So this summer, Aaron decided that he could swim. With lots of practice swimming in our neighborhood pool with Kyle and Emily while wearing his vest, Aaron wanted to swim like his big brother and sister. It all started because Kyle and Em like to swim through our feet as tunnels and Aaron decided he wanted to do that as well. I told him that his vest would prevent that so he couldn't participate. He wasn't satisfied with that and wanted his vest off. He has had some vest off time with us in the water and had mostly opted to keep the vest on. Anyhow, we let him try and the rest is history. From that moment, he was done wearing a vest to swim. He does wear flippers which help propel him and keeps him swimming that much longer.
Now, a few weeks earlier, he had shown us that he knows what he's doing when it comes to swimming. We had just eaten our lunch at the pool and I was scheduling with the babysitter who was also hanging out at the pool. I was under the awning with her and Aaron walked out to the pool (his vest was off because we were having lunch). So you don't think he was unattended / unseen, this distance is all of 5 feet. Aaron walked right into the water and started doggie paddling out to get his flipper that had fallen into the water. I immediately jumped into the water, but he didn't need me at all. He paddled halfway out, got his flipper and paddled back. By himself. The kid is 3 going on 9. Sure pays to have a big brother and big sister.
Don't mind the splashy form mid way.
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