Grace's Swimming Finale

Grace first did swimming lessons when she was about 8 mths old. At that point she basically learned to float on her back if she was to fall in the water. There are so many swimming pools here that it is a huge risk if your child does not know how to survive in the water. Grace and Noah do their lessons through a program called Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) www.infantswim.com. Noah has another week or so to go, and I will post his video as soon as he is done. He is learning to do the same things that Grace does here in the video. Basically they doggy paddle to the edge of the pool, and learn to flip to their back and float when they need a breath. Yesterday Grace swam two laps across the pool and back all by herself. We are so proud of her! This video is more of a demonstration of her survival skills than of her swimming skills, but it is still really neat to see. She normally does her lessons in a swimming suit, but she is fully clothed in the video because sometimes things as little as a jacket or shoes can throw kids off and make it harder for them to survive. Now that we have this under her belt hopefully next year she will be able to do some more actual strokes and things like that. She absolutely loves the water! As you will see in the video, her biggest concern was that her jacket was getting wet :)