Tadpoles

Sofi is taking swimming lessons at the YMCA again. This is her current class. They are all Tadpoles, which is the third level at the Y. If you look closely you'll notice that it is a small class, only four total, and she is the only girl. That certainly doesn't phase her any. In fact, to be brutally honest, she is probably the most misbehaved of the bunch. Case in point, after class today I had to talk with her about two incidents: 1) spitting water in her teacher's face and 2) not looking when she jumped into the pool, and almost jumping on top of a classmate. And she doesn't listen very well to the teacher, often swimming off when she is suppose to be along the wall.

Having said this, she is also the most eager and energetic. At least it seems that way to me, but I may be biased. But as you will see in the videos below, she often starts behind the other boys, catches up and then passes them.

I've been amazed at what all these kids do at this level, most without hesitation, so I thought I'd share some of it with you here.

In the video above Sofi is swimming in the pool with a life jacket. Not really a first for her, but it is the first time at the Y swimming lessons, and the first time with a more traditional life jacket.



Here Sofi is playing her favorite pool game, Chop Chop Timber... and she is playing it in the deep end.



In this video above she is swimming on her own to her noodle (she does have a float on her back, but she isn't holding onto anyone and she is in the deep end). She then uses the noodle to swim the rest of the distance to the other end of the pool.





In this last video Sofi has to retrieve a starfish toy that the teacher has thrown while all the kids had their eyes closed.