Time to brag :)

Well for those who know me I was an athlete back in the day. I did gymnastics for about 10 years along with soccer. In high school I also did diving all 4 yrs and track for a year. Then college came and I was a super star in partying :) I guess thats not really a sport but it was a fun time.
I have always wanted kids who were in sports. And now that I have my girl she will be starting gymnastics when she is 1 yr old with mommy and me classes and diving when she is about 5 or 6 and can swim. And no she will not be a cheerleader because that is NOT a sport!
Now to get to the bragging! I am pretty sure that Alex has inherited my athletic ability. By age 2 he was hitting pitches in baseball, with a metal bat. He was also hitting golf balls pretty well. At 4 we bought him a bmx bike thinking he would be using training wheels for at least a year. WRONG!!!! Couple months and he was done with the training wheels and I was regretting buying a BMX bike because I know he will be doing flips in no time.This year I wanted to teach him how to swim. I've never taught swimming but I figured since my mom taught all of us I would teach my kids. The first day I tried I realized it was going to be harder than I thought. I was going to have my friend Lauren help me but with our busy lives it is hard to get together.
Today I took Alex to the pool again. It was the 6th time we have been there since in about 3 weeks. And low and behold my 5yr old swam around the whole pool, underwater all by himself. He came up for breaks but hes swimming. It is not the pretties of strokes but hey hes 5 and it gets the job done. Go Alex!