Swim Lessons & Rolling Over

I think the above picture pretty much says it all. Kaelan is clearly thrilled about his new year of swimming lessons. Last year, if you remember, he took swim "lessons" with Mike and I in the pool with him. This year, however, he is in the pool all by himself...no parent, no swimmies, no nothin'. I was a little anxious about what it would be like and how safe it would be but it was fine. The kids either hang onto the wall or sit on the little ledge that is in the water. They wait their turn as there is only one instructor and 4 kids. There are actually 6 kids in the session but 2 of them seemed less comfortable in the water so they were with a different adult. Kaelan was clearly the youngest. The other 3 children who were with his teacher had taken this same class before so although they had more technical experience, they were absolutely no more comfortable in the water. Actually, Kaelan was a little too comfortable because at one point when he was sitting on the ledge, he just decided he was going to jump right in...LITERALLY. He hopped right off and was straight up in the water kicking his little legs as fast as they would go to try to stay afloat. Half of his head was able to stay out of the water however I'm pretty sure both his mouth and nose were submerged. Thankfully I was right there and could have grabbed him (possibly after having to jump into the water fully clothed) but luckily the instructor was close enough to the wall to return the child he was working with and grab Kaelan with the other hand. The lifeguard, a very nice young girl with whom Kaelan later spent much of the remainder of his lesson flirting, was also on her way over to help. One of the other parents told me that they didn't have the lifeguards last year so I am very thankful they've changed that arrangement, especially with my little daredevil. Here are some more pictures of his adventure as well as video at the end of the post. Make sure you have your sound up for that one!

Blowing bubbles. He was so eager to do everything. The instructor started out asking "who can..." and Kaelan was always the first one to show his stuff. Then when it was time for the actual swimming, Bradley (the teacher) asked, "Who's ready swim?" Kaelan promptly raised his hand and shouted, "ME!!!" Obviously he went first. ;)

Swimming like a pro on his back

Basically the first session was to see who knew what and how comfortable the kids were in the water. At the end, they got to jump in (of course K's favorite). Right now I'm praying he actually waits for his turn and doesn't jump without Bradley there to catch him.

Ok, so if that wasn't enough excitment for the week, our little man, Max, rolled over for the first time. It was probably completely by accident but he did it, and he did it more than once. I've been trying to increase his tummy time which of course he LOVES...haha. While he's complaining about having to be on his belly he puts his butt up in the air and pushes forward. It would seem to be a good thing since, like he's trying to move forward and crawl...but it's not. The point of tummy time isn't to move, it's to strengthen the core and arms so he can eventually hold him self up to crawl. However, if he pushes his butt up, he can't push up with his arms. Essentially he's doing more harm than good. Anyways, it was this "butt push up" that enabled him to roll over. He got his butt so far up that it just fell to the side and he rolled the rest of the way to his back. So, like I said, it wasn't exactly the traditional "roll over" but we'll take it!

Here's his happy face listening to proud mommy making a huge deal about his accomplishment

Congrats to his future wife Gracie (Melissa's baby girl) who also rolled over for the first time this week. Are they meant to be or what!!! :)