Swim Class

Last week Dane started a two week intensive daily swim class at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington. He and his cousin Audrey are doing it together although they are in different classes since she did it last year also. It is intense! He is so pooped after class and sort of wiped out for the day. His group is led by two UNCW swim team members Michelle and Sean and Dane has only 3 other kids in his group. You can imagine the amount of one on one instruction and actually swim time he is getting with that ratio. It is so cool because I have already seen a huge improvement in him after just one week. He cried almost all of class for the first two days, then he cried just at the beginning for the next two days and then on Friday it was like magic. All of a sudden the Lord answered my prayers and Dane was smiling, laughing, doing a really good job and actually having FUN! At the pool on Saturday with Daddy he displayed some new talent and a lot of new found courage and confidence. I already know that I definitely want him to do it again next year. Now the trick is going to be being disciplined enough on my end to actually go to the pool (we have two great ones in our neighborhood) and work on the technique and fun stuff. These photos are from the very first day of class.