance to push themselves a little more.

Warm ups. 

The goggle obsession. 

Jumping in.  Elizabeth won't pass this class until she can dive, but she is not interested in trying yet.  And I can't say that I really blame her, considering the loud, slapping belly flops that the other swimmers do every week. 

The real reason I brought my camera this particular week was to capture Emily swimming without her bubble.  Emily, however, decided that this would be the week that she absolutely freaked out in the pool.  In four years of swimming at the Y, she has never cried (she's been terrified, but never cried).  She spent this entire lesson screaming and crying.