LA Takes Swimming Lessons!

Several weeks ago, I sent Daddy a text asking him if he thought we should sign Landry up for swimming lessons. He agreed that it would be good, so after he was committed I then proceeded to tell him that a parent was required to be in the water with their child and since I had just had a baby a few short weeks ago, naturally he was the one for the job. I thought he would grumble a little about it, but he didn't at all and actually sounded a little excited for it. Such a good Daddy! :)

 

So I signed them both up at the Cooper YMCA and classes began in June. We had two lessons a week for three weeks. Landry wasn't quite sure what to think at first, and it probably didn't help that they had Daddy dunk her wanted them to put their face under the water on the very first day. Despite that she really did pretty well overall. From where I was sitting it looked like she was having fun, but Daddy said she whined the whole class. By the third week she was really starting to enjoy it and was relaxing enough to try to float and even kicking her legs while Daddy pulled her in the water.

 

Waiting for my first day of swim lessons to start!

Day 1: Putting face in water. Did it a couple times the first day, never again.

Day 1: Tried running away at every opportunity to jump in pool.

Day 6: Finally enjoying the pool!

Baby girl doing a great job kicking her legs!

 On the last day they had the option to go down the huge slide. Being the no-fear Daddy he is, he signed his kid up to be the test dummy. I was at the bottom ready to take photos and didn't think much of it (thinking he was going down with her). So they strapped her into the life vest and headed up the stairs. Next thing I know, out she came (alone) head first flailing arms and legs. No sooner had she came out of the slide had all of the other parents ripped off their kids' life vests and completely bailed on the idea. I'm not sure if hearing her tumble the whole way down and around the slide or coming out head first was the deciding factor but they made split second decisions and were back in the other side of the pool before she was even out of the slide I think. She cried for just a few seconds and then was over it and having fun again in the pool! Proud of our girl for being so tough!

 

Standing in line for the big slide!

This is blurry, but you can make out that she was head first and flailing
arms and legs before she went under. Poor baby!