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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Samantha's First Swimming Lesson!

What a fun adventure. We went to Samantha's first swimming lesson today and she did wonderful. It's her first time in any water besides her bath and she loved it. She kicked, she floated, and she didn't even mind too much when she got dunked. She did manage to drink a little water, but I'm guessing that's to be expected. I have a lot of other video and photos that I'm hoping to get on our blog, but in the meantime, here is some footage from today's swimming adventure!


Samantha on the Kickboard
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Her first intro to the water. It was already looking like she was going to enjoy this!


Running and then Diving
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Smiles did show up after she sputtered out all the water!



Kick Kick Kick!!!
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Sam actually started kicking as we swam to the wall. We were both having a ton of fun!

Ready for swim team!!!
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This was at the end of class. Samantha was still having a blast and so was I!