Round One of Swimming Done

The girls had their last swim lesson for this session this past Thursday. Emily is doing excellent! She went from being absolutely terrified of getting her face wet to swimming underwater in a matter of 8 lessons. She is going to get to move on to the next level in April.

I thought Eliana would be the one to excel and she has improved quite a bit. She was surprised to learn that she could actually float without any floatation devices on. She has completed all of the skills needed to advance to the next level. However, she can't swim very far without panicking. In fact, on the last lesson, she reverted to clinging to the side of the pool, crying, and clawing the lifeguard. So she is going to re-take the level again in April to hopefully become more comfortable in the water. She went from loving swimming to hating it and never wanting to do it again. I hope she changes her mind in the next week.