Accidental Swim Lessons

So this baby is going to be an accidental swimmer. After signing the Olders up for their swim lessons on Tuesday we thought about Babers. He loves the water - no fear at all in the past - but he is so young that anything more then a play class seemed like a waste of money. Then I got to thinking that with lessons being free it really wasn't a waste of money to get him in the water and learning to swim. We aren't being very good about using our membership that we pay $46 a month for - so free swim lessons aren't really free they are $46 a month (as that is the only time we are at the gym so we must be paying for that). Having thought that thru - but not willing to get up at 5:30am and stand in line for 2 hours to get Babers in a class (he would have been considered a New registration and those began on Wed. - which meant a wnole new long line) I figured we would wait until the end of registration and if God intended us to be in a class there would be an opening.

Last night I called and talked to the guy there - apparently God wants him to learn to swim - the guy signed Babers up for the youngest most beginning class they have (I specifically said, we want the youngest, play in the water with your parent, nothing too serious swim class). We had thrown our swim class explanation and schedule sheet away so we couldn't confirm that the guy was correct about what class - we did look for it, but Shrimp juice was on it and it was yucky - we took what he said was right and decided to just go to the gym and talk to them the next day. Turns out the guy wasn't right about which class we needed. Babers is signed up for a beginning really swimming class. So he will have to sit on the side of the pool and patiently wait his turn (HA!). I tried to get him into the baby class called H2O Exploration (get it - water?). That was totally full. The lady who runs the water program offered to come see what Babers could do. I actually planned to workout (really - I used the gym membership) and then we were going to swim, so her watching worked out great - Babers holds onto the side, pulls himself up and out of the water, puts his head under completely (by himself even), blows bubbles, swallows a lot, and generally has no fear. She said he was perfect for the real swim class - only I will need to hang out just in case (her suggestion because he is on the younger end). I still don't believe he is going to sit still and wait his turn.

So.......Babers is officially in swim lessons and now BigGuy and I have reasons to get our butts in the gym.