our little fish

We decided to get Nathan some private swim lessons this summer and I am so glad we did.  First of all, he has always loved the pool and isn’t really afraid of the water.  Before lessons he always wore his arm floaties except for rare instances when we would convince him to play with us without them for a bit.  He usually asked for them back after a short time which we always agreed to.  He liked jumping off the diving board and would put his head under the water and blow bubbles.  But now he is swimming with his head under water and coming up for quick breathes.  It is so amazing to watch this little 3 yr old swim and he is loving it.  He is so proud of his accomplishments.  His greatest feat is jumping off the diving board without any floatation device and then swimming to the shallow end without any assistance from us.  He can also retrieve things off the floor with his hands.  He’s so great with the pool as far as respecting it and knowing I have to be there with him to swim but I feel so much better knowing he can get to the edge if he were to fall in or jump in his case.