Tadpole Swim Class

Hannah was approved to be in the Tadpole swim class this week which is for 3 year olds and even though she turns 3 in a couple of months it took an act of congress with the City of Davis to get her in even though her previous instructor approved her for it. I guess that is just how the City works.

When Adam took her on the first day of class we found out that we don't have to be in the water with her and it is a private lesson!!! SWEET!! I can't tell you how relaxing it is to just sit on the grass and observe her lesson rather then be involved in it...this is the first class of its type that we have been a part of. Well of course since I don't have to participate it gave me plenty of opportunity to take pictures. So here they are:

Hannah and her instructor "Ada" sitting on the edge of the pool waiting for their safety lesson for the day:



Hannah practicing her kicking:


Hannah practicing using her arms to swim (she is the little dot in the middle of the picture:


There is always some play time involved..I think she was making some Mac & Cheese here...her favorite:


And here is Hannah & Ada going off the diving board together! Hannah was all excited about it but after the first jump she wasn't so sure. But she was brave enough to try it again...but the jury is still out on if she truly enjoyed it:


And round #2:




The color is a little off in the picture above...I can't seem to get it to touch up the picture in iPhoto...hmmm.

Anyway, Hannah's teacher Ada told me yesterday that she has already learned all her "Tadpole Skills" and that she could advance to being a Turtle, but that is for 4 year olds and her attention span b/c of her age might be a little too short for that. No worries b/c the City of Davis only has one more week of swim lessons to offer and so we are just going to put her straight into either the Davis Athletic Club or Swim America lessons for the Fall & Winter to keep up her swimming skills. I hope to have her be able to swim on her own by next summer so that I don't have to worry too much about her in the pool since I will have a baby to look after as well!