The Next Phelps.....

Twice a week during the month of October, Keira and Devin took swim classes at the Australian Swim School. And, all we can say is WOW!!!!! Devin started the month with having to go in with arm water wings and would scream bloody murder if you took them off. Eight 1/2 hours classes later and he is swimming, not just from me to the edge but, jumping in, swimming around with kicks/arms, turning around and swimming back. All of his teachers say that they have never seen a kid with so much natural talent. They said they usually can get kids his age to do the rescue type swim (if they fell in they could kick a short distance to get back to the edge) but,they are amazed that he can kick, float on his back fairly good, and does pop-up breathing where he comes up for air. We're not taking classes in November because we'll be too busy moving and travelling for the holidays. But, I think that when he has some time for a little more practice, I just might be alright with him swimming and me sitting by the edge of the pool watching. We'll see.
Keira has also progressed rapidly. Each level of classes has a test that they must pass before they can advance to the next level where they learn additional techniques and styles. When you pass the test, you get to ring a big cowbell and everyone in the building knows
what it means and everyone stops and claps. You should have seen her when she rang the bell, not knowing what people did, and she saw everyone cheer for her. From that day on, every time they went to class all the teachers heard from Keira and Devin was, "Do I get to ring the bell today?"