FROM 2008:Well, for those of you who know my oldest son, you might remember that for quite some time he was VERY afraid of the water. He would scream and go crazy when we would try and encourage him to get in the water. The fall of 2006, just after we returned from Turkey, a little friend of his talked him into taking the plunge. She got him to jump off the side of the pool and swim with him...this was a HUGE step. Since this time he has gradually gotten more comfortable with the water. Swimming lessons with his buddies in Mayville helped and last summer lessons at UND did too. Now that we have a pool here where we live, all of our kids have a chance to swim much more regularly. The boys just finished up a session of swimming lessons. Here is a little video of each of them. Drew is attempting to dive into 7 ft...a HUGE step for him!
In the months that followed this, both boys ended in a program called swimming kids where they swam for an hour 3 times each week. My Drew who was so afraid of the water, became a most excellent swimmer, even mastering the butterfly. Now they just like to play in the water. I am hoping the girls get as comfortable as the boys now are. :-) It is fun to look back at these videos/pictures. I guess that is why I keep blogging.
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