We have gone to Kristen for swimming lessons for lots of years....like since before Jocelyn was even born...and now the only kiddo still in lessons is Creed. I sort of feel like it is a parenting victory that they all have some grasp on a life skill. But we owe that all to Kristen for her patient no nonsense teaching.
Creed took three sessions this summer and improved to a level four so his days of needing lessons are numbered...but he can still learn new strokes and improve form for a couple summers probably. It has been really helpful for him to go to a lesson then come home and practice for a few hours everyday..He's gotten much stronger and can dive down and touch the bottom of the deep end and not scare me that he is drowning....and he sleeps really good at night. It was super funny at lessons to hear him talk to the other kids...he was trying to reinforce everything Kristen was saying..."Ya guys. Do it like this because it works...etc" He was a kind of bossy but he wasn't wrong in what he was saying...but sometimes it didn't go over super well. Swimming really is such the best way to keep a busy boy busy.
Kristen did also teach Jocelyn the butterfly for a week too which she loved and hopes to compete in it next summer on swim team. Swimming lessons with Kristen are the best!
