Swimming lessons

Saturday marked the last day of Brycen's second year in swimming lessons.  His lessons started January 26th, every Saturday for a half hour at the North Liberty Recreation Center.  He did great last year and just had fun splashing around in the water.  He was only about 11 months old and was at peace floating around.

This year was also a lot of fun but you could tell a definite change. At times, he was difficult to maneuver in the water if he was fighting something... mostly floating on his back. The very first week, he went to the bathroom in the pool and I swear he's been talking about it ever since.  (It's usually one of the first things he tells people about going to swimming lessons. It gives everyone a laugh when he tell the story.)

He is one of the older kids in his class and I really think that he will be ready for the next level of swimming lessons in January of next year and not the "Parent/Toddler" class anymore.  You can tell that he enjoys singing the songs and doing the fun activities, yet he's such a shy guy and likes to listen more than participate. He is way more interested in the other kids in the pool and the adults swimming laps than paying attention to his teacher and the activities for his lesson. 

For a while his favorite part of swimming lessons was jumping off the side into the water.  The first week, he couldn't get enough of it, the pool echoed of his laughs and screams and he splashed in the water.  But he must have gotten a little scared toward the end as he cried in one of the last few weeks and did not want to jump off the side.  He even reported at daycare to Jean that he cried in swimming lessons just days afterwards.  But it all ended well when Dad took him, he made it fun for Brycen again. Thanks Dad!

enjoyed going in the water with Mom most weeks but also had fun swimming with Grandma Blanchard and Dad for a week each.  Saturday afternoon I asked Brycen how his lessons were, his immediate response was that he splashed Daddy in the face with water.  Ha!  I think he'll miss his Saturday morning routine of going swimming. He did get a little certificate for completing the program.  I attempted to have him hold it up so I could take a picture but failed.  I'll try again and post it later.