It was drizzling, but we decided to pop by at Marsden to see how the weather would hold out. Matthew took a short nap in the car (because he refused to nap earlier when he saw all the big brothers and sisters having fun at Mike's cousin's place). I carried him out of the car and sat by the pool. Matthew's not an easy person if we wake him up too early, but that day was different. When I told him (with his eyes closed) that we were going to swimming and the teacher was in the pool, he quickly opened his eyes and looked around. We changed him and sat at the pool, waiting for our turn.

We were the only ones! The rest must have been "scared" off by the rain. Matthew enjoyed his one-to-one attention and even had fun with Brooke. He even managed to "swim" to me, totally submerged. He merely wiped off the water from his face and eyes and continued.

We did the "If you are happy" song and that was one part where we were supposed to put our face in, I put Matthew into the water, with his face totally submerged. He was ok, to my surprise. Then we also did the Ring-O-Roses underwater.

Brooke was quite pleased and kept telling me that Matthew has improved so much over the few weeks. She asked if I bring Matthew to the pool often. No was my answer, but we did a lot of dry runs at home. She also emphasized that we must continue our efforts during the 4-week-term break.

Each kid with Marsden would be given a proficiency certificate. Matthew's first certificate! I'll scan it and put it up on the blog later. We are so proud of our little boy!

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Matthew's 5th swim class