Swim lessons!

I signed Arjen up for his first swimm lesson this summer. He seemed to have a blast, aside from the hints of gymnastics from earlier in the year, where he didn't want to go to the start of the lesson by himself and would latch on to me. It's like he magically forgets by the next morning, just how much fun he has!

Day one: getting comfy with the water

Big kicks!

Using a kick board all by himself!

And Gus: the cool lounger keeping himself occupied during big bro's lesson. Tough life not being three yet (and therefore not old enough for solo lessons at this pool).

The lessons definitely seemed to be doing the trick. During the second week of lessons, we stuck around after lessons for open swim at the pool. Arjen was a fish "swimming" all over the place and even jumping off the wall by himself! I was impressed.  After that, he had no problem walking over to his group at the start of lessons, and no problem telling his teacher she didn't need to catch him when he jumped in!