Swim Lessons

Throughout the summer Hudson took swimming lessons.  He loved it!  He started the summer not being able to do anything.  After three 2-week sessions he is now swimming like a champ!  He passed 5 levels going from a Lil Guppy to a Lil Piranha (or Pie-rah-nya as Hudson likes to say).  He can now do backstroke and freestyle with a bit of side breathing.  He was learning how to do frog kicks (breaststroke) and dolphin kicks (butterfly) when we ended.  We're so proud of him!  He can't wait for next summer to do more!  And Cooper is looking forward to being 3 so that he can join in!

It was interesting watching Hudson do these lessons.  He struggled through a lot of it.  There were many days that he fought back tears as he was learning something new.  The poor kid inherited his mommy's perfectionism.  He doesn't like change and he doesn't like doing things that he can't do well.  That's a tough combo when you're learning how to do something new.  Most of the summer he was the only kid in the water with his instructor.  We signed him up for group lessons which meant up to 4 kids with one teacher, but usually Hudson was the only one who showed up.  This meant non-stop swimming for 30 minutes.  It was great!  He learned a lot in a short amount of time!  But it was also hard work for Hudson and he didn't get any goofing off time while waiting for his turn.  He is a determined little kid, though.  He powered through and had a great time!

Hudson swimming with his instructor Mr. Alex

On the last day of each session they have a fun day where they get to do the diving board and rope swing!
The first time they actually had to drop him in because he was so scared.  The next time he did it over and over all by himself! :)

Swinging like Tarzan!  Way to Go Hud!