The Froehle's: Bishop's First Swimming Lesson

Bishop had his first swimming lesson on Saturday morning. We told him ahead of time that mom and dad wouldn't be getting in the water with him and that made him very nervous!! I didn't know what to expect that morning--he said his tummy hurt (nerves) and he stood pretty close to Luke. There are 4 kids in the class, 2 boys and 2 girls and it seems as though they've all been in lessons before.

The teacher (Miss Sarah) asked the kids to sit at the side of the pool to start--Bishop was pretty reluctant until the teacher asked him if he wanted to play with toys! That's all it took and then he was fine and he did awesome!

Staying close to dad before lessons

They learned how to get in and out of the water, they did the back float and they swam to their favorite toys (with and without a noodle), they also got to jump in the water a few times. Bishop did awesome! He does not like floating on his back, so I was nervous about that--but he did just fine--he was a good listener and he had a lot of fun!

Playing with the toys, singing a song and dunking water on themselves!

Leraning to get in the water

Swimming with his noodle to get his toys

I had intended to bring Nora to the daycare room, but it didn't open until 8 and I didn't want to miss any of Bishop's lesson, so she sat and watched his lesson and she did great! She sat with me for about 1/2 the time, got a little antsy and then sat with Luke.

Swimming without the noodle

After Bishop's lesson we all went swimming together for another 1/2 hour. Both kids had a blast!

After some more swimming we checked out the play area that Bishop can go to for "daycare" while we "workout". It is awesome! There's a Castle to climb up and 3 big slides to go down. There was even a little area for Nora to climb up and go down the slide by herself--she got a big kick out of that! The room is for 3 years and up, but Nora was able to play because we were with her. She even got to go down the big slides a few times with mom and dad!