Swimming Lessons

How it started:

How it’s going:

Photos by Jaclyn

Hooray for Donovan, who, after a week, still doesn’t really want to move away from the safety of the stairs, but is now willing to put his head all the way under water and dog-paddle with the instructor’s help. (Instructor is doing this with all the kids.)

Standing on the sidelines, cheering for Donovan.

And Jac… not willing to do anything the first week but sit on the stairs and say “no”. We didn’t even try getting her in the water today. Disappointing but not unexpected.

We have 2 lessons left for Donovan. I got him a Lego set, that he really really wants, and the deal is if he floats on his back around the class area (with the teacher’s help, like the rest of the class is doing), he really really gets it. Crossing fingers…Added: He did it!! So proud of himself and immediately asked when he was getting his Legos. 😂 Legos - the great motivator!