Swimming Lessons

Jaxon had his first real swimming lessons this summer. We went to the Roy Complex and took lessons with his cousins Jeffrey and Lauren. Aunt Cindy (my aunt) is the instructor for the instructors (did that make sense?) and helped teach his class a couple of days. His main teacher was Tyler, who is my cousin Greg's friend. Jaxon loved him! Tyler did such a great job with him. Jaxon told me that "the very best part of everyday is swimming lessons!"

These four pictures are of the ring game.

1) practice your swim arms while Tyler hides the rings

2) jump into the pool

3)go under to retrieve as many rings as you can

4)give Tyler a high-five

Jaxon's little 4-year-old self learned how to do a back float and went across the deep end of the pool (12 ft deep). Being his very concerned and ultra protective mother, I had a very hard time watching my guy in the deep end. Brian's job was to keep his eyes on him at all times so he could jump in and save him if he needed to! I watched him too, but I had to look away a few times or else I would have had a panic attack!

His progress report stated he could:

*Enter and exit water safely *Submerge mouth, nose, and eyes * Exhale underwater through mouth and nose, 5 seconds *Open eyes under water, pick up a submerged object * Front float, 5 seconds recover to standing position *Back float, 5 seconds recover to standing position, * change direction of travel while walking or paddling *Roll from front to back and from back to front * Jellyfish float, 5 seconds *Bunny Hops 5 feet, bob 5 times, and hop back 5 feet *Fining on back with alternating leg action *Combined stroke on front, using alternate arm and leg action, 5 feet *Water safety rules

His teacher said: "Jaxon did awesome :) He got his back to front floats down great! Good luck and keep swimming :)"

Jeffrey, Lauren, Jaxon, and Jayne