Last summer Jake was three. He decided one afternoon that he didn't want to swim with his floaties anymore. So he took them off, walked over to the trash and tossed them in. I was cool with that figuring he was ready. So over the course of the summer he really started swimming well. Here is this 3 year old swimming circles around 5 and 6 year old still in life vests.
Fast forward to last week. He is now a pretty accomplished swimmer but he is still at the beginner stage. So yesterday I was encouraging him to try swimming with his head under the water. I grabbed some dive rings and tossed them into the 3 foot deep water. He jumped in, dove down, grabbed both rings. So...in my pushy, "let's see what this kid can do" fatherly way I moved down to the 4 foot level. Jake jumped in, swam down, got both rings.
I was pretty stunned at this point. He's not really that tall and he was litterally diving face down to the bottom. So....as deep as our pool goes is 5 fee. I was not very optimistic, but I threw them to the bottom. Jake jumped in.....swam to the bottom.....and emerged with both rings in hand. Not bad for a 4 year old. He was pretty psyched.
