swimming lessons

Juma just finished swimming lessons here, with two of his cousins. He adjusted well to the teacher and the pool--it's warm enough for him--but he was still nervous about putting his head underwater and swimming any distance without an adult buoying him up. Finally on the last day, after three weeks of going four times a week, the light clicked on for him. He had a ball going under water, holding his breath, grabbing things from the bottom of the shallow end, and swimming across longer and longer distances.



And as you can see from the picture, he was also nervous about opening his eyes underwater. Even when he has goggles on. But he adjusted.