Swimming Lessons

Today the girls started their swimming lessons. My friend, Shanna, use to teach swimming but hadn't done it since moving to Prague. Lucky for us she decided to start teaching again. Both of my girls LOVE Shanna so I knew they would be comfortable with her in the pool. I was a little worried that they would be too comfortable so I made sure I told them that Shanna was going to be their teacher so they had to listen to everything that she told them. They did great! Shanna really is an excellent teacher for this age. I couldn't believe it when she got both kids (but Sofia especially) to put their heads under water. I mean completely underwater! Sofia jumped off the side of the pool into Shanna's arms and under the water she went. It was amazing. There were no tears or cries for mommy. A couple of times Ali turned back to look at me just to say she was listening to Shanna and doing everything she was told. By the end they were both cold and ready to get out of the pool but it was a fantastic start to swim lessons. I will try to remember my camera for tomorrow so I can post pics of the girls learning to swim. We will have swim lessons every day for the next two weeks so I will have plenty of opportunity for picture taking.