The kids just completed a two week swimming class at Lower Huron Metropark. They loved spending so much time at the swimming pool and as much as I loved it too, by the end of the second week I was ready to be done! We were there between 5 and 6 hours each day! Alex's swimming class was at 9:30, Spencer and Jessica's started at 10:30 and Logan's was last at 11:30. Nice to have them all in a row -- boom, boom, boom! There were several families from our ward who also took swim classes at the same time. The kids liked swimming with their friends. It made it much more fun to hang out at the pool for two whole weeks!
I packed and brought a picnic lunch every day. When swimming classes were over, we ate our lunch at a picnic table just outside the pool with our friends, the Larsens. Afterwards, we let the kids go back and swim some more. It didn't cost anything since they already had wristbands from swim class. We stayed until either the kids or I got really tired -- whichever came first. Free swim at the pool started at 12:00 and the waterslide opened at 12:30 which the kids loved, especially Alex. He went on the waterslide over and over. Logan wanted to go too but wasn't tall enough. He was thrilled to able to go on the last day though. It was the swim lesson "party day". Each swim class played games, had treats and were able to go down the waterslide. Logan's level 1 class (all between the ages of 2 - 4) went down the slide and their teacher caught them at the bottom. Logan thought that was the best thing ever! I think he also had a crush on his teacher, Lauren. He talked about her all the time and still does. He told me yesterday that he wants to give her a birthday present on her birthday. What a cutie!
We are so very tan now after two weeks at the pool, especially Jessica, except for me. Well, actually my arms and back are pretty tan but my legs are still white. They never tan very well. Oh well... I'm just glad that Spencer and Jessica have become really good swimmers. Jessica is not completely confident in her diving yet, but besides that, she is really good in all her different strokes, as is Spencer. Alex and Logan are fearless of the water. A little scary but also very relieving. I had to make sure and keep an eye on them at all times!
Right before swim lessons were over, we were told the pool would be closing for good at the end of the summer. It wasn't too surprising since it was an older pool, opening in 1958. We've come here the past two summers for swim lessons so it was a bit sad to hear but we were excited when we learned that construction had already started on a waterpark just down the road in the same park to open next summer. It'll be called "Turtle Cove" waterpark. It covers about 5-acres and will feature two waterslides, an activity pool, a lazy river, waterspray area with a water bucket being the focal point, and snack bar. I'm sure it'll cost more for swim lessons than the very affordable $20 a child at the older pool, but it'll be nice having a new and updated place to swim next summer.
Here is a photo montage of our two weeks of swim lessons --
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