swimming lessons are not his favorite

jane was taking swim lessons for a few weeks and the swim instructor said that beckett was old enough to take lessons too, but it would be nice to have more kids his age. well, i just so happen to know some kids that are his age... how convenient. i called whitney and told her what a good deal it was and she was in with quinn and i called lonnie and told her she didn't have to get in the water and she was in with harper. getting in the pool is really the biggest hassle ever... so i was excited too to be able to skip out on the getting in a swimsuit part. anyways, the first class went badly. beckett mostly held it together, but was not happy. by the last class beckett was crying his face off the entire time (poor ellen) until we would decide to give up and let him get out. i would not call it a successful experience. harper got better every time and by the last class she was leaping off the edge of the pool like a little miss brave pants. she loved it and could probably be swimming by the end of summer if she stays in lessons. quinn was pretty neutral about it by the end and whitney  was in the pool with him. jane improved a lot in the three weeks and was a lot more comfortable by the end and going under water... which is the biggest battle for most kids. i think we are going to take a swimming lesson break for a few months and just try going in the water with b so he stops hating swimming pools! hopefully the weather will start cooperating and stop pretending that it is october. oh... you can see more sad pictures on lonnie's blog! linkie link... the kings chronicle