Swimming Lessons

The girls started swimming lessons this week. We are taking them to YMCA -Eastern York/Hellam to a pool in an apartment complex. It's quite nice actually. The girls like it because the shallow end is only 3 ft deep and they can touch the bottom! Jessica thinks she can swim because she can walk on the bottom!! But she's learning and they love it! The instructor is great with the kids too.
So far they are learning to wall walk (walking along the wall with their hands), putting their face in the water, jumping in from the side, and kicking with a kickboard. The hardest part so far is putting their face in the water. The girls hate to have their faces wet!! The other problem is the fact that there is no potty - except for the one 1/2 mile away at McDonalds! We are there for almost 2 hours and so far, in two days, we've had 2 accidents. Luckily, the accidents happened while the girls were in their swimsuits, so it wasn't too bad!! I'll have to post some pictures tonight after I snap a few. Gee Gee went with us last night a took some video footage. I may have to ask her to save a clip so I can post it here too - once I figure out how to do that!
Maybe after they learn to swim, we'll consider getting a pool - - just kidding GMom B!!