Swimming Lessons

Relaxing in the pool... learning the back float

We are sooooo excited about our first day of swim lessons!!!

learning to use the kick board

putting our face in the water!!! This is a major accomplishment!!

pushing of from the side and doing the superman float

Monday Parker began swimming lessons for the first time. Yeah, I know he should of started years ago, but if you know Parker and his fear of water it wasn't worth the tears that would of been shed. We started out Monday very excited about the prospect of swim lessons. I did not tell him in advance, because he cannot process the waiting very well. Well the teacher called the names and only one other boy showed up. He is three and about the size of Parker's thigh. He is adorable! We were very excited, but also very afraid of huge pool and he doesn't know this man whom he is to trust with his life. We had a lot of tears on monday so when we left Parker was telling me that he did not want to go back, but I maintained that he would be coming back to learn to swim or no more pool time!! Well tuesday afternoon he was excited to go again all of his fears forgotten, but they called and cancelled class. Yikes!! What to do?? Well we call his BFF Ashley and went to her grandma's house for more "practice" swimming. Ashley swims very well and has no fear of the water. He did great, by the end of the night he was jumping in with floaties. This was a major accomplishment! We never were able to get floaties on him in the past. We have been doing great in class. Tonight we went to the 4/5 ft deep water. Parker was very tenative, but he still is doing much better than I had ever hoped!!! I am so glad they gave him a large man as his teacher because if he would have gotten one of those skinny teenage girls I'm afraid she wouldn't made it. LOL!!!