Waterbabies

Caroline and Abby both took a waterbaby class at Emler this summer.  They each had a 30 min. mommy and me lesson every week.  Their classes were back to back, so Nonnie accompanied us and helped with the changing and watched the girl that was not having a lesson.  By the third week, we had the switching and changing of girls down to a science.

Both Caroline and Abby loved the class and learned a lot!  They can both swim 10 seconds under the water!  Caroline can swim three feet and Abby can swim about six feet when she remembers to kick.

 Emler focuses on safety and being able to swim to the side of the pool and crawl out independently at a young age.  This mat is one of Caroline's favorite stations.

Our teacher is Mr. Chris.  He is awesome!  We liked him so much, we signed up for his fall session, which goes through the middle of January.

 Caroline also has fun riding on this giant duck.

 After our summer class, Abby graduated to the Super Waterbaby class. That means Mommy does not get in the pool with her anymore.  I was a little nervous about how she would adjust, but she did great!  I think it really helped to have the same teacher.

 They are doing the motorboat song in these pics.

 Abby practices floating flat on her back like a pancake.  He sings a pancake song while she practices this.

 The kids sit on these little turtle mats while they wait their turn to practice a skill with Mr. Chris.  Abby always picks a green turtle!  She tells me everytime, "I will sit on this green turtle, because green is my favorite color!"

 Last week was very exciting!  Abby found out that if you are in the Super Waterbaby class, you get to go down the big slide at the end of each class.  I thought she would be aprehensive about this, but she climbed up the steps and never looked back.  She loved it!  Mr. Chris waits at the bottom.