Swimming like a fish

Or maybe not, but he is making progress. Today he spent a lot of time with his head under water. It was on purpose and everything.

The class also moved on to things that look more like swimming and less like floating on a life raft waiting for rescue. Rhys was actually laying horizontal, with his face in the water, "kicking" and moving his arms. There was even some forward movement. I was very proud.

Every time he was done he popped up with a huge grin on his face and went back to playing while he waited for his turn to go again. Even the times I thought, for sure, he would be scared and try to get out, huge grin all around.

The last thing they did was inching along the side of the pool. The other two kids were inching. Rhys was a racing turtle. The others had moved a foot and he was back in the corner. I guess the Kettle bell work outs he is doing with me are working for him.

Every time he did what the teacher wanted he looked over at me with a giant grin. He was most triumphant.