Cooper's first swim lesson

Today was Cooper's first swim lesson. Evan was chomping at the bit to take Cooper over to Grandpa's huge pond and test him out. We took his tennis ball that he plays fetch very well with. He trottoed out onto the dock but was very hesitent about jumping in. Going out from the bank didn't work very well either because he could tell when the water started getting deeper. So Evan took him out to the dock and put him in the water. He scrambled around at first and tried to climb back on the floating dock, but then took off for the shore, dog-paddle style of course ;)

I don't have pic's of the actual swim because I was over on the bank giving him verbal encouragement to keep swimming towards me. We all needed a bath when we got back due to Cooper's shaking water off. He did a good job and seemed to enjoy it. Hope you enjoy the picures.