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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Little Fish

We have some swimmers in the pool now. Isaac, Prema and Eli are all doing well. All three do a cross between "dog paddle" and "front crawl"(aka freestyle). They all put their faces in the water, paddle the arms and kick. No one is strong enough yet to get their arms out of the water for a front craw stroke, but Prema has some good attempts. And No one is strong enough yet to swim continuously lifting their head out of the water to take a breath. Prema's kicking is quite weak and awkward as she struggles to keep her legs straight and toes pointed. Once she started wearing goggles she was no longer afraid of the deep end and working hard to swim further. (I think with the deafness she relies on her eyes so much more that goggles helped her feel more safe as she could see under water better). Isaac is jumping into any depth of water and swimming back to the wall on his own. Eli gets in to the pool just like all kids (turning around and sliding in feet first) hangs on the wall with one hand and lets go trying to swim to mom/ dad. He drinks a lot of water in the process but is always smiling and laughing even under water. His big gut is gigantic by the time he is done swimming...full of water. We have been swimming just about every day since the beginning of May...one of the great things about living in Florida. A few times we have

3 comments:

djp375 said...

Wow how much better the kids have gotten since we were there. It is just great to not be afaid of the water and be able to swim at such a young age. Prema sounds like she is doing much better too. The googles were a great idea.

Sounds like Isaac and Eli will be ready for swim team in no time.

Good luck with your eyes Michelle.

We love & miss all of you.

PS Eli you are looking more like a little Cullum everyday.

angela said...

these pictures made me laugh. so cute. has eli done the baby swimming/learn to float thing?

Courtney Patch said...

What a fun way to spend the summer. I love the photos of the kiddos as usual. Love you guys!