Fish in Water

Royanne really enjoyed her swimming lessons this
summer. Her instructors were Calvin and Katie.

Going through the hoola-hoop was a favorite.

Full of new information after class!

Jumping far, going under.

Learning to float. They had to be able to do this
with minimal assistance to pass.

Relaxing during class, playing red light, green light.

After swim class, she wanted to "practice".
But you can't practice in 10 inches of water!!
Here she is throwing Toto in for a swim, even though
I cautioned her to not.

Drippy!!

When you can't practice your floating, you
improvise!!!

Gettin' rowdy!

Using the foam bar bells facilitates learning
how to kick properly.

Floating.

Kicking perfected.

Listening to instructions and guidance.

Here Annie has an egg that was used under the
water, teaching them to be able to see: they had
to fetch them.

Learning how to use her arms in swimming....the
instructors called it ice cream scoops.

Here we see a mate about to jump in right after she
did, although they were supposed to jump one at
a time!

Royanne's sweet teacher, Miss Maray, had to go to
west Texas to care for her sick grandmother. One day after
swim class, we took her a present - it was her last
day - and got some hugs. It was a sad day; Miss
Maray is really gonna miss her kids!
(As you can see, we got there barely before nap time!)