Monday, September 19, 2011

Swimming lessons: Fall 2011

Eli was moving way too fast to get a good picture! The boy is a fish!
Nate is a cork so the back float is a piece of cake for him!
Big arms for the big boy!

After spending the whole summer at Swim Camp the boys are back in group lessons. So, we have tried group lessons, private lessons, King Brother lessons, etc... but at the Urbana Indoor aquatic center. You never knew if their instructor was going to be 16 and silly or 29 and tattooed up! Neither type of instructor was ever any good so we switched to the lessons at the University Pool! Hooray! They are amazing. Nate is the 3-4 year old group and he loves it. He is the best little swimmer in the group and is totally comfortable in the water. Eli is now with the big kids and was originally in level 2. After the first lesson in which he refused to use a kick board because he could do everything without it, his instructor bumped him up to level 3 and he is doing great! Next summer Eli will be starting swim team and Nate will probably still be bobbing like a cork in the water because actually swimming might be too much work!

1 comment:

Gromma said...

The King Fish! Swimming could be in their blood. Do you have small swim teams there, or just one big one?

Dad would say. Water Polo..college scholarship!"

Momma