Sunday, June 7, 2009

Avery's First Swim Lessons

A few weeks ago Avery started her very first swim lessons. Even though she loves to play in the water and swim with her life jacket on she has always been deathly afraid of getting water in her face, so we knew this was going to be an adventure. When we got there I wasn't sure if she was going to get in the water or not, but a little girl about her same size walked over with her mom and sat in the water. Avery noticed that the little girl had on the same swimsuit as Avery did. That seemed to make this all better. Avery was still very timid, but she improved leaps and bounds.
Avery was very nervous to jump in the water.
She did a great job kicking around the pool.
She could kick her legs, move her arms, and blow bubbles all at the same time.
Avery was very nervous for the back float, but now that is all she wants to do in the bath tub.
Here is the video of Avery swimming out to the ring at the bottom of the pool. As you will see she did not want to go to the bottom to get it. Her teacher was great and knew that she could do it. Although she was scared and probably won't do it again for a while, she was very proud of herself when she was done. We were so proud of her. The best part is she doesn't scream as loud when she gets water in her face while taking a bath:)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad you posted the video! Yazzi is so scared of the water and i had her watch the video and now she's excited to go swim. She keeps telling me she wants to watch the video of the little girl go under the water and kick her legs:)

Heidi said...

Wow! She did such a good job! I can't believe that she went under the water that long in that video clip! Way to go Avery!

Anonymous said...

Good Job Avery! You'll be a pro in no time.

Goff family said...

I think floating on the back is scarey for most kids - at least that is what my girls swim teacher says. McKinley has been doing swim lessons for two years and still hates her back. We start this week, so we will see how she does this year.

ETCK said...

She is so cute! I love the first picture where she looks really worried and scared. She was probably really nervous to go underwater to get the ring.

Vic and Jan said...

Way to go. Avery!! She has a great teacher who seems to know how far to push. She'll be a little fish in no time.

Sara said...

She looks so cute:) She did really good!