From the Stairs to the Diving Board

Abel recently completed swimming lessons at the City pool. We went with a neighbor of ours that has a daughter a few weeks older than Abel.

When I first asked Samuel if Abel could take swimming lessons he was very hesitant....he said, I learned to swim without taking lessons. I explained to him that Abel really wouldn't be learning to swim at all, it was more of a social opportunity for the two of us, after that explanation he was all for it. :)

Sitting on the stairs....

I was quite concerned about the money we spent on the lessons when for the first week Abel would not get off of the stairs, and for a couple of those days I had to take him to the pool and sit next to him for awhile and encourage him to stay in the pool.

He's in the water!!

However, the next week he started getting used to the pool. I was watching him the 2nd week and one minute he was on the stairs and the next he was actually letting one of the teachers help him float! I was impressed. He only got braver as the week went on.

Abel throwing the "treasure" in!

His favorite thing to do was throw all the "treasure" (basket of toys) into the pool while everyone else was doing something else. He also enjoyed jumping in the pool and having the teacher catch him. One day he was so excited he wasn't waiting for the teacher to be done with another child and he went under for a second!

Abel on the diving platform

On the last day of swimming Dad came and watched and Abel did great! They took his class over to the big pool and had them jump into it. Then they let them climb onto the diving platforms and jump from there...Abel was the first one up there (he volunteered)!!












He may just be a swimmer yet!