Swimming Lessons 10 October 2008

Daddy got a very cool gadget for the camera that can help us use our regular camera under the water. Fantastic and that was how we were able to take photographs of the kids learning swimming and how they look underwater. Until you see it for yourselves, you will never understand the heartwarming feeling we felt when we see our girls, especially Kierra being so comfortable under water. Is she a mermaid?

Kierra & Daddy

Kierra flying...

Kieona & Daddy

Check out this Facebook Album for more of the swimming photos.

After Mommy had posted this blog entry, some people had asked me if there was a special camera that we used for these shots. For the record - no. Actually the solution was pretty simple for us. We already have two Sony digital cameras and really didn't want to part with a few hundreds more for a under-water camera. Daddy did some research and found some Olympus ones that could do under-water shots, but at more than S$400, it was really quite pricey since we don't need another camera. Voila, we found this website and bought this product called a DiCAPac Waterproof case for digital cameras. At around S$50, we had the problem solved and got all these fabulous shots with our lovely daughters.

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Kieona swam on her own 7th March 2008

Daddy was able to take some time out of work and attend Kieona and Kierra's swimming lessons on a Friday. Daddy and Mommy secretly took these photographs of the girls at their swimming lesson with Unce Saw as we were advised not to be present since the girls tend to learn better without us around. We were so pleased when we saw Kieona's progress.

Kieona paddling with the help of a board
Kieona - the sexy darling
Grumpy Kierra wanted to finish up as soon as she spotted Mommy