Swim little fishy...

Grant took swimming lessons when he was 8 months old.

It was really fun, but he didn't really learn how to swim. We decided that this year would be a good time to start him off with some "real" lessons. We signed him up for individual lessons at Jackson Pool.

 He was pretty excited...up until he actually had to get into the pool.

 His instructor, Vanessa, tried and tried to get him to go in.

 He wouldn't even get in the kiddie pool.

 Finally, once Mommy got in, he got in. He would only let Mommy hold him though, so Vanessa had to teach Mommy what to do.

 Aubrie might be a different story. She really likes the water, and will probably be a little fish!

I was pretty disappointed with how swimming lessons went. He went every day for 5 days. He would only get in the water if I was in there, and then he still wouldn't do the things that Vanessa wanted him to do. I don't know if it was just him being stubborn, shy, or scared...but he would not cooperate. We spent most of the time playing around in the water and just getting him to be comfortable in it. I think that paid off at least. Later in the week we went to the Grantland's pool with Poppin, Grandma, Uncle Eric, Auntie Heather, Blake, and Hailey. Grant was loving the water! He would swim all on his own (with his floaty), which is something he would never do before. He was even jumping into the water from the side! He still isn't a fish, but he definitely feels more confident in the water, and I have hopes that someday he will learn to swim!