Last year, the pool had to close just 2 days into his lessons due to mechanical problems. So this year he took two rounds to make up for it. In June he took Beginner II, and for the past two weeks he's been taking Advanced Beginner.
He's improved so much this year, and it has worked out so great having lessons back-to-back because he's really retained what he's learned. His greatest accomplishment was being able to jump off and dive off the diving board and swim to the side without wearing a life jacket or needing the lifeguard to catch him. He kept trying to run off the diving board before diving, but it always ended up in a belly flop! OUCH! So, he learned that it worked best to walk to the edge of the board before attempting to dive!
The boys enjoy staying up late and sleeping in during the summer. Since Ammon didn't want to have to wake up any earlier than necessary, he made sure each night before that he had the 3 essentials ready for the next morning: green swimming shorts, green towel made by Grandma, and green goggles. (Guess what his favorite color is?!) He couldn't find his goggles the first morning of lessons, and had a difficult time swimming, so he didn't make that mistake again! Those green goggles always made it easy for us to spot him in the pool too!We are so proud of him and how well he has done! Next year will be the end of lessons for him, and the beginning for Jonah and Micah!
2 comments:
Sounds like he has everything in life all figured out. Looks like you guys are having a fun summer too. Cute, cute boys.
Congrats on the graduation from swim lessons :-) Good old Salmon pool, I haven't been there in so long!
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