It's no secret that I love swimming. Like, love-love swimming. I took swimming lessons at the Snow College Activity Center (AC) growing up and I loved them. I know not everyone loves to swim, but both David and I agree that swimming is such an important life skill to have. I wanted to put Lydia in swimming lessons this summer, but by July I hadn't even thought about it for more than 2 seconds at a time and figured that I'd missed the boat (haha. punny.) But when Ashley mentioned that she might be signing her kids up for a second round of lessons and I realized that there was still a chance to sign up I decided to do it! Cue: waking up at 3 o'clock in the morning to register for a slot for Lydia. Seriously, Lehi is just growing so fast and is so big! Some of the classes were full at 3:05.
(Also, cue a long story about registering for the wrong time - because, hello! 3am. Then registering again for the right time, then having to go into the Legacy Center to submit a reimbursement, then being told that they may or may not reimburse me and either way there would be a $10 processing fee, then hearing nothing for three weeks, then going in to ask for details ready to put my child in both sessions of swim lessons if I wasn't getting a refund, then them telling me my refund had already been sent, and then getting the full amount refund in the mail. Whew. Yay for a full refund, though!)
Lydia was really excited for swimming lessons and did great the first day (we went out for ice cream afterwards to make it extra special). After that, she had a bit of a hard time getting started but she had an awesome teacher who helped her feel at ease and as soon as she got started she was always very happy to be there.
Not only did I get to sit and visit with Ashley (and Emily) every day, but Lydia had lots of visitors come watch her swimming lessons (she loved having people come watch her and loved inviting them). Grandma Walker, Grandma Peaden, Grandpa Walker, and even Daddy was able to sneak away from work one day.
I wasn't sure that the lessons were actually making that much of a difference but I was happy because I still thought that it was a great first exposure to swimming. But I've been amazed to watch her as we go to the swimming pool now. She dunks her head in the water, blows bubbles, floats on her back, kicks her legs, etc... I'm glad that we did them this summer and will definitely do them again.
Because, like I said- I/we love swimming:
Swimming with Daddy.
Swimming with the Coopers:
Not pictured: Swimming with Grandma Walker. Swimming with Aunt Jenna & Camille. Swimming with Aunt Amy.
We've obviously been taking advantage of our community pool. Yay for swimming!
