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Getting back into swim lessons was the best thing we’ve done this summer.  Both girls are doing fantastic.  We are doing “group lessons” since they are less expensive, but luckily for the past month, there haven’t been many kids in lessons…  So the girls have had lots of “private” group lessons.  Yay!

Anna is in a group called “Froggy” which she has been in before.  She is so excited to finally understand that NOT TRYING TO BREATHE UNDER WATER makes swimming a lot more fun……………..  :)  It’s like a light suddenly turned on and now she’s swimming all over, streamlining, floating and working on her crawl stroke.  She is absolutely estatic!  Yay!!!

Lindsey is loving her lessons as well.  She has a beautiful backstroke – no surprise, it looks identical to Todd’s – and has figured out breaststroke.  She’s really close on the butterfly – she gets the arms, the legs and the body motion…  just putting it all together needs to click.  :)  Her instructor thinks with one lesson dedicated soley to fly, that she’ll get it.  She starts the Pre-Competition group in two weeks!  :)  She is SO EXCITED!!!

We’re taking the next two weeks OFF swimming so we can stay home and enjoy the summer.  Each swim session is four days a week for two weeks.  We’re going to do this all summer long – two weeks on, two weeks off.  It’s nice to have a break from everything and just stay home!  :)