Benjamin Swims...& Swims...& Swims...

In April of 2009, Benjamin took a 2 week "Boot Camp" from Houston Swim Club (HSC) to learn how to float on this back.  He and his best friend, Connor, took the class together, and they had a blast!  Benjamin wasn't scared of the water at all, and he caught on very quickly.  We followed up with weekly lessons in May 2009, and then took some time off in June and early July while we traveled to Norway to visit Harry's family.

For a refresher course, we picked back up with another 2 week session the last 2 weeks in July 2009, and Benjamin became a "Master Floater" - passing his float tests - a series of 3 tests where he was thrown in the water fully clothed and had to float to the side of the pool.  We soon learned that all Benjamin wanted to do was float! 

So in August 2009, we had Ms. Glendy (glendyswaterbabies.com) spend a week with Benjamin trying to incorporate floating and swimming.  Benjamin did great, and I highly recommend Ms. Glendy to anyone wanting private lessons for their little ones.  Since summer was coming to a close, we really didn't spend much time in our pool for the remainder of the summer.

From September 2009 - May 2010, I enrolled Benjamin in monthly maintenance classes as HSC, where we drove an hour (each way) every Tuesday for Benjamin to take 2-30 minute lessons back to back.  He advanced 3 classes in that time period, and was doing great at HSC, but I wasn't sure what would happen when we got into our pool at home. 

I soon learned, Benjamin is a fish!  I couldn't be more proud of him and happier that he is swimming so well.  See for yourself below!