Last swim lesson

 Anthony's last scheduled swim lesson was this week. The schedule was pretty intense, 4 days a week for eight weeks straight.  I was initially disappointed that he wasn't actually swimming by the end of the summer, but I realize that he's made some pretty serious progress.

  In addition to the courage to jump off the diving board, he can open his eyes and retrieve objects from the bottom of the pool, can bob independently, can easily swim across the pool with the aid of a noodle and can swim a little bit independently.  Really though, he needs to put his feet down to breathe.

  While he's not a swimmer, the improvement from the beginning of the summer to the end of the summer was really very impressive.  We're taking him snorkeling when we go to Hawaii next month, we'll see how that goes!