Swim School, At Last!

We waited all summer for this. Finally, Brooks got to go to swim school. I should preface these pictures by saying before Orlando, Brooks would not even put his face in the water. By our second trip to Orlando we had him putting his face in and going under by himself to prepare him for Ms. Mildred's class. By the end of his first 8 lessons, he was jumping off the diving board and swimming to the ladder by himself. He did so well, Ms. Mildred asked him to come back to a more advanced class the following week. By the end of his second 8 days he was jumping off the diving board and swimming the length of the pool, willingly, and by himself. He was also coming up for air as needed. AMAZING! This woman works miracles. If you can stick it out through the mommy and me class, it is totally worth it!

This is right before she pulled him off the wall to swim the width of the pool by himself.

He was one of the few kids who didn't cry while waiting his turn to jump off the diving board!

If you get a chance you should check out our video on You Tube!