Swimming Lessons.....Part 1

Yes, it's that time of year again.....but at least this year I don't have to get in the water with Mackenzee. Last year was the mommy and me class and this year, poor Mackenzee had to do it all on her own.

We have progressed since last year though! If you recall, there was just a "bit" of desperate clinging on Mackenzee's part last year. This year she got in there and splashed her little heart out. She "swam" with the assistance of her fabulous teacher Miss Ashley. Would she put her head underwater though?

Yeah.....not so much. She finally put her face in the water on the very last day of class because Jaysen surprised us by showing up and she wanted to show off for him.

The fun stopped there though.

The purpose of this class is to get the kids to learn to be safe around the water and to not be afraid of the water. So, apparently this means that on the last day of class each class member goes off the diving board. :0) They are hopefully supposed to show that they aren't scared of the water and to show that they know how to be safe in deep water. One instructor waits for them in the water under the diving board while the other helps the child to either jump off....or in Mackenzee's case....painfully lower her down into the water.

This is Miss Ashley telling Mackenzee how much fun she'll have......I don't think Mackenzee was convinced. She was screaming so loud.....Jaysen and I were trying to stifle our giggles. I realize that sounds bad, but poor Miss Ashley was trying so hard and Mackenzee would not budge.
Even at the end of the diving board....Mackenzee had such a tight grasp around Miss Ashley's neck that her little fingers had to be pried off.


The lifeguards were so good and didn't even get her head IN the water. And she lived....even though I'm pretty sure she thought she wasn't going to make it.

Even with all of this drama Miss Ashley gave Mackenzee the go ahead to move on to the next class when she goes again. I think we may give it a bit of time before we move on to that though.

We are currently on Part 2 of swimming lessons with Landon. He was immediately bumped up to the next class on his first day and has now been forced to swim laps and tread water. :0) I'll keep you posted on his progress....