Swimming-take 5?

We are now on what I think is our 5th round of swimming lessons.  Our very first was in Mississippi at an awesome swim school when C was only 2.  Had we never moved I fully believe he would be swimming like a little fish by now.  We did move though, and every experience we've had with swimming since then has been sub par.  Some downright awful.  C has been out of lessons for goodness, maybe coming up on two years now?  I can't remember.  He took classes when we first moved out here and they just didn't go well.  He started to really fear the water and it just wasn't worth the stress for either of us!  A couple of months ago he expressed some interest in returning to swimming lessons.  Yay!  I signed him up (at a new place) for their last summer session.  It started this past Monday and he goes Mondays and Wednesday until mid-August.  On our way there he asked if everyone was going to remember him as the kid who cried the whole time.  Ha!  That made me laugh.  I told him it was a totally new place with a new teacher and new friends to meet and that he was going to do awesome this time.  Little did I know he actually would!  He's only had two classes, so it's still a little early.  But, class #2 had them going under water and he has done so great. 

The pool we're going to has a little water park area that he desperately wanted to play in our first night, but turns out they close it before his class gets done.  So, Wednesday I told him we would go a little early so he could play on the slide before his lesson.  He loved it!  It was such a simple thing to get there 15 minutes early and it made him so happy.  We will probably continue this.

Here are the pictures I was able to get during his lesson. 

The class is the very beginning level for 3-5 year olds.  I was worried he would be so much older than everyone and not like being in a "baby" class.  But they mostly seem to be on the older end and his teacher is a boy, so he's not actually the only one in the class. :)

He caught me taking pictures and gave me a little wave. :)

That's him dunking his face in!

He wanted his picture taken with the random Captain America cutout at the pool.  It's fitting for my new little super swimmer! 

Almost forgot to show you what lil' peanut does during all of this.  

Don't be fooled!  The stroller lasts for the first five minutes.  After that he wants out.  So far he is pretty content to just wander around the edge of the pool holding my hand.  The holding of the hand is essential because he would love to walk right into that water.  The other day I took his shoes off and let him splash around a little bit on the zero level entry side of the pool.  We also discovered the little back patio last time so we went outside a few times and he got to see some airplanes.