swimming progress

Parker is doing incredibly well in swim class. Today they started teaching him to swim across the pool taking a breath every 5 seconds. They first practiced just going under water for 5 seconds and then popping out and going back under quickly. He was great at that. Then she had him start swimming, telling him to count and then breathe. He had a little trouble since he sort of stopped kicking when he came up to breathe, but it was still damn impressive. He can also swim on this back and then flip over to his stomach with a little assistance from the coach. He can also dive to the bottom of the pool by himself to get a ring. That's 4 feet down!

I think by summer, he will be able to swim very well in a pool. Now...I just need to get to work on the girls...