Swimming - Little 1s

Our attempt at a family selfie as we head
out to Madelyn's 1st swimming lesson

We started Madelyn in swimming lessons this spring.  We decided to do lessons 2x/week for 4 weeks so she could get in the groove of it since we haven't been swimming since last summer/early fall.  We weren't sure what to expect as she has never been overly excited to jump in or get her face wet.

Her teacher was Ms Tia and there were 2 other boys in her class.  We loved Ms Tia - she was very encouraging and made it fun.  Madelyn was pretty reserved the 1st 3 sessions.  She didn't put her face in the water voluntarily but when her teacher splashed her face or helped her go under water she didn't seem to mind it.  By the 4th lesson Madelyn was a different swimmer.  Something clicked and she was building confidence with each activity/lesson.

She loved swimming lessons and asked every night how many more sleeps to see Ms Tia and when can she go swimming again.  She has like 5 different swim suits so it was always fun to figure out which one to wear :)  We went to the MGCC a couple times and last weekend Madelyn was jumping off the side, going underwater and pretending to be a shark like daddy!  She is very excited because we are going up north with our family in a couple weeks and she knows she will be swimming with Bishop & Nora.....she can't wait!

We found out last week that she passed the Little 1 class so now she is onto Little 2s!  We are so proud of her and she is so excited to keep swimming!  The next session starts next week and we are already on countdown for her 1st lesson in her new class!

Doing the back float all by herself!