Well, Eve survived her two week swim lessons (i guess i should say the teachers actually survived the swim lessons). It was a little touch & go with her with putting her face in the water & sitting still, but she made. Her big accomplishments were: putting her head under water, somewhat floating & jumping off of a diving board (i think that's pretty good for a girl who doesn't like to get water in her eyes). We had to invest in three pairs of goggles to get this far, though.
On the last day of class, the parents are allowed to sit by the pool & watch thier kids swimming. So, you heard a lot of yelling, correcting, etc by the parents. I also had to jump up & take Eve to the bathroom since she jumped up & exclaimed, "I have to go potty" as she held herself. So, I got nominated since Rob was holding Lila to pick her up & take her.
Eve also got corrected 3x by her teacher for not sitting still or for getting in the pool when she wasn't supposed to. Then they got to jump off of the diving board. Eve didn't want to do it this time since she said she didn't want to get water in her eyes (don't know where those goggles were...).
At the end of class, they all got a Tootsie Roll & a report card. Eve mastered fully submerging her face, buoyancy, floated on front & back while supported, bubble blowing, kicking on front & back while supported. However, the back of her card says that she did not pass (which I didn't think she would since this was her first class) because she needs to practice strong kicking & working on arm swimming.
Eve is going back for more starting the end of July--she needs to pass!!! Lots of practice at our pool until then :)
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