Sunday, January 20, 2008

Swim 101


Well, Tyler went to swim class on Saturday. We were running a couple of minutes late, so Ryan quickly got him to the pool area when all the other kids were already in the pool. Tyler hesitated a second then got right in.


The set up was pretty neat...I enrolled him in a class for pre-schoolers that can't yet swim, basically just a get used to the water type class. It is a regular pool, the water is up to the chest on an adult, but they had these submerged platforms for the kids to stand on. Tyler got right in and had a HUGE smile on his face, he took a few steps and stepped right off the edge! He went underwater and the teacher grabbed him and put him back on the step. I thought for sure that was it, but he was fine. He was fine until about 20 mins into the class and he started crying and freaking out! He stayed in the water for 29 of the 30 minutes of class, so he did good. The poor kid was so cold when I finally pulled him out of the pool, I think he just got himself worked up.
The picture is hard to see, so that is Tyler with the teacher and the red kickboard.

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