We enrolled the kids in a swim class!  They had lessons for 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week for all of August.  They took to it immediately, and while they still have a *long* way to go before they can truly swim, they've taken great first steps towards being comfortable in the water.  Here are just a small handful of pictures I took when I went to watch one day.  (I took them from clear across the other side of the pool... and then some... so they're a bit blurry.) Here they are talking to one of their instructors.  Class size was only 3 or 4 the whole time. Patrick finally noticed me sitting waaaaayyy over there. Kick kick kick!!!