I love to dive

I love going off the diving board. I love to dive and flip and just jump real high. It takes me right back to being a kid. My favorite dive is where I dive in, but over-rotate a little and once I’m in the water, I flip over. It makes me dizzy and then I just float to the top. It’s so fun!

So all summer, we have been working on Connor’s swimming skills. In May, he couldn’t swim at all without his floaties. We finally convinced him to take off his floaties in water where he could reach the bottom. Slowly and surely, he built up his confidence, jumping off the side and swimming farther and farther on his own. For the past month, I felt confident that he could go off the diving board. They don’t allow floaties or goggles, so it’s a petty big step for the C-Man. Every time we swam, I would ask if today was the day for the diving board. And every time his answer was no. Yesterday, my boy conquered the diving board! I was seriously so proud of him. In typical Connor style, he had to decide all on his own that he was ready. And now there is no stopping him! He jumped and jumped and jumped. We went swimming again today, and he spent nearly the whole time in the deep end, just like a big kid. I am so proud of him. He is growing up way too fast!

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7 Replies to “I love to dive”

  1. That is AMAZING!!!!!! Look at him GOOOOOOOO…he is getting so big, WOW!!! Those are some great shots to btw. I adore the Layouts you have made for Paper Trunk this month, amazing!!! You are so talented, Hope you are having a great summer =) xo- Jules

  2. Hey! I am trying to keep up with this blog thing. I want mine to be all pretty like yours…how do you do that? Mine still has my husbands name on it. Your boys are so cute!

  3. Yeah, Connor!!! I love it when they can swim on their own. Wade has been doing that for a few years now and it makes it so fun for us. We can play and jump with him. It’s great. I hope that this will be the year for Lafe, but he’s not quite as uninhibited as Wade is.

  4. Wow! Connor is a good little swimmer. I know kids twice his age who are scared to be in the shallow end without floaties. Go Connor!!!

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