Saturday, August 11, 2012

Summer vacation really is over...

The final day of swim lessons makes summer vacation's end official.  We've been taking swim lessons from Miss Vicki for 6 or 7 years now.  We love her to death and enjoy our twice a week trip to her backyard.  This year Mir was swimming twice a week, Sav was swimming once a week and Aly was just goofing off while sisters were taking lessons.

We just had our last lesson and it's amazing to see what they've been able to accomplish in 9 short weeks.  Sav is a champion backstroker.  The girl LOVES this stroke.  She would lay on her back and do it for hours.  Of course, in Sav fashion...she doesn't do it quickly LOL, but she definitely does it with perfection.  Mir, at 4 yrs old, received one of the highest rewards from Miss Vicki.  She earned the whole pool!  This means that Miss Vicki was confident enough in her strokes and with her confidence in herself, that she could now swim anywhere in the pool all by herself...even the tall water (ie deep end).  Mom wouldn't have minded if she didn't earn this treat until next summer, but alas, she earned it fair and square.  Mir proudly looked at me, as I nodded my head with confirmation, that she could indeed swim with the big girls, in the tall water, without Miss Vicki near her.  Of course my eyes never left her sight, and my anxiety level rose tremendously, but she still did it...and LOVED it!!

Miss Vicki did something she's never done with us before.  She ended their session with a series of Olympic swimming competitions.  There was a tube race, a 'kickers' race, a bubble race, a gliding race, and so much more.  Aly, with a 3-6 yr advantage over her sisters, won most races (except for the ones Miss Vicki participated in herself), but all the kids had a blast!  We'll see you in 10 months Miss Vicki!

Sav & Miss Vicki

Mir getting some sort of lecture from Miss Vicki

Jay & Mir talking on the Fish Phone

Miss Jay
Sav in a cannonball competition
Jay getting a tire ride at the end of lessons


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