Swimming Lessons

Noah just finished his first week of swimming lessons! Friday's lesson was actually cancelled due to a nasty thunderstorm but we'll make it up at some point. Overall, the lessons have gone well. He goes every day for about 10 minutes. His teacher, Ms. Shannon, is an absolute sweetheart and he responds very well to her teaching. He is not a huge fan of the lessons and keeps saying "I don't want to sink" but swims like a little fish and does everything he's asked to do. Ms. Shannon gets quite a kick out of his running commentary. As everyone knows, Noah has a lot to say and he is no different during the lessons. There is one exercise that she does with him floating on his back and lets him go while she counts to three. He does not particulary care for this part of the lesson. Well, she was talking to him and he knew she had to count to three before he could move on to the next exercise so he says to her "Stop talking and start counting!". It was precious! He did an awesome job on Thursday when Daddy was able to go in the pool with him and he swam between Daddy and Ms. Shannon. He is definitely more comfortable when Daddy is actually in the water and not just on the side of the pool. Yesterday, he was actually excited about going to his lesson so I think we've turned the corner! We shall see on Monday! We'll spend lots of time in the pool this weekend to reinforce what he learned during the week :)

Mommy was too busy watching to take pictures but did manage a few right at the beginning: