Swimming Lessons

We are about to wrap up swim lessons for the summer.  In 10 swim lessons, Sydney and Taylor have both come so far!  Sydney is swimming, though she's only comfortable swimming in areas where she can touch.  Otherwise, she really wants someone near her.  She can doggy paddle, swim underwater, and (somewhat) dive down for rings.  She's also doing the backstroke.  She's still very "frantic" (not sure how else to describe her strokes) but she has improved a bit on that.  Taylor was terrified of the water after a bad experience with previous swim lessons, but she now paddles, puts her head under the water, does short periods of swimming, and jumps from the stairs.  She refuses to jump from the side.  Maybe next summer?

Here's some footage of them in action from this morning: