Proud Mama

Another day of swimming lessons down, and I could just about burst with pride for my boys!

Yesterday their teacher was trying to get Matt to put his head under water and open his eyes. He hasn't really liked to get his face wet at all. He told her that he would try it tomorrow, and she said OK and left it.

Alright,... first you have to know that it is impressive that he was even able to find the words to tell her what he was thinking. I was blown away by that. People tend to think he's stupid because he doesn't answer questions right away - especially when he's not expecting them. So I can see that he's built up some trust in this teacher.

Which brings us to today. Today Matt followed through with what he said. He very gently lowered himself into the water and opened his eyes! We all praised him, and you could tell that he was SOOO proud of himself. On the way out of the pool he begged for us to go swimming tonight (which we did) just so he could show his dad what he could do...

Kelvin is doing so well that he should have been passed into the next class already (I think). Not bad for a kid who's never taken lessons before. He always wants to be the one to demonstrate skills, and if Matt's not sure what he's supposed to do Kelvin comes up and says "like this, Matt..." and demos it for him. My little fish-boy is such a neat kid!

Yep. I am one proud Mama.