Swim Lessons

The kids had Swim Lessons while they were off track

at the Clearfield Aquatic Center.   We've taken

them there before and probably will continue.

We like it there and the instructors are so 

nice and great at teaching.  It was Owen's first

time for lessons and he did not skip a beat.

He was so excited and got right in the water ready

to play and swim.  Riley and Paige were in the same

level class.  Sierra finally moved up from last time.

She made huge progress and maybe by next time 

lessons can swim by her self in deep water. 

Owen did smack his head during the second

week of lessons and then got water up his

nose.  It was a bad day for him.  Unfortunately

after that he did not want to go under the water

and blow bubbles.  So he just did the back float

with his teacher.  The first week Brandon was 

passing by between jobs and stopped for a few 

minutes to see the kids.  When Owen saw Brandon

he said, "Look Daddy I can go under the water

with no goggles".  He then plopped himself

under the water and stayed there for a good 5-10 

seconds and came up smiling.  It was so funny

and unexpected! 

Owen hates water in his ears and never lays back

in the bath tub at home fore me to wash his hair.

He would rather I just dump water over his head

so at lessons he was hesitant to lay his head back

but by the end of the two weeks he was doing

much better. 

Riley has gotten more brave and will jump off the

diving board and the edge of the pool. 

She is still hesitant of diving and can't quite

get her head to go before her feet in a dive. 

Paige is still pretty fearless and is getting better

at the back stroke and all those other fancy

ways to swim. 

Grandma Gardner came a couple of times to watch

during her lunch hour.  She just walked across the

field from work to see them.  The kids loved that.