Swimming Lessons

A couple of months ago, we signed Ethan up for swimming lessons and his first lesson was Saturday, or so we thought. The first class actually starts this Saturday, the 31st, but the teacher was kind enough to let us stay for the last class of the first fall session. So, we will be visiting the BR Ryall YMCA in Glen Ellyn every Saturday morning for the next 8 weeks for half hour lessons. Here is Ethan all ready to go in his warm up suit. He is looking a bit tired because we had to wake him up a little early, as lessons started at 8. Despite being woken up a half hour early, he was in a great mood and all ready to go!
We, of course, arrived a little too early and ended up having about a 15 minute wait until the lessons started. Good thing a couple of big kids were having swim team practice. Ethan loved watching them jump in the water and swim laps as fast as they could. He was quite conten to just sit there and watch all the activity. Maybe we have a future swimmer on our hands.
Here is Matt and Ethan just before the class started. The class takes place in the Y's therapeutic pool so the water is nice and warm and shallow. I think I will be taking over next week as Matt was a little uncomfortable squatting down the entire time and singing songs. Still Ethan loved having his dad with him during his first class. We knew that Ethan loved water because he really enjoys bath time, but I don't think we realized how much he actually enjoys splashing and playing around. In all honesty, the class is going to be kind of a joke because the teacher is extremely timid, not really engaging and didn't have much of a plan, but at least this gets Ethan in the water, exposed to putting his face in and jumping off the side.

On a side note: during bath time the past 2 nights, Ethan has started putting his face in the water, trying to blow bubbles. He gets so excited that he is doing it that he just looks up and smiles at you, like he knows he did something good!