Swimming

Judson has been taking swimming lessons this week. What a trooper! He's never really been swimming in his life. (Bad Mommy!) Several of the kids in his class are quite skittish but not Judson. He's always raising his hand to try something new. He REALLY wants to learn how to dive off a diving board like his cousin CJ. We told him he needed to be at least 8 years old and know how to swim. (Actually, I told him he needed to be 12 but he pointed out that CJ was only 9 and he was diving last year at the ripe old age of 8) You can tell by the pictures he's a bit tense but he keeps on trying and he practices in the bathtub each night so he'll be ready for the next days lessons.

On a side note, he just came in and asked if he was growing fur on his back. I asked why, to which he replied he'd been in the dog pen for "one whole hour" and he was trying to be a dog. He even sat in the dirt hole, like the dogs, to keep cool. He barked at me when I went out to check on him and his dad earlier. This kid is a riot! (And I don't think I've ever seen a dirtier kid in my life.)