Olympic Swimming: 2017

What gives lots of thumbs up, smiles, and splashes AND wins a gold medal for a year of awesome growth and accomplishments in swimming?

Aidan And Julia- Swim-lympic Gold Medal Swimmers, that's who!

Your Mommy, me, Mimi, and Pops were able to come to watch your summer swim show and were were so amazed by your swimming skills! You've both grown so much in confidence, ability, stature, stroke, float, and awesomeness this year. 

And still have fun while you're doing it too!

Check out the footage and watch for yourself!

Wow! You guys can do stuff in the pool that I can't even do! You are amazing, strong, brave and rightfully proud!

And we are proud too!

These classes have been such a success for you two super swimmers! We couldn't be more proud! 

Swim-lympics 2016

Julia, Aidan, you started swim lessons last fall and you really took to fish like water!

Aidan, you were already pretty comfortable in the water and last summer you really started to get more adventurous (remember the whole "I'm going to be a fish...or a whale...a whale!")

Julia, you were a little more skiddish in the water, which is understandable. Definitely improving and enjoying standing in water, but not quite a swimmer yet...

So, you started swim lessons twice a week.

And you both are SO AMAZING now! kicking, breathing, jumping, amazing! Your first week of class, Julia, we had to get the teachers promise to not put your head under water. 

And now... look at you! 

Future Olympians!

Medal winners!

Mimi, Pops, Yaya, Baba, and Mommy and me all came to your watch your 'Swim Show Week' and we're so happy we did! You guys are SUPER SWIMMERS!

We are so proud of how far you've paddled and grown!

You did so well that you both won awards in an amazing ceremony!

Side note...you loved wearing this bathrobe so much because you said "I look like an Ewok!"

The funny thing is, in the month since this happened, you both have improved even more! Aidan, you're now on LEVEL 3- diving in to hula-hoops, swimming to get stuff from the bottom, swimming longer distances. Julia, you're on LEVEL 2 solidly now- breathing well, blowing bubbles, jumping in more freely.

Super swimmers! We are so proud of you both!