Swimming in the Big Pool

Swim lessons have started this summer and this year Rocco is old enough to attend.  About 27 times a day, these two ask "When are swim lessons??"

On the first day, Jillian went with Ms. Taylor to the 5 year old class and Rocco went with Ms. Alex to the 3 year old class.  About 5 minutes into the class, with every other 3 year old crying that they didn't want to put their head in the water and Rocco swimming laps around them, Ms. Alex yelled across the pool whether I would give permission to put him in the 5 year old class.  Ha!!  Awesome!!  So now he is swimming with the big dogs!!  Ms. Taylor takes no mercy on the fact that he is 3 and sternly instructs him to cup his hands, straighten his legs, and retrieve rings off the bottom of the pool.  Somehow Rocco does everything she instructs!!!  I always thought Jillian was a fantastic swimmer but at 3 years old, Rocco is even better than she was at that age.  Bryan is thinking we may have an athlete on our hands!!! 

Here is Jillian practicing her breaths. 

Here is Rocco!!  Ha!!

Jillian practicing the breaths during free stroke.

Roc practicing the back stroke. 

They also practice diving.  Jillian has almost got it.  Rocco has the form but doesn't like to jump head first!!

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Swim class is finished for the day.  You know why they are giving you those cheesy grins??

I think the real reason that J & R do so well during lessons is because if they do well and listen to Ms. Taylor we stay at the pool and I let them jump off the diving boards.  They LOVE it!!!!  They would jump all day if I would let them!!!

There are two diving boards - a low and a high.  I'll give you one guess as to which my kids jump off of????

This is her "dive" off the big board.  Don't worry.  We are still practicing!!

Then they figured out that they could jump at the same time!!  Sychronized diving is hysterical!!!