Our Little Fish!

Paxson loves the water and we decided it was time for him to start swimming lessons. On the morning of the first lesson, he was so confident and ready to get his swimming gear on...he didn't like that he had to wear last year's "itchy suit". After his lesson, he was super excited to pick out his own bathing suit, a white one with blue sharks on it. He made sure to tell the salesperson that blue was his favorite color and he wanted something that would help him swim fast like "Michael Phillips" (Phelps).

Not knowing what to expect, we put him in the beginner class, the Pikes. As Paxson made his way towards his teacher, Ms. Helene, it was like history repeating itself for me. I also took swimming lessons at the YMCA, and had a teacher much like Ms. Helene, but her name was Ms. Bobbie. To put it mildly, neither of these swimming instructors were the kind and gentle types...but more like the "stop crying, don't smile,and kick, kick, kick, type". Fortunately, Paxson was pretty confident and had no tears, he was tickled to be in the water! Paxson had a great time, but was disappointed that he didn't get to put his face in the water this week!

Paxson begin by walking across the shallow end of the pool.

Each child wears a float while they wait their turn to get into the water.

Paxson and a classmate practice kicking!

We couldn't wipe the smile off of his face after his first lesson! He's already looking forward to next week!