Age 4 1/2 yesterday, Asier has learned to swim.  We couldn’t find his floaties and in the interest of not wasting more time looking, we decided that we would have a swimming lesson.  He made it half way across the pool on his first try.  As he gained confidence he keep going farther and farther, until he could practically go all the way across before he got tired.  With the other children we had to coax them into trying and help them overcome their fears.  Asier just decided that it was okay and kept going.

“Again, Daddy!”  And swim he would, lap after lap after lap.  He was beaming.  Actually it looked just like this, his first day of school.

Such a big boy.  The sooner we drown proof him, the better.  Having a pool that little ones can fall into is nerve racking and I live in fear of somebody falling in and drowning.  My fear coupled with Asier’s big boy resolve and we have the makings of an O’Malley Gorbea Family swim record – 4 1/2 years old.  Yeay!  Asier.