Let's Hit the Pool!

The big boys took swim lessons this week. It was Cade's third year to go and Grant's first. As I stated earlier, Grant's philosophy was "I don't even need to go to 'fwim' lessons. I don't even know how to 'fwim' ". Well, he went and he actually enjoyed it. The first day he was a little hesitant but after that he just ran right down there with Cade. Cade practiced his "pencil" jump,
learned how to dive, and tread water. By the end of the week he was doing flips under water and really swimming great.
Grant came out of his shell. Last Sunday when we went to the pool he would not even jump into the water with Bobby a foot away to catch him. He was forced to change his mind this week!
This is Grant doing a little underwater "fwimming". He was so proud of himself!
The people that coached him said he was the happiest kid they had ever seen. One said, "he could sink all the way to the bottom and when you pulled him up he would just be smiling from ear to ear!". That's my boy.......the happy drowning victim. At least he'd go with a smile.............................. I was seriously impressed, as usual, after leaving there. I can't wait until Rhett can go. He won't be old enough again next year but after that he's getting in on the action. In the meantime we'll get aquainted with the water in our neighborhood pool. I'm already longing for the days that I can go and actually relax at the pool and not play lifeguard (literally) to a brood of preschoolers!