Saturday, July 2, 2011

Swimming Lessons!!!

So about 3 weeks ago we started Jake in Mommy and Me swim lessons. He had not had any lessons yet and we wanted to get him started so that he would be comfortable with the water. Well so far we have accomplished that in spades. To the degree where we are now having to teach him some fear of the water because he will try and jump into the pool NOT where we are waiting in the pool to catch him. But my boy is a fish and he absolutely LOVES it!!!! At Jake's last lesson Ryan was able to take some pictures. As you can see it was a little cool and windy that day...but Jake still had a blast. :)
Coming down the stairs all dressed for his lessons. :)

At Jake's first lesson his teacher had them sit on the side of the pool and fall in towards us...this was cake for Jake.

The next step was jumping into the pool so that we would catch them in the water. This he LOVES!!! At the last lesson I was even going further away from him so he would jump in and then, while holding his breath, he will kick under water to come towards me. Can't pop his head up yet...but we are working on that. :)

Working on being on his back and kicking with his swim teacher...not his favorite thing to do but Jake is getting so much better at it.

If you look at Jake's face you can see there is pure joy. This is after we kicked it up a notch and his teacher will have him go underwater as he pushes him toward me...this is when he just came out of the water. Too bad he does not like it. ;)

Kick, kick, kick...splash, splash, splash

My happy little fish!!!


Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful 4th of July weekend!!

2 comments:

  1. Jake,

    Grandma and Grandpa are so proud of you!!! What a little fish you are and I guess you really like the water huh?

    Have lots of fun with your mommy and me classes. Grandpa and I can hardly wait to take you to the pool the next time we see you.
    Love,
    Grandma and Grandpa L

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  2. wow! so cute boy he is! love your pictures

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