Brandon Update

I wanted to take a minute to update on Brandon specifically.

He's been very active this summer. His swimming skills change with each time he goes.

First he was sliding into the pool from the side, a sort of half jump.

Then he would jump into our arms at the next event. He did that for another swim day.

Then last Thursday he started swim class with his 2 friends from school. One is very into swimming the other not so much. The teach practiced having them float with assistance and going under water. she asked them to go on their own but apparently after the little girl said no Brandon then said no. So the teacher then dunked each of the kids twice and B did great. The teacher said this week she will separate them so B won't be affected by her opinion.

The next day we had the group of families that we do a monthly dinner/party with and they had a pool. That night brandon was cannonball jumping into the pool all on his own! (he had his bubble on) ALL NIGHT he did this. One of the fathers did a jump called the "can opener" where you hold up one leg to your chest and jump in, brandon was also doing this all night. he had NO Fear! So i'm excited for class tomorrow. They said they will start putting in kicking and real swimming skills. I think he should be willing to go under on his own now.

The other thing i wanted to mention is his reading. I wrote about it the other day on here...

Well tonight brandon read himself 2 Dr. Seuss books (hop on pop, Green eggs and ham) all by himself before bed!!! he holds the book, turns the pages and reads it! its pretty amazing for a 4yr old! I do know some of its memorization, but still we are soooo proud of him!