everyday life: Mom & Tot Swim Lessons

Ava has been taking swimming lessons for a couple of months now and one of the benefits of having my sister in town is that I have paparazzi for all of Ava's weekly activities! Ava loves to 'practice' all of her swimming moves during the week but when we get there she's a little different. Not a whole lot of smiles during lessons but when that hand stamp time comes...all is right with the world again! I'm actually thinking of getting a hand stamp for her here at the house, as a reward for good things. It just might work like a charm!

This is Ava practicing her kicking. The pink thing is her wetsuit. She gets so cold in the water so we had to do this. Isn't it so cute?

This is where we walk around in a circle and practice our 'scooping' which will eventually be arm strokes.

Ava also gets one on one time with the teacher to practice wall work. She lets her go in the water (totally under the water) and guides her to the wall to grab hold and pull herself up. This is really about water safety more than swimming. This swim school really stressed water safety first before the actual aesthetics of swimming. I like that!

And our favorite is laying on this mat singing a 'motor boat' song where she can kick to her hearts content.

We will keep going to lessons until mid August and I'm so excited to see how much progress she makes. The one thing that she is absolutely PRO at is floating. All I have to do is hold a finger on the back of her neck and she is perfectly content to float in the water!

I also have some pictures of us at the local pool so I will post those next! The heat has been unbearable here so if we are not in the house then we are at the pool! She does love it though. I guess there is no question that summer is here!