Swimming Success!

Today was Samuel's fourth swimming lesson, and we saw big jump in comfort in the water.

A few days ago we were talking about what we would be doing this week, and when I got to Friday, Samuel exclaimed, "And on Friday we get to go to swimming lessons!" Part of that excitement probably was related to the fact that we would be meeting Zvi and his mom Wendy for our after swimming lesson steamed milk at a cafe, but at least a small part of it was actual anticipation for swimming.

Samuel was still nervous when he got into the water, but this was the first time that he said that he only wanted to put his face under water once, rather than not at all.

And he swam about 3 feet under water to get from the teacher to the side of the pool, where I waited with outstretched arms.

And he actually smiled a few times during the lesson.

Woohoo!