Being around water so much, it was important to us that the kids know how to swim, so we signed them up for Miss Rita's swimming class. She's known for being tough, but I had no idea how brutal the week would start.
The first couple of days, the parents are not allowed in the pool area so that the kids can concentrate on the class and the moms don't jump in the pool to save their children! I think nearly every kid cried the first day, including Hannah and Jack.
However, through the tears the kids actually learned to swim! Since Jack was so little I was allowed to stay in the pool area to keep him from wandering between his turns in the pool, and it was amazing to see the progress. By the end of the second day, Jack was swimming!
Miss Rita had 2 helpers - Mr. Mike and Miss Jenny the first week. Hannah was so terrified that she clung to the teacher's bathing suit and tried all of her negotiating tactics to get out of the pool (I don't want to swim. I'm a baby. How many more times?) We had to work on her quite a bit to loosen up and gain some confidence.
We heard a lot of "head down," and "kick, kick, kick."
Miss Rita about to throw Jack into the deep end. He screamed the entire time. In fact, I think he burned more energy screaming than he did swimming.
Hannah getting thrown into the deep end by Miss Jenny.
Hannah swimming!!
Jack swimming!
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