Swimming in January

So.... the temperature reached a lovely 8 degrees on our thermometer at our house.  Let's just say it has been COLD.  What do you think the Houstons do to pass the time during these frigid conditions?!  We sign up for swim lessons at the YMCA to introduce Zander to the water.  We are hoping that he will love it so much that he will become a swimmer like his daddy (Zack was on our swim team in high school).  (As a mom, I am DEFINITELY okay with him deciding on a sport like swimming compared to football!)  At the swim lessons, Zander practices blowing bubbles, splashing, kicking, floating on his back, passing a ball to his other swimmer friends in the water (there are two other boys in the class that are within a month of his age), and even going under!  Our ultimate goal from these four weeks of "lessons" is to give Zander exposure to the water so that this summer it will not be a scary place for him.  I am excited to report that he loves the water so far, and we are enjoying playing with our little boy in the pool. In this first picture, I like to think he is saying "Please can we go swimming today?!"

 

I tried to attach a video of him going under the water......(I have not had much luck with uploading videos to my blog.)  Basically, we will count to three and then he goes under the water for a second.  We have tried this in the pool and with him sitting on the side (so one day he will know how to jump in with confidence).