It's Swimming Time....

Luke had his first "swimming lesson" last week Thursday. It's actually a class called "Water Babies" at our local recreation center. It's just a couple evenings a week during the month of May. It's a class designed for babies/toddlers aged 6 months to 3 years. The class is a basic introduction to water.

Marc and I both can swim. Marc has even done quite a few triathlons. However, when we were younger, neither of us were very good swimmers. We'd like to see Luke do a little more swimming than we did. However, even if he's not a great swimmer, we do want him to be comfortable in water as well as have the ability to get himself out of deep water should he ever need to.

Luke does enjoy his baths. And, he has been swimming at our neighbors' house a couple of times.

So, when we first got in the water, Luke had his "serious" look. If you've been around Luke much, you know this is a common look.

As you can see from these photos, Luke had a serious look as if to say, "I'm not too sure about this, Mom and Dad."

BTW, thanks to Luke's Grandpa Koehn (my dad) for being there to watch Luke and to of course, take photos. So, all of these photos were taken by my dad.





We did work on the front float -- of course, I did not let go of Luke. That'll be when he's just a bit older.



We also worked on the back float. Luke did not mind either way to float. No crying from Luke in the pool :)



Finally, Luke figured out that he could splash with his hands in the pool just like he does in the tub. Once that was figured out, Luke finally turned his serious look into a happy, smiley look.



Luke kept splashing with a smile on his face. Then, things were all better.



Luke's little friend, Sophia, is also in this class. Sophia's not quite a year older than Luke, and Sophia LOVES the water. (Sophia's mom's blog is "At All Times" on the left of this blog). Here's a VERY CUTE photo of Luke and Sophia. I'm guessing they were conversing in their own language.