James is a Fish!

Here are some photos from James' swim class today. He is in Bubblers and Splashers. It was his fourth class today and he seemed to recognise where he was--he looked at the pool and started to wiggle and smile. In the pool, he was much more adventuresome. He kicked his legs more and tried to swim after the ball. We played games and he liked to go under London Bridge. He also likes the Speckled Frog game. All the children sit on the pool wall and we sing "Four little speckled frogs, sitting on a speckled log, eating the most delicious bugs: YUM YUM. One jumped into the the Pool (and then one of the babies gets pulled into the pool and everyone claps), where it was nice and cool, then there were 3 speckled frogs!" We keep singing it until there are No Speckled Frogs! James was Frog #1 today and kept trying to push off the wall of the pool to jump in before it was time. Then he liked being pulled into the pool so much he kept trying to get back to the wall so he could do it again. He also, for the first time, deliberately and repeatedly put his face in the water. The instructor will put her face in and blow bubbles and he kept bobbing his head down into the water and then grinning (except once when he swallowed and then he sputtered and coughed!). He seems to like it. The instructor said she thinks he will be very comfortable in the water.