First Swimming Lesson

Graham seemed better today so we chanced going to his first swimming lesson. The pool was 1 foot deep and warm and at first he seemed to love it. He really liked singing songs and splashing in the water. Then the teacher gave them noodles to push like grocery carts. Graham became obsessed with it and drug it all over the pool (never pushing it like a grocery cart) even when it was time to move onto something else. If there had been an award for most times under water, he would have won it. Fortunately, he still has the baby memory of holding his breath and never once coughed or choked. He got pretty fussy if Mommy tried to get him to do something besides drag the noodle around. Oh well...maybe it will get better. A child should be able to swim by age 8 so I have a feeling we have years of lessons ahead of us!