A lesson learned

I signed Evan up for swimming a few months ago and we would talk about it often.  It was the week of June 18th-23rd.  When we passed by it I would always tell Evan that is where his swimming lessons would be and how fun it would be.  He was so excited and asked all the time if it was time for swimming.  Well folks the day came- we took a picture of the first day and he was so excited! And here is where the lesson begins.  When we got there I could tell that my nervous nelly son was totally uncomfortable and not so sure about this business.  He is not scared of the water one bit but he was not interested in lessons!  I about died.  I was chasing Livi as she was trying to jump in for swim lessons of her own, and Evan cried the ENTIRE 30 minutes.  In fact, halfway through the teacher asked me to leave!!! I was mortified- and I could still hear Evan crying, "Mommy, Mommy" which he never does.  I was ready to QUIT right then and there and just give up.  Well....the second day he cried a bit, he didn't want to go all the way down the slide, etc.  Well folks, I dropped Livi off to the neighbors and gave Evan my full attention and by the end of the week this little man was a CHAMP!  He was jumping off the diving board, swimming with his face in the water, going all the way down the slide, etc!  He loved it.  And here I was ready to give up.  I think Evan and I both learned a vaulable lesson- Never give up!!! Way to go Evan.  Mama is so proud of you and Daddy even pulled through with a tool belt for "Successfully completing swim lessons"!!!