Swimming by Himself-With Life Jacket!

John's goal for the summer was to have Thomas swimming off the dock and swimming in his life jacket. Well, today, while I was out getting Thai takeout, Thomas said, "Tommy do it," and took off towards the deep end, paddling with both arms and kicking like crazy. When I got home, Thomas was in the hot water bucket, but when prompted to show Mommy what he'd been practicing, took off for the water, his little buns shaking in his Euro-thong life jacket. And off he was! Swimming like a big boy in the deep water...all by himself, turning circles, swimming to the dock, and swimming to the log. It was so cool to see this little boy and his blond hair bobbing in the deep water and of course he had a huge grin with all the applause and cheering mommy and daddy were doing. It was so much fun.