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Swimming lessons are going swimmingly:)
One thing Evan could never be accused of is being a fish. Don't get me wrong, he loves the water as much as any other little kid his age. He can get in the pool and splash around and stuff with the best of em. He's even finally figured out how to get his little legs behind him to make himself go instead of just underneath him. Even though that is all good the only problem at this point is he still cannot stand to get his face wet. He used to be playing around in the pool and he would get out, go to the nearest towel and dry his face off and get back into the pool. That's what we are hoping to get him past with his swim lessons...just to get him used to the idea of actually having water ON his face! He asked me, "What if I drown?"! I told him, "You have the man teaching you RIGHT there with you. There's a lifeguard that walks the side of the pool when you guys are in your lessons. I don't even need to mention the 20 or so parents who are sitting poolside watching their own little kiddos and would be there at a moments notice to help you if something should happen!" I understand his fear, I really do. When I was young, the way I learned how to swim...and I'll never forget this mind you...my Uncle Doug...love the man like a father I do...he took me and my sister and my cousins out to this creek and he swam out to the middle of it with me and looked at me square in the face and said "You've gotta sink or swim." and let go of me. Now, I can swim just fine, but mercy, I can't imagine teaching Evan to swim that way! At any rate, he's doing very well and though he's only been for 4 lessons, we've noticed some improvement. He will most likely attend for another session though as the sessions are only for 2 weeks. The YMCA is actually very reasonable, too, more so than the private swim lessons he took a few years ago. By the end of those lessons, he was no better off than he was when he started and they were waaaay more costly! Those lessons were one on one as well, so he actually should've done better! Anyway....enough of my rambling! Just wanted to share some photos of the little monster!!
One thing Evan could never be accused of is being a fish. Don't get me wrong, he loves the water as much as any other little kid his age. He can get in the pool and splash around and stuff with the best of em. He's even finally figured out how to get his little legs behind him to make himself go instead of just underneath him. Even though that is all good the only problem at this point is he still cannot stand to get his face wet. He used to be playing around in the pool and he would get out, go to the nearest towel and dry his face off and get back into the pool. That's what we are hoping to get him past with his swim lessons...just to get him used to the idea of actually having water ON his face! He asked me, "What if I drown?"! I told him, "You have the man teaching you RIGHT there with you. There's a lifeguard that walks the side of the pool when you guys are in your lessons. I don't even need to mention the 20 or so parents who are sitting poolside watching their own little kiddos and would be there at a moments notice to help you if something should happen!" I understand his fear, I really do. When I was young, the way I learned how to swim...and I'll never forget this mind you...my Uncle Doug...love the man like a father I do...he took me and my sister and my cousins out to this creek and he swam out to the middle of it with me and looked at me square in the face and said "You've gotta sink or swim." and let go of me. Now, I can swim just fine, but mercy, I can't imagine teaching Evan to swim that way! At any rate, he's doing very well and though he's only been for 4 lessons, we've noticed some improvement. He will most likely attend for another session though as the sessions are only for 2 weeks. The YMCA is actually very reasonable, too, more so than the private swim lessons he took a few years ago. By the end of those lessons, he was no better off than he was when he started and they were waaaay more costly! Those lessons were one on one as well, so he actually should've done better! Anyway....enough of my rambling! Just wanted to share some photos of the little monster!!
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