Swim Lessons

This week we decided to put Owen in swim lessons for the first time since he was only a few months old. He loves the pool and has no fear in the water with us. The no fear is what puts the fear into me, hence the swim lessons. The program consists of lessons 5 days a week for 2 straight weeks. It was a great opportunity until he decided he wanted nothing to do with it. You can lead a toddler to water, but you can't make him swim.... isn't that how it goes?

We arrived a few minutes late for his half hour lesson. Once we arrived, we started off with a complete melt down because Owen did not want to take off his diaper to get into the pool (never have had this problem before). Potty training has been a bit of a (power) struggle lately. After about 15 minutes, we managed to talk him into taking it off and getting in the water. Once he got in, he turned around and got out. Sigh. Once back in, he then happily went with the instructor and kicked and "scooped" (paddled).

Then it was time to go underwater....his scream could be heard for miles! The life guard and instructor were laughing, and I was about 10 shades of red, embarrassed that my son just did this in public. Here he is telling her "No, I not go underwater!"

Tears after the screaming dunk under water : (

Needless to say, he did not want to go the next day and we didn't want to fight the battle, so maybe next summer we'll try it again!

We decided to treat him to a visit to the pier afterwards before heading home for lunch.