Just Keep Swimming...

Just Keep Swimming

Just Keep Swimming

Just Keep Swimming, Swimming Swimming...

If you have seen Finding Nemo, you may recognize the ditty above.  We find ourselves singing this to Oliver when he's swimming in the pool or even the bath tub.  It's quite catchy.  Especially if you are like us and have seen Finding Nemo WAY more than your fair share due to requests from a two year old.

Oliver had his last swim lesson and we saw remarkable improvement from the first week to the fifth week.  Technically, the class is six weeks long, but we were out of town for the sixth week.  The first week went well and he was working on swimming (front only, he wouldn't attempt to swim on his back) and jumping off the edge.  The second week he took a major leap backward and wouldn't try anything.  He just clung to Keith.  Going into the third week, we wondered if swim lessons were worth it but we went anyway.  Oliver sprung back into action and began to progress again.  By the fifth week he was getting much braver.  He would jump off the side (almost) by himself, swim on his front side AND his backside.  He would even do a few tricks without Keith touching him.  We are hoping to keep up the progress we made through the summer by visiting the local pools while keeping cool.  It's a lot of work for poor Keith in the pool, but since he is a kid at heart, he seems to find fun ways to keep them both entertained with their head above water. (Tune in for the Steamboat post)

Here is Oliver demonstrating his jumping into the water skills.  At the end I thought he was not happy about getting out of the pool when in fact, he wanted to get out to jump in again but he wanted to get out by himself.  Hmm... where on earth could this kid get his HUGE independent streak?  Have you met his parents? :)

You'll see in this clip, Oliver is trying to swim by hanging onto the edge of the pool and kicking his feet. He got the idea from his buddy Cadence who is in his class at Primrose. He was SO excited to have one of his classmates in swim lessons and asked for her every week.

At the end of every class they sing "Wheels on the Bus" with actions.  As you can tell, it is a big hit with Oliver.

After swim lessons we went for lunch where I noticed Keith and Oliver has matching shirts.  This prompted a photo moment, or three.  They were very patient considering they had to take a break from their chips and salsa to say "Cheese".  I couldn't resist posting all three pictures.  Each one tells a story and I like to imagine what's going through their head.  I'm sure it's something along the line that I'm a crazy lady taking all of those pictures and they wish they could just eat their chips and salsa in piece and quiet. 

Back home, Madalyn enjoyed a scratch and some sunshine on the back porch with Oliver.  Keith thought this was hilarious and a true example of our domesticated house cat.  See the robin in the background?  Our yard is the safest cat yard in the neighborhood.  Madalyn could care less about the robin and would rather sit and enjoy a nice scratch.  Ahh... good kitty!