Swim Classes!

swimming to mommy

smiling despite the super cold water

our class room

liam & irina

irina wanted to try the slide but was to scared

Irina has started her swimming classes again, we switched from the Aquatics Center in Southlake to a much warmer pool at the Keller Pointe Rec Center. Liam and Irina took classes together last year and were going to jump in the water together again this year. We were excited to be in 85degree water vs 70degrees (although it felt like 40degrees to us), we walked in for our first class only to see a sign that read "WATER HEATER IS NOT WORKING, WATER WILL BE COLDER THAT USUAL"..ugh! really!? Then, our class instructor wasn't properly advised of the type of students she would be teaching...you see, we signed up for a "Mommy & Me" swim session where a parent is required to be in the pool with their child. She was under the impression she taught toddlers alone, minus the parent. So after talking to this manager and then that class coordinator, we walked into chilly waters with our kids. Irina screamed last year for her first couple of sessions but this year she had been asking to go swimming (yeah, in FEB!) so I felt she might be ok. Liam was a bit nervous and I'm sure SHOCKED by the near freezing water! He did the best he could and I think he did better than Irina did last year. Irina was a great little kicker, she can blow bubbles in the water, "monkey" the wall or walk along the edge with her hands and she is comfortable with her ears in the water. We have taken 2 classes and the heater is working! Wahoo! The water was much, much warmer and the kids did weren't shivering at the end of class :)