This summer, we made a point of having Eliana is swimming lessons as much as possible. She looooves the water, but we didn't feel like she was really competent in it. So, swimming lessons began! Part way through the summer, we were able to get into lessons that a local lady does in her backyard. This was great, as Karina and Gabriel could then play outside during the lessons. (Neither Karina nor Gabriel are ready for swimming lessons -- Gabe just started being willing to go into the pool in September, and Karina will not, for ANY reason, put her face in the water.)
Eliana started out with her usual floating and putting her head in, but NO real swimming. Then, all of a sudden, one day she could swim!!! Yeah!!
She still looks like she is drowning while she swims across the pool, but in reality, she knows what to do and does make forward progress. It is super nice to not be worried about her safety in the water now! Because she made so much progress right at the end of the summer, we decided to keep going with swimming lessons this fall, to really cement what she is learning. Unfortunately, fall swim lessons have to be done at the local athletic club, so Karina and Gabriel have to sit in chairs along the wall and watch. Not nearly as fun as playing in the backyard! Karina regularly asks to go back to the other swimming lessons.
As you can see, Karina and Gabriel and a lot of fun there, too!
They even had a swing set and a tree house to play in!
Here you can see Eliana's new skills!
And she can even jump off the diving board now! These videos were taken in August, she has improved a lot since then.
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