Learning New Skills

James has been taking swim lessons 2x/week for 6 weeks now. He was SO scared to go to his 1st lesson. But after that lesson, he couldn't wait to go back! He refuses to put his head under water for more than a couple of seconds. But today the instructor discovered James has a VERY strong doggy paddle and it was the 1st time he swam without ANY assistance from the instructor!!! He swam several times across the pool!!! I'm thrilled with his sudden progress! And James is SO proud. He kept asking me on the way home, "how did I do THAT?!?....was there magic inside of me?" We have two more weeks in this session. We may have to sign up for another session to keep it up!!! :) Here's a video.

Yesterday, Jason had a short day so we picked James up from school and headed to the mall for some ice skating. I've only ice skated one time in my life. Jason a few times. The boys have never been. Jack fell early on and was intimidated to try again. But once he tried again, he enjoyed himself and became more confident. James loved it! Again, he felt so proud!