Gavin – August 2012, St. George trip
Last winter, Michelle and I decided to take the two youngest boys swimming once a week. On Friday mornings, I would go to the gym and workout and swim laps and then after Michelle had dropped the girls off at school, she would come to the rec center and we would swim with the boys.
As spring came and then school got out, we stopped swimming together. This winter, I took some time off from working out. After being back for a few weeks, we decided we should start swimming together again. Today was our first time to do it. McKay was a little apprehensive to begin, but warmed up very quickly. With his flippers and floaties on, he would go anywhere. Gavin just had flippers and was a little more hesitant. He seemed to have forgotten that he can swim around on his own with flippers. He would dive down and swim, but when it came time for him to get a breath, he would stand back up. If we tried to take him to deeper water, he would refuse to go or hold on to one of us for dear life. Hopefully we will be able to swim each week. As he gets more comfortable in the water again, I am sure he will get right back to swimming around. Of course, when it came time to go, both boys threw fits about having to leave.
It was fun to play at the pool with them and I hope it will be something they remember as they grow up.
McKay – August 2012, St. George trip