A pool..

Who said you can't swim during a thunderstorm? Okay, we really didn't, but the majority in the house really really wanted to! At Dillan's birthday party I had purchased two spiderman inflatable rings to use at the party. I decided to pull them out when we went to the pool, just so Dillan can be reminded that swimming is SUPPOSED to be fun, when Mommy's not overdoing it on the pressure to be brave and try it on his own. I was afraid they'd be a huge mistake and ruin all the progress we've been making. It's like when I taught in Orem, there was normally always one 6 or 7-year-old who wasn't very comfortable in the water, but their mother would insist that they swam like a fish at their grandparent's pool, decked out with their lifejacket, waterwings, and snorkel. Hmm...go figure!


Are you flexing Daddy?

Anyway, we tried the ring and right away Dillan got the groove of floating on his own. I reminded him to kick his legs and he could move forward. Whoa, that really works! He then declared that he was going to swim to the wall 5 times. We talked about using our arms and he did it. 5 laps across the pool. Then he climbed out and told me he was going to take off the ring and wanted to swim to me! YEAH! The ring actually boosted his confidence and he was thankfully willing to take it off! He was a little swimming machine after that. We were there most of the day, and completely exhausted when we got back! He's excited about swimming like a big kid and loves the pool! Hooray!