Water Bugs

Our little water bugs...

Riley and Zachary have enjoyed many days at the pool this summer...a true advantage to learning to swim.  Now in August, Riley can swim all by herself, taking breaths on her own, jumping in the deep end of the pool and even retrieving dive toys from the bottom of the shallow end.

 Zachary has also taken off swimming like a fish...always trying to keep up with his big sister.  He is quite buoyant and swims mostly by kicking his feet and occasionally using "turtle fins" to push the water with his arms.  He swims short distances unassisted, but still needs to learn to take breaths on his own.  Zach loves to jump in from the side, swim under the water and look at you with his goggles on, and rarely stops for a break.

Now that fall is almost here, it is time for official swim lessons so we can progress to more advanced technique.