Just Keep Swimming

Wes has been doing AWESOME in his swim class every week. I forgot to post in the past, but he has received 3 ribbons since starting back at swim class. The first was on 9/15 for rolling over to his back and floating all by himself. The second was the next week on 9/22 for swimming all the way across the pool by himself. He is able to do this by rolling over and floating on his back to get a breath, then rolling back over to his stomach to keep swimming. Then today, he got his third ribbon for doing a good job learning all of his skills. He can swim totally independently now, using the method I just described and he is now beginning to learn to use his arms. He can float for a long time on his back, unassisted. He is also learning how to dive to the bottom of the pool to pick up rings. He can go down and get them if he is pushed but is having a hard time kicking hard enough to propel his own body down. I can't wait to swim next summer, he will have so much fun now that he is so independent.