swimming on your own – Mummy To Twins Plus One

Soon to be Penguins

Note: I must have been very tired when writing this post as I did have the title the other way around then changed it. The twins are going to be seals not penguins so sorry everyone. They were penguins and will go into seals for the next lessons.

The girls went to their swimming lesson this morning and we were lucky to make it. Due to a late night for the girls and also mummy and daddy we all slept in till 9am. Swimming lessons was at 9.30am so not a lot of wiggle room. Had to get kids dressed and fed and myself organised also so we could zip up to the pool and make the lesson. We were lucky and made it in time, phew! Lucky we woke when we did.

After the lesson the teacher told me that she is putting the twins up a level, so next time we book for lessons they will be seals not penguins. How amazing is that! I was beaming about this all day. It was like I got the big pat on the back and well done. Nope it was the kids well done. I explained to them about moving up a class and they are not over the moon about it. I’m sure they will be when they learn more in the next class.

Seals need more help and wear floaties, whereas penguins don’t need floatation devices and are swimming more independently. So well done girls!

Thought you might want to see some fun snaps of the kids having fun after the lesson. I am now using my zoom in the iPhone for pictures as I did not realise I could do this. Yes a sad day for a tech girl that did not know. 🙁 Hope you enjoy them.

I leave you all tonight a pleased and proud mummy that now has kids that are getting very close to swimming the pool all by themselves. 🙂

Floaties Days Are Numbered

Yesterday my girls started swimming lessons again. One of my girls decided that she wanted to swim without the backboard floatie on and we gave it a go, however she did her best but kept on sinking. So as you can imagine floaties are still needed. Both girls are doing all the right things to move up to the next level in the swimming lessons but the next level needs the child to be without the floatie, mine still need it.

Hubby and I decided that it will not take long to get them swimming without the need of a floatie or any type of floatation device so we have put them in lessons again, and it is expensive but we hope that soon it will allow the girls to not have to use the floaties.

In the lesson yesterday I told the teacher that both are keen to be done with the backboards and would like to swim without them. She said that she will concentrate on techniques and skills to help them lose it and gain confidence to swim without it.

I am proud to report that both girls swam successfully without the floaties, so that is a great first step. The kids are in what is called penguins and the next step is to be a seal. So that is what I would like, both girls to move to the seal class.

It will be interesting to see what happens with the next lesson and it was good that the teacher just had my two girls in the class. Not sure if that was the way it was supposed to be or if some kids did not turn up. I am sure we will see if it is different next week.

Do your kids swim? Have they had lessons? When did they make the break from floaties to swimming on their own? I do have video of them swimming but think it might be too big to add, so sorry about that. I also noticed that the girls very blue eyes look even more blue with the water in the background.

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