And, it's on to Beginners swimming lessons for Nate! He passed preschool swimming lessons tonite. He was the giant of the class and his father stated that he would have "been embarrassed" if he didn't pass, but Nate managed to make us all very proud. He mastered the kick board, dove down to the bottom to retrieve the dive toys as directed and swam from one end to another as if he had fins. Now, I didn't say he swims like he has gills. He certainly hasn't mastered keeping his face in the water and bringing his head up briefly for air. Instead, he likes to stop completely, rub his eyes, wipe off his face, glance around to make sure everyone is watching him, shoot a thumbs up to mom and dad on the pool deck and then he continues on merrily. We're hoping he takes after mom's swimming skills as Daddy and Uncle Todd are known to have never passed Beginners swimming lessons back in the day. They were the only boys who shaved in their classes! Nate's next class is in the big pool where he cannot touch the bottom. This should be interesting. When we lived in AA and took him to the Rec they tried to advance him prematurely. The teacher finally realized that it probably wasn't a good idea to have Nate in the class since he was spending the majority of his time underwater trying to bobble up for air because he couldn't touch or swim.
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