Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Swim Lessons and Karate

Taylor started swim lessons on Monday night. (Yes it is a heated pool, I am not that cruel) It is through the city and is actually free. They are training the instructor for the summer. She is in the tadpoles group, this is her first swim class without me in the water with her. This is Taylor posing with her new Dora swimsuit before the lesson started.In the beginning she was a little nervous to get in the water so she sat on the side.




She got brave enough to get in the water, but spent the first half of the lesson hanging on to the bar. Eventually she let go of the bar and just sat on the step. She never cried about being there which I was happy about. She was however typical Taylor. The instructor would say: "Okay Taylor it is your turn to jump out to me and practice floating."(or whatever they were working on) Taylor's response was very matter of fact. "I don't want to do that." So the instructor would say okay and move onto the next kid. She definitely knows what she wants and does not want. We have another lesson tonight, we will see how that goes.
Nathan started a beginner Karate class last night, also put on by the city. There are about 15 kids in the class. Here they are dividing into groups after stretching.


Nathan doing a Karate move. He did enjoy the class. It is only 4 times so I am thinking about signing him up for another one.




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