A nice man from our church just put a pool in his family's backyard this past fall. He and his wife have been kind enough to offer it for our family to use anytime we want. He, his wife, and his teenage daughter all work during the day, so we have the pool and hot tub all to ourselves. My goal this year is for all three of my children to become comfortable in the water and for at least Cole and Molly to make great strides in the effort to learn to swim. Cole has taken swimming lessons three times and still doesn't know how. He is just so STIFF (just like Mark). Because of this, Mark has always been reluctant to sink money into lessons again. Not that it isn't important that they learn, it is just that this method hasn't proved to be successful for us. We haven't ever taken them swimming in the summer more than a handful of times. This year will be different!!
I started taking the kids swimming yesterday and took them again today. WOW!! We have sure made progress just in two days. Cole is getting more comfortable with the idea of going under the water and is showing signs of swimming! Molly taught herself to swim today!!! She is very comfortable in the water and her progress is amazing. Spencer....has no fear!! Today he felt he was big enough to just go wherever he wanted and tried to do just that. He wears floaties on his arms but isn't quite able to keep his nose and mouth above water even with them on. I have to keep my eyes on him constantly because he will try anything! I can't wait to see what they will be doing after a weeks worth of swimming.
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