Swimming Lessons 2011

Alex loved swimming lessons this year! He is swimming really good on his own, and LOVES to jump into the water from low places, high places or pretty much any places.

Here he is jumping from the diving board. The sequence starts in the upper right corner with him getting into position, then moves to the top left corner for the leap, then moves to the middle for the splash, then to the bottom left where he floats on his back to the wall, and then to the bottom right  corner where, after a count of five, he rolls over and swims to the wall and pulls himself up. Whew! That was a long sentence. :)

He is really good at swimming unerwater to the ladder and the wall. He does this with little help, mostly just a nudge at the end if he needs it so he can find his grip on the wall.

Diving off the ledge with his classmates. Then they roll on their backs and float to the other side, roll over and grab the wall.

Being a starfish. He can pretty much float on his own. If it looks like I am holding him, I was just barely pinching his shirt in an effort to guide him to the wall.

Here are the swimming stars. Alex was really excited to get his star. Dominic is wearing his boots, to the right of Alex. He was in the class that took place right before Alex's class, so he already got dressed.

At the second day of lessons, something clicked in Alex's head and he realized he could go underwater and look around. Then he was trying to spin underwater, would let of the wall without warning and generally just LOVING it! It is really fun to swim with him now. He is such a water-baby!