The Little Swimmer

This morning marked the first day of preschool swim lessons for Sam. He loves, loves, loves the water! We took him to Baby & Me classes the summer he turned two years old, but he wasn't able to take lessons last summer because Michelle was pregnant. We are so glad he was able to start up lessons again this year. Sam was very excited to go to swim lessons all by himself -- Mom and Dad got to watch from the lobby, behind a big, plate glass window. Mom was excited she didn't have to put on a swimsuit and get in the water!

Sam is fearless when it comes to water, so we were a little concerned when he seemed to be goofing off more than the other kids and not really paying attention at the beginning -- they were in water up to their shoulders! But it didn't take long before he was hanging on to the side of the wall kicking and putting his face under the water to pick up plastic rings. When lessons were over he had a big smile on his face and wanted to know if we had seen him floating on his back. We did! He did great.

Matthew is going to take him to Family Swim later this week so they can practice what he learned -- and so they can go down the big water slide over and over again!

Fish out of water!

Fellow swimmers and instructor Billy.