Swim lessons

Elle and Easton both did so great in their swim lessons this year! Blake is the BEST swim teacher and helped them both make a lot of progress. Elle is very cautious but she got to be a lot more comfortable in the deep end. She was really nervous to jump off the diving board and dive to the bottom to get rings on the first day but by the end of the week, she was jumping off the diving board during Easton's class and playing in the deep end diving for rings. She learned the different kicks and all the different strokes and is so much more comfortable in the water. It is so nice that I don't have to worry as much about her in the pool because she knows the strokes and at the very least, can tread water if she needs to.
Easton is a little more brave in the pool and is a great little swimmer! Blake taught his class the front crawl swim and the elementary back stroke, "Chicken, airplane, soldier" and they worked a lot on floating on their tummies and backs. Easton also got to dive for rings in the shallow end and loved jumping off the diving board and swimming to the wall all by himself. He can get across the pool doing the front crawl swim and even takes breaths and keeps on swimming. Good job Elle and Easton!

Elle and Easton

Practicing her kicks with the kickboard

Swimming

Learning a proper dive can be tough. It is so cute to see all the kids with their arms in position and then they jump off, feet first. Blake even holds their legs so their head will lead, but I think it is a weird feeling to get the hang of. Elle did some pretty cute jumps off of it though!

Easton swimming across the pool to Blake

Doing "Chicken, airplane, soldier"

Easton and his buddy Drake got to do swim lessons together

Off the slide

Ready to dive...

And then the jump! So cute!

Jayne was so good to play at Stewart's house for a couple of hours every day while Elle and Easton had their lessons. They have such a fun backyard though so she had a great time. She loved this little car and looked so cute pretending to drive it. She loved the swing and the trampoline and got to see her little friends, Ila and Roxy.