Swimming with "Miz Liz"...

We recently started more intensive swimming lessons with Gavin--at a place near our house that was recommended to us by our neighbors--after being pretty disappointed in the lessons at our local rec center. Brent and I both said that we saw more progress after one of Gavin's new classes than after several sessions at the rec center. A major explanation for this is the swimming instructor, "Miz Liz," about whom everyone says, "That woman doesn't mess around."

Here "Miz Liz" is working with Gavin on his back float. We'll be signing him up for new lessons soon, and I think that he'll be joined by his little bro for some Mommy-and-Me classes, too. Miz Liz runs a tight ship and doesn't accept "no" for an answer, and most of the time that's exactly what Gavin needs. He's very good at jumping in to the teacher from the side of the pool, and he's working on keeping his face down while he swims. We're happy with his progress, and we're so glad that he likes the water.