Success!

This afternoon, Nikos attended his first-ever swim class with his daddy! And LOVED it! Strangely enough, our child has not been the biggest fan of water and/or getting wet in general. I say "strangely," since both Gus and I are comfortable in the water, did swim team for years, etc. At any rate, I thought that swim lessons would be a good idea to help him get more comfortable in the water, and our local YMCA offers 12 sessions at a reasonable price for kids ages 6 months to 3 years. Plus, it provided some excellent father-son bonding time.

Well, we fully expected him to hate the lessons, at least at first. My parents even predicted (and I agreed) that he would be fine up until it was time to get into the water, at which point he'd start crying and saying "All done! Bye bye! All done!" This would be par for the course for the little guy. But nope-- he had a great time! There were about 7 or 8 kids in the class, most around his age or a little older. They sang songs together and did different movements in the pool. Gus reported that Nikos' favorite part of the lesson was when they sang "The Hokey Pokey" and lifted the kids up in the air. And his favorite part of the whole experience was the very end, when the kids were allowed to jump off the edge of the pool and into the water-- which he did over and over and over again! Who knew??? Anyway, they picked up pizza on the way home (as a special treat), and I debriefed him as he ate. He was in "one-word answer mode," but it was still cute. He is totally excited to go again on Wednesday! :)


And, just because I think it's cute, check out his YMCA card! hehe!!